The Office of Strategic Planning - Tank Talk

[CROCODILE SEATS]

Prefer a regulation loss but I’ll take it. #TeamTank

 

[57special]

Toronto helping us out, yessir!

 

[CROCODILE SEATS]

Jersey Nashville Buffalo and Ottawa all won also. Solid day for the tank

 

[TheeNorthStar]

It’s happening again —

the classic wild surge into an eight seed/bubble team. It can stop now. Thx.

 

[Nsjohnson]

Has GMBG been reading our Tank Thread?

Bill, are you there? You saw the surge, you saw it, and you reacted didn't you? All like 'no last second playoffs for you Wild HA!'

 

[Nsjohnson]

Re: Don L.'s comment on The Athletic, can we please rename this "The Office Of Strategic Stealth Tank Talk"?

We really should. This thread has the potential to be as shrouded in mystery as GMBG's decision to fire BB, and the title should really represent that.

 

[Bazeek]

Re: Don L.'s comment on The Athletic, can we please rename this "The Office Of Strategic Stealth Tank Talk"?

We really should. This thread has the potential to be as shrouded in mystery as GMBG's decision to fire BB, and the title should really represent that.

First rule of off-the-books projects: you give them innocuous sounding names.

 

[MuckOG]

Bad news for Bruce. Good news for the tank.

 

[57special]

Guerin = Tank Commander?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I don't really get the whole 'fire Boudreau = ignite the tank' thing.

 

[MuckOG]

Nashville helped the cause with a win earlier today.

 

[AKL]

Nashville helped the cause with a win earlier today.

Couple more games later tonight that will have an impact too. We could do a lot to help ourselves here.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Montréal winning. Blackhawks play the flames later

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

That was big

 

[MuckOG]

Big loss for the tank. The Sharks are within reach again.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

3 days off too

 

[AKL]

That’s a massive 0 points, 8.5 days til the deadline

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

That’s a massive 0 points, 8.5 days til the deadline

I honestly think we would be a bottom 3 team in the league if we traded Brodin... let’s do it

 

[MuckOG]

Winning that game would've made it tough to catch the Sharks. It was a 4 pt swing

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Montreal going to OT

 

[thestonedkoala]

Let's tally up the number of top 5 picks that have won a Stanley Cup in the past 10 years:

(1) Tyler Seguin - only because Boston got the 2nd overall pick from Toronto and actually picked 15th.

How many top 5 picks have been to the Finals outside those who won it?

(1) Victor Hedman
(2) Jonathan Drouin

Hell, let's see how many top 10 teams in the past 10 years have been to the Finals:

Los Angeles Kings (2009), Tampa Bay Lightning (2010), Tampa Bay Lightning (2013), Nashville Predators (2014), San Jose Sharks (2015)...

Tell me again how ONE top 5 pick is supposed to turn this team around again?

 

[AKL]

Let's tally up the number of top 5 picks that have won a Stanley Cup in the past 10 years:

(1) Tyler Seguin - only because Boston got the 2nd overall pick from Toronto and actually picked 15th.

How many top 5 picks have been to the Finals outside those who won it?

(1) Victor Hedman
(2) Jonathan Drouin

Hell, let's see how many top 10 teams in the past 10 years have been to the Finals:

Los Angeles Kings (2009), Tampa Bay Lightning (2010), Tampa Bay Lightning (2013), Nashville Predators (2014), San Jose Sharks (2015)...

Tell me again how ONE top 5 pick is supposed to turn this team around again?

You're right, we should be going for multiple top 5 picks

 

[57special]

great day for the tank

 

[nickschultzfan]

I honestly think we would be a bottom 3 team in the league if we traded Brodin... let’s do it

He has truly developed into a beast.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Montreal Turing into a real competitor for the tank. They want Laf. Had 2 points delivered to them in a silver platter, and did everything they could to give them away. Still got a point. They move ahead of us in the standings, but we have 3 games in hand. We need to return to form.