Chabot84
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Losing that Toronto game was huge.. that was a for sure loss in many peoples eyes.. I would have liked to see a much better effort in that game there.. its not the fact that they loss its how they lost that concerned me when it comes to their playoff chances.
Example: We play San Jose second last game of the season... so what if that's the game that decides whether we make the playoffs or not? We could and most likely will need those 2 points... maybe San Jose is resting stars maybe they aren't.. Either way, during this last 13 game journey we are going to have to get some wins that we normally wouldn't get... we are going to have to rise to that challenge and so far Toronto was a fail.
Oilers 5 points out of wild card with game in hand.
Our next 9 games are for the most part very winnable, at least no guaranteed losses like the Toronto game:
I put a W beside all the games that should be auto wins for us
New Jersey W
Arizona MUST WIN
Vegas
St Louis
Columbus
Ottawa W
Kings W
Dallas MUST WIN
Anaheim W
So that's 4 out of the next 9 games that we should be easy wins for us. (No win seems easy for the Oilers haha)
Lets be honest.. ideally we need to win all 9 games.
We can add some MUST WINS to the list because if we lose any of those games its pretty much game over so might as well count those as wins too in any situation in which we make the playoffs..
So.. that's 6 out of the 9 games.. leaving the toughest stretch that will define whether we make the playoffs or not being the games against Vegas + St Louis + Columbus... maybe allow for one loss in there.... so we go 8-1 in the next 9 games.
If you look at what a normal record would be for this stretch of 9 games I think its pretty easy to say we would most likely leave this stretch with a winning record... prob go like 6-3-0 and if you break that down... there is 4 auto wins in there so in the last 5 games where wins aren't certain we went 2-3. So all we are really asking the Oilers to do here.. is to find a way to win 2 more games then they normally would.
Its do-able.
Example: We play San Jose second last game of the season... so what if that's the game that decides whether we make the playoffs or not? We could and most likely will need those 2 points... maybe San Jose is resting stars maybe they aren't.. Either way, during this last 13 game journey we are going to have to get some wins that we normally wouldn't get... we are going to have to rise to that challenge and so far Toronto was a fail.
Oilers 5 points out of wild card with game in hand.
Our next 9 games are for the most part very winnable, at least no guaranteed losses like the Toronto game:
I put a W beside all the games that should be auto wins for us
New Jersey W
Arizona MUST WIN
Vegas
St Louis
Columbus
Ottawa W
Kings W
Dallas MUST WIN
Anaheim W
So that's 4 out of the next 9 games that we should be easy wins for us. (No win seems easy for the Oilers haha)
Lets be honest.. ideally we need to win all 9 games.
We can add some MUST WINS to the list because if we lose any of those games its pretty much game over so might as well count those as wins too in any situation in which we make the playoffs..
So.. that's 6 out of the 9 games.. leaving the toughest stretch that will define whether we make the playoffs or not being the games against Vegas + St Louis + Columbus... maybe allow for one loss in there.... so we go 8-1 in the next 9 games.
If you look at what a normal record would be for this stretch of 9 games I think its pretty easy to say we would most likely leave this stretch with a winning record... prob go like 6-3-0 and if you break that down... there is 4 auto wins in there so in the last 5 games where wins aren't certain we went 2-3. So all we are really asking the Oilers to do here.. is to find a way to win 2 more games then they normally would.
Its do-able.
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