HF Habs: Current Standings Thread: "In 3 months, turn Wright" - Google Map edition

[Lshap]

Habs enter the final month of the season in a dogfight for the last spot.

Current Standings (April 9 )

Trade Deadline: March 21


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[KevSkillz4]

chicago wins

Getting pretty hard to catch them up now.

Yes. Even Buffalo with 10 pts difference and Flyers with 9 points difference with Habs. That's a pretty great gap with 18 games remaining.

 

[Adam Michaels]

And Chicago wins it in the shootout.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Great night for the tank. My father-in-law bought me a Habs shirt a few years ago for Xmas, he’s a Leafs fan and I swear he cursed it cause we always lost when I wore it and almost threw it out, wore it for the Panthers game, first time in a year. Will be wearing it down the stretch to help the cause

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Great night for the tank. My father-in-law bought me a Habs shirt a few years ago for Xmas, he’s a Leafs fan and I swear he cursed it cause we always lost when I wore it and almost threw it out, wore it for the Panthers game, first time in a year. Will be wearing it down the stretch to help the cause

You’re a good man

 

[The Great Weal]

chicago wins

Getting pretty hard to catch them up now.

It's already going to be hard to catch Philly. If Philly even wins 6 of their next 18 games (0.333 P%), we will need to 22 points (0.611 P%) to catch them. Only 5 teams in the league have a point percentage greater than 0.611 and one team has a lower point percentage than 0.333 since MSL has been hired.

Now let's say New Jersey/Ottawa win 6 of their next 18 games, Habs will need 20 points (0.556 P%) to pass them which is a better rate than how we have played since MSL got hired.

In other words, we are already basically guaranteed a bottom 5 slot and are close to doing the same for a bottom 3 slot.

 

[sandviper]

Canadiens are officially mathematically out of the playoffs with this loss in regulation.

Edit: I might have miscalculated the ROW. So Habs may not be mathematically out yet.

Yes!! So there’s still a chance!

 

[Habs Halifax]

Basically 4 wins separating us from 1-4 range to the Devils, Flyers, Sabres, Blackhawks.

4 wins in the difference over 19 games. For us to be in the 5-8 range, we need to play .550 hockey or more and the Devils, Flyers, Sabres, Blackhawks need to play really bad. Nervous but not that much... not yet anyways.

 

[WeThreeKings]

NHL.com still hasn't updated their standings from last night...

 

[HabsForHire]

NHL.com still hasn't updated their standings from last night...

Bettman conspiracy

 

[Lshap]

NHL.com still hasn't updated their standings from last night...

I noticed that too. We have so little to cheer for this season – you'd think they'd throw us a bone...

 

[WeThreeKings]

I noticed that too. We have so little to cheer for this season – you'd think they'd throw us a bone...

Bettman twisting the knife deeper after not allowing the Yotes to trade for Weber's contract.

 

[Gustave]

Bettman twisting the knife deeper after not allowing the Yotes to trade for Weber's contract.

That’s a thing that happened or you’re just having fun with it?

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Bettman twisting the knife deeper after not allowing the Yotes to trade for Weber's contract.

Don’t worry. Bettman will make sure we don’t win the lottery.

 

[RealityHurts]

Don’t worry. Bettman will make sure we don’t win the lottery.

He's a man of story lines. He's going to make us win it, just like how he got NYR to win twice.

Draft 1st OA in MTL, you love to see it.

 

[Adam Michaels]

That’s a thing that happened or you’re just having fun with it?

There was a report after the TDL that said the Habs and Yotes had a deal to trade Weber's contract there, but the league stepped in to tell them not to do it because of the optics.

Whether it's true or not, we don't know. But a report did come out saying this.

 

[WeThreeKings]

That’s a thing that happened or you’re just having fun with it?

Think it was Chris Johnston who reported it.

 

[Benstheman]

Think it was Chris Johnston who reported it.

yeah and there was supposedly more players involved. On top of that, Hugues said he came close to also trade Petry. I guess this next off season will be one of the biggest ever for the Habs.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Don’t worry. Bettman will make sure we don’t win the lottery.

I don't really buy the whole lottery rigging thing. It makes no sense when you look at the draft results of the last 10ish years. Why would Bettman allow Edmonton to get 4 first overall picks? Why would Bettman want to give Canadian franchises 2 of the biggest superstars in the new gen, 1 being the biggest and the other having a chance of going to play in Arizona, their home state, in 2016 which could've boosted that franchise, something Bettman has desperately been trying to do. Wouldn't they be better served in American markets that need a franchise level player to rejuvenate them like Pittsburg and Washington in 2004 and 2005? If I thought like Bettman and I could rig the lottery and the past 10ish years were the results I picked according to my biases, I'd look absolutely schizophrenic.


Canadian teams make up under 20% of the league and yet, since 2010, they've won the draft lottery over 40% of the time

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't really buy the whole lottery rigging thing. It makes no sense when you look at the draft results of the last 10ish years. Why would Bettman allow Edmonton to get 4 first overall picks? Why would Bettman want to give Canadian franchises 2 of the biggest superstars in the new gen, 1 being the biggest and the other having a chance of going to play in Arizona, their home state, in 2016 which could've boosted that franchise, something Bettman has desperately been trying to do. Wouldn't they be better served in American markets that need a franchise level player to rejuvenate them like Pittsburg and Washington in 2004 and 2005? If I thought like Bettman and I could rig the lottery and the past 10ish years were the results I picked according to my biases, I'd look absolutely schizophrenic.


Canadian teams make up under 20% of the league and yet, since 2010, they've won the draft lottery over 40% of the time

The only one that looked rigged was the Crosby lottery.. since then, you're right.. there's nothing to it.

Matthews would be in Arizona if that were the case.

Although I enjoy that the ball the guy dropped for the Lafreniere lottery ended up being the winner. Good for the conspiracy.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Sabres, Flyers and Coyotes in action tonight.

 

[tooji]

He's a man of story lines. He's going to make us win it, just like how he got NYR to win twice.

Draft 1st OA in MTL, you love to see it.

That would be lit

 

[Captain Mountain]

Think it was Chris Johnston who reported it.

It was actually Steve Dangle, speculation was that he got it from CJ since he's part of Steve's podcast network.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

He's a man of story lines. He's going to make us win it, just like how he got NYR to win twice.

Draft 1st OA in MTL, you love to see it.

Would be a hell of a story, let’s hope that’s how it plays out.

 

[KevSkillz4]

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Standing are now updated.

Like I said yesterday... PHI and BUF with 10 and 9 points difference, it's really good with 18 games remaining. So bottom 3-5 is very likely for Habs. That's a very good news.

Top 7 pick is likely lock. Habs can only lose 2 spot at draft.

 

[Justin11]

Any mention when the lottery draft is expected. I'm assuming right after the season ends /beg of playoffs end Apr/ Beg May?