The Office of Strategic Planning - Tank Talk

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Maybe our goalies will just suck, and we can lose without actually tanking it?

Oh this is no tank. Tanking is a way of life. It’s deeply engrained in everything you do. This is just simply being bad at hockey for a week.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Anybody else watch 45 minutes of Lafreniere Highlights tonight?

 

[TaLoN]

Oh this is no tank. Tanking is a way of life. It’s deeply engrained in everything you do. This is just simply being bad at hockey for a week.

Well... how about the skaters play good hockey, but our goaltending goes back to reality so we can watch entertaining hockey and not be surprised about losing because the goalies have always sucked outside of Stalock not looking like Stalock for a time this year?

 

[AKL]

Doesn't matter to me how it happens. I'm not picky.

 

[TaLoN]

Doesn't matter to me how it happens. I'm not picky.

I just can't root for the team to do bad... but damn it would be nice to pick #1 overall... knowing our luck though, a team behind us will win the lottery and we will drop a spot, not jump to the top.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I think the real topic of discussion is if Parise will gift Lafreniere number 11 or if we’re going to have to move Parise to make it work.

 

[AKL]

I think the real topic of discussion is if Parise will gift Lafreniere number 11 or if we’re going to have to move Parise to make it work.

That's what the compliance buyout is for. Freeing up #11 for Lafreniere, not for making cap space.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

That's what the compliance buyout is for. Freeing up #11 for Lafreniere, not for making cap space.

Cap space is just a bonus

 

[57special]

Let's just add a decimal, and have the first 1.1 jersey number ever!

Seriously, does anyone think we have any chance at all to get #1? It seems like the league would never let it happen...hell, they won't let us have the players we are supposed to in Kaprizov.

 

[Victorious Secret]

If there's anything I'm here for its conspiracy theories. Wild, with little entertainment value, have close to 0 performance reason to be hosting a Winter Classic. Unless they had a newly minted franchise winger to showcase....

 

[grN1g]

12.5% is not a guarantee. I'd rather see a deep run. I think we all would like to see that but hey if we get what we usually get we have something to be excited for and then of course something to be disappointed about after we don't win.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

If there's anything I'm here for its conspiracy theories. Wild, with little entertainment value, have close to 0 performance reason to be hosting a Winter Classic. Unless they had a newly minted franchise winger to showcase....

I think you forgot, we already have that guy right now...

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

12.5% is not a guarantee. I'd rather see a deep run. I think we all would like to see that but hey if we get what we usually get we have something to be excited for and then of course something to be disappointed about after we don't win.

Deep run isn’t garunteed either

 

[AKL]

Deep run isn’t garunteed either

Yeah the way I understand it, we're likely playing the Blues or Avs if we win the play in series, and I don't see us winning either of those. With re-seeding this year, we're pretty much always going to be playing against the best team left, unless Chicago or Arizona also won their play-in, and continue to win.

 

[Grover]

Trying to go on a run in this years playoffs just has too many risks and unknowns to be successful with the virus stuff. 12.5% chance for Laf sounds way better to me

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Yeah the way I understand it, we're likely playing the Blues or Avs if we win the play in series, and I don't see us winning either of those. With re-seeding this year, we're pretty much always going to be playing against the best team left, unless Chicago or Arizona also won their play-in, and continue to win.

We (any of the 8 teams that loses in play-in) have a better shot at Lafreniere than any team that wasn’t worst or second worse.
Detroit had an 18.5% shot, Ottawa was higher due to having 2 top 3 picks. That’s it. If you asked me if I’d rather get the chance at a pick usually reserved for a team that’s gone through a year of misery, and likely going to have more misery coming, or a shot (ultra slim one too —> see goaltending) to make a run in a playoff year where there will be no atmosphere and even a cup win would inevitably be down-played, it seems like a no brainer to me.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I don't know if I'll bring myself to actually cheer for it, but getting a reasonable shot at #1 is pretty nice consolation for losing the play-in.

 

[keppel146]

If there's anything I'm here for its conspiracy theories. Wild, with little entertainment value, have close to 0 performance reason to be hosting a Winter Classic. Unless they had a newly minted franchise winger to showcase....

I mentioned this way back too. I’m down for a theory. One athletic writer said our chances to win the cup is 1%. Versus our chance to pick #1 is 6.5%.

 

[57special]

Pumped up to get pessimistic!

Laffy baby !

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Pumped up to get pessimistic!

Laffy baby !

Lafreniere-Ek-Fiala
Kaprizov-Sturm-Boldy
Greenway-Johnson-Zuccarello
Parise-Anas-Kunin


*insert eyes looking emoji

 

[DeagleJenkins]

Lafreniere-Ek-Fiala
Kaprizov-Sturm-Boldy
Greenway-Johnson-Zuccarello
Parise-Anas-Kunin


*insert eyes looking emoji

no khovanov?

 

[57special]

All left wings all the time!

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

no khovanov?

It’s not as funny with him in it