drwpreds
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We have now completed what will almost certainly be the worst part of our schedule. We just finished the following in our last 15 games:
@ Montreal W
@ Winnipeg W
@ Minnesota L
WINNIPEG W
ST. LOUIS L
@ Phoenix SOL
@ LA W
@ Colorado W
@ Winnipeg L
@ New Jersey L
@ NYI L
@ Pittsburgh L
CHICAGO W
@ Detroit W
@ Toronto W
That is 12 of the last 15 on the road and 9 of the last 10 on road.
For the full 15 games, we went 8-6-1.
For the past 10 games, in which we played 9 out of 10 on the road with the only home game being Chicago (which everyone assumed an L), we went 5-4-1, despite that horrific 4 game losing streak.
I don’t know about anyone else, but going into those 2 stretches, I would have gladly taken 8-6-1 for the 15, and 5-4-1 for the last 10.
So, we now stand at 11-9-2 after 22 games, roughly a quarter of the season.
If you had told me in August that, facing that brutal schedule, and having all the issues the team has had (losing Rinne, other injuries, very little production from forwards, poor team defense, the overall youth of the roster, etc, etc)- I would have gladly taken 11-9-2. I think overall you have to say that we have had a pretty good first quarter of the season all things considered. Heck, other than that horrific 4 game streak, we are 11-5-2.
It may be wishful thinking on my part, but you have to think that having made it through the brutal part of our schedule, we should get better and better as the season goes along, ESPECIALLY if we can get Pekka back. If we can go 11-9-2 with all those issues/schedule, we should do better than that the rest of the way.
The bad news is that even if we do continue to improve, it is going to be difficult to make the playoffs in the unbelievably stacked West- we may wind up having a good season AND missing the playoffs at the same time……
Thoughts??
@ Montreal W
@ Winnipeg W
@ Minnesota L
WINNIPEG W
ST. LOUIS L
@ Phoenix SOL
@ LA W
@ Colorado W
@ Winnipeg L
@ New Jersey L
@ NYI L
@ Pittsburgh L
CHICAGO W
@ Detroit W
@ Toronto W
That is 12 of the last 15 on the road and 9 of the last 10 on road.
For the full 15 games, we went 8-6-1.
For the past 10 games, in which we played 9 out of 10 on the road with the only home game being Chicago (which everyone assumed an L), we went 5-4-1, despite that horrific 4 game losing streak.
I don’t know about anyone else, but going into those 2 stretches, I would have gladly taken 8-6-1 for the 15, and 5-4-1 for the last 10.
So, we now stand at 11-9-2 after 22 games, roughly a quarter of the season.
If you had told me in August that, facing that brutal schedule, and having all the issues the team has had (losing Rinne, other injuries, very little production from forwards, poor team defense, the overall youth of the roster, etc, etc)- I would have gladly taken 11-9-2. I think overall you have to say that we have had a pretty good first quarter of the season all things considered. Heck, other than that horrific 4 game streak, we are 11-5-2.
It may be wishful thinking on my part, but you have to think that having made it through the brutal part of our schedule, we should get better and better as the season goes along, ESPECIALLY if we can get Pekka back. If we can go 11-9-2 with all those issues/schedule, we should do better than that the rest of the way.
The bad news is that even if we do continue to improve, it is going to be difficult to make the playoffs in the unbelievably stacked West- we may wind up having a good season AND missing the playoffs at the same time……
Thoughts??