Intense
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Do you think they are that good ?
Don't get me wrong, I sure think they are a very good team, just not 118 pts season good.
Don't get me wrong, I sure think they are a very good team, just not 118 pts season good.
i think in an 82 game season they would get around 102 this year
That would represent a 24 pts increase, which is great but I think it's far from the all-time record.
Speaking of which, does anyone know if a team ever went from last to first in consecutive seasons ? Would be great to be the first team to do it.
Habs magic number is at 37.
Considering they have 46 possible points that they can get (in 23 games left), they're almost a lock for the playoffs already. They've had 36 points in 25 games, and the magic number is 37 with 23 games left.
That's an even higher pace than what we have maintained so far (36 in 25 game = 0.720, 37 in 23 = 0.804)
Magic number to do what? Win the conference?
To reach the playoffs we probably need only to reach 54 (prorata of 92 points in a 82 seasons game, though teams have made the playoffs with as little as 88 since the other lockout).
So in that regard our magic number is about 18 in 23 games.
Magic numbers don't only count points for when we win , but also the points the teams chasing us lose. So if we win and another team trying to get into the play-offs loses, our magic number theoretically goes down 4 points.
We're not the Leafs. Let's stop talking about prorating seasons.
I think we're a good regular season team but I don't see us going far in the playoffs unfortunately.
severe case of over performing here.
We're not strong enough for a serious playoff run. Missing a few key elements and I know I'll get hated on but I'm still not convinced by price's 'tending.
I expect to finish 4th behind Boston and that we will play Toronto or Ottawa in the first round. There's no reason why we couldn't win round 1. Round 2 would likely be Pittsburgh, so that would be extremely difficult. Then we'd have to play Boston and Chicago if we ever get there. I think we're probably only one elite winger (such as Perry) from being a Stanley Cup contender.
Well if Price gets hot the team will certainly keep up the pace and be dangerous in the playoffs.
I expect to finish 4th behind Boston and that we will play Toronto or Ottawa in the first round. There's no reason why we couldn't win round 1. Round 2 would likely be Pittsburgh, so that would be extremely difficult. Then we'd have to play Boston and Chicago if we ever get there. I think we're probably only one elite winger (such as Perry) from being a Stanley Cup contender.
Hell no. That would only be true if the conference was composed of exactly two team!
But there are 7 teams out of playoffs spots and 8 who are in. They can't all lose or win at the same time; they have to play each other.
The bottom line is that every complete season, 92 points at the most will get you in the playoffs.
This year, I expect the cutoff to be at 54 at the most (pro rata of 92), it could be as low as 52 or 51 (considering that the top 3 teams are doing so well and have taken so many points from the weaker teams).