League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) - 2020 TDL Edition - Vol. 8

[AussieCapsFan]

Do you mean the Central and the Metro are very close? The Pacific is hot garbage. Their division leader would be 6th in the Metro and not in the playoffs (currently). Even then, the 4th place team in the Central would be 8th in the Metro.

It's the Metro, a giant gap, and then three trash divisions.

No the Central isn't close. 3 runaway teams and then Nashville and Winnipeg fighting with Pacific for wildcard spots.
Yes Pacific is crap but up until about 2 weeks ago there were 5 teams all within 2 points of each other. It's widened to 8 points since then.
So I am saying yes there is league-wide parity but it's not divisional parity.

 

[Sam Spade]

First time all season the Bolts have gone three games without a point, that should change tonight against the Hawks but still. Pens have lost four in a row for the first time all season, they will be ok once they get their two dmen back.

So many lineup changes can mess with the locker room for a bit.

For reference here the Caps have not gone three games in a row without getting a point all season. #fireTodd

 

[txpd]

Something is sure going on. Its that time of year maybe. From Carolina to the Caps in the Metro every team has a record no better than the Caps over the past 10 games except the 7-3 Flyers.

 

[um]

Rangers are super hot to, they could knock Canes out of the playoffs... that'd be nice.

 

[zappa4ever]

Getting to be a big logjam, and judging from all the Last 10's looks like no one wants in but PHI and Rainjahs

 

[kicksavedave]

Something is sure going on. Its that time of year maybe. From Carolina to the Caps in the Metro every team has a record no better than the Caps over the past 10 games except the 7-3 Flyers.

#Fireallthecoaches

 

[895]

Funny how everyone poopoo'd Nashville hiring Hynes but the team was in the basement and now in a playoff position.

 

[Sam Spade]

Funny how everyone poopoo'd Nashville hiring Hynes but the team was in the basement and now in a playoff position.

Yeah but it's not really anything the Preds are doing as much as it is the other teams stinking.

Nobody wants it:

 

[um]

Yeah but it's not really anything the Preds are doing as much as it is the other teams stinking.

Nobody wants it:

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to be fair thats a normal record for a wildcard team, the east is just weirdly strong this year.

 

[tenken00]

Oh damn. I had no idea that Columbus is doing that bad right now. 1-4-5?? Hopefully this means we don't see them.

 

[Sam Spade]

to be fair thats a normal record for a wildcard team, the east is just weirdly strong this year.

I suppose. I will say that outside of the Blues, and a healthy Avs team to a lesser extent, every team in the West looks like an easy win for the Blues. Even Dallas just seems to lack the scoring to scare anyone.

 

[um]

I suppose. I will say that outside of the Blues, and a healthy Avs team to a lesser extent, every team in the West looks like an easy win for the Blues. Even Dallas just seems to lack the scoring to scare anyone.

Don't forget Vegas, they're heating up at the right time.

 

[tenken00]

Don't forget Vegas, they're heating up at the right time.

Vegas is kind of the Western version of the Caps

 

[Sam Spade]

Oh damn. I had no idea that Columbus is doing that bad right now. 1-4-5?? Hopefully this means we don't see them.

I don't know how they've hung on this long honestly:

 

[Raikkonen]

Say anything you want but Caps on cruise control are getting injured less often. Part of it was Panik being accidentally hit by Siege, right?

Also Reirden said after last game that they are still in a slump and no way it has ended yet.

 

[kicksavedave]

I don't know how they've hung on this long honestly:

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Wow, there was a time 10-15 years ago when the Caps regularly lead the league in man games lost to injury. Now they are tops? Knock on wood this good fortune continues when it matters. The Cup team got very good health, we will need it again.

 

[tenken00]

Can't get hurt if you don't play that hard

 

[4thTierSport]

Just seeing a bunch of teams reverting back to their seasons averages after going cold/hot.

 

[shtorm2005]

Guys, when it's considered the right moment to get hot for playoffs? 5/10/15 games before the start?

 

[kicksavedave]

Guys, when it's considered the right moment to get hot for playoffs? 5/10/15 games before the start?

Round 1, Game 3, 2OT, apparently.

 

[tenken00]

Guys, when it's considered the right moment to get hot for playoffs? 5/10/15 games before the start?

Capitals’ struggles bear striking similarity to midseason travails of 2018 Cup winners

In their championship season, the Caps played so badly at times that their coach was, twice, on the verge of being fired. Then from Dec. 22 through Feb. 22, they went 12-14, just in terms of wins and losses, just as, this season, from Dec. 23 through Feb. 22, they went 11-13, just counting wins and losses. In 2018, they didn’t truly wake up until their final 15 games (12-3), a burst that launched them toward a place in hockey history.


So the actual answer is final 15.

 

[zappa4ever]

Guys, when it's considered the right moment to get hot for playoffs? 5/10/15 games before the start?

That's the Million Dollar Question, and if anyone knew, they'd be winning several Cups in a row

There's no magical 'flip the switch' as many teams learn every year so I hope it's somehow over the course of these last 19 that the Caps gradually get it together; exactly when I don't know, and I don't think it matters if they win/lose the last few games as long as they figure out by game 82 the effort it takes/the attention to detail/the sacrifice to reach Gung-f***ing-Ho status

 

[txpd]

Say anything you want but Caps on cruise control are getting injured less often. Part of it was Panik being accidentally hit by Siege, right?

Also Reirden said after last game that they are still in a slump and no way it has ended yet.

You don't fall off your game and find a slump and then immediately jump out of it and back on your game. It comes back in stages. They found their compete against the Penguins. They fought thru blowing the 3-0 lead to the Jets. A solid effort tonight is a 3 game win streak. One step at a time

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Vegas is kind of the Western version of the Caps

They were infected with the Caps during the Finals.

 

[txpd]

Rangers are super hot to, they could knock Canes out of the playoffs... that'd be nice.

I would rather play a struggling Canes than a smoking hot team. As the Rangers get into the playoff race they will start seeing fewer back up goalies and life will get harder