hangman005
Mark Stones Spleen
We call it a home and home, but really it's a home and away and it lets me post this...
Also everyone is injured and all hope is lost.
Also everyone is injured and all hope is lost.
Yep that why I bet on all my fake money on the OilersMartinez out tonight, my wife tells me, peronnal reasons. Mark this one as an L.
Really need to win 1 of these 2 against Edmonton to keep them behind us in the standings. If we drop both in regulation the 3 seed is a very realistic possibility.
We would still be a game ahead of Edmonton even if we lose both. Could even leapfrog the Kings again by beating them and matching their other results.
I don't think the difference between second/third is a big difference, slipping from first to second is the big slip. Your point still stands, of course, we need at least two points from these games AND to beat LA to give ourselves the breathing room needed for the rest of the schedule.
I'd rather avoid having to play Edmonton and then LA. Getting Seattle/Winnipeg would probably be better but Hellebuyck and VGK's patented playoff scoring slump for even as few as two games could make a Jets series a big headache real quick.
The playoffs this year are really setting up to be pretty cool, with legitimately interesting series that pretty much all could go either way, no matter what happens. I could see a not ridiculous case for 13 of the 16 likely playoff teams making a run to the SCF.
We've gone 23-7-5 on the road and 22-14-1 at home, I understand matchups can matter but I don't see it being as big a make or break for us, falling out of first to either spot will be the big dent in our hopes, I believe.I don't agree that 2nd to 3rd isn't a big deal at all. Home ice is critical for matchups, even more so if we don't have Stone and especially against Edmonton. 4 games of constant Stephenson-Roy-Kessel Hague-Whitecloud matchups against the McDavid line is not a recipe for success.
Also totally disagree about the quality of the wild cards. Seattle is going to be a cakewalk. Swiss cheese goaltending and no offensive game breakers. Winnipeg's only chance is Hellebuyck stealing a series. That team has played lifeless hockey for over a month with a playoff spot on the line.
Getting 1st is huge because then we only have to go through one of LA and EDM instead of both.
Happy to be wrong, barely. Stephenson is good at face off, but he has no biz out there 3v3. You dont dump it in on 3v3Martinez out tonight, my wife tells me, peronnal reasons. Mark this one as an L.