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The Pens are in serious trouble going forward and better be looking over their shoulder in the standings. Nothing is set in stone as far as a playoff spot goes.
We gotta focus on our own pick. Sharks pick is just cherry ontop
we gotta focus on finishing 2nd or 3rd last (at worst) ourselves.
LA has a very heavy home schedule remaining and a decent home record. We've got a heavy road schedule and a crappy road record.
If the home and away percentages hold for both teams, they"ll catch us.
We're pacing to pick up 13 more points
They are pacing to pick up almost 17 more points
Tankathon added a remaining strength of schedule page a little while back, we have the 6th toughest SOS, while LA is middle of the road at 16th by whatever metric they are using.
Also of note, Detroit has the toughest schedule, NJD is 4th, SJ is 11th, and Anaheim is 18th
New Jersey, Chicago and Buffalo are realistically not passable at this point, so it's down to Ottawa and the California teams for that coveted "2 seed".
Idk what factors in to that schedule ranking
I just looked at home and away records and the W/L records
I wish Gary Bettman would get on HF boards and see all of this. Between Ottawa and the other 10 teams, he should be embarrassed by the talk that goes on.
I wish Gary Bettman would get on HF boards and see all of this. Between Ottawa and the other 10 teams, he should be embarrassed by the talk that goes on.
What do you suggest? Abolish the lottery and give the 1st overall pick to the Stanley cup champions?
By implementing a salary cap, the NHL has evolved into an entirely different league where building a team through trades and free agency has basically become impossible.
I remember the days when trading a 1st round pick meant almost nothing to some teams, but now they hold a tremendous amount of value unless you are team that thinks making the finals is a very strong possibility.
The cheering for losses is looking at the bigger picture.No Debator...Have you any idea of the insanity of us in Ottawa and the other 10 cities, hoping for, wishing for, our team to lose and other teams to win. And then rejoicing when it happens. We have a solid 10-12 guys on here, who chastise fans for not being loyal, or supportive, etc. I would love to see how many of them, are cheering for a loss!!!!
What was once our shame is our joy?
What do people at the Arena do? Cheer when the other team scores and boo when the Sens score. Do they whistle at the ref's when he calls a penalty on the visitors and cheer when he penalizes the Sens.
We need a better method. A means by which tanking is not encouraged. In fact penalized. You can probably propose a 1/2 dozens systems. All would have some merit. We need to encourage teams to bust their hump and not tank.
My God..It would like me being happy me kid is doing poorly in school..Now I won't have to pay for university !!!! F'ng great.
No Debator...Have you any idea of the insanity of us in Ottawa and the other 10 cities, hoping for, wishing for, our team to lose and other teams to win. And then rejoicing when it happens. We have a solid 10-12 guys on here, who chastise fans for not being loyal, or supportive, etc. I would love to see how many of them, are cheering for a loss!!!!
What was once our shame is our joy?
What do people at the Arena do? Cheer when the other team scores and boo when the Sens score. Do they whistle at the ref's when he calls a penalty on the visitors and cheer when he penalizes the Sens.
We need a better method. A means by which tanking is not encouraged. In fact penalized. You can probably propose a 1/2 dozens systems. All would have some merit. We need to encourage teams to bust their hump and not tank.
My God..It would like me being happy me kid is doing poorly in school..Now I won't have to pay for university !!!! F'ng great.
Once again Anaheim stands in the way of our goal.
Lovely
I wish Gary Bettman would get on HF boards and see all of this. Between Ottawa and the other 10 teams, he should be embarrassed by the talk that goes on.