Would the Wings have put up a better effort against NYR?

[JediOrderPizza]

 

[norrisnick]

Is that the same dude that was trying to gold-dig Jennifer Coolidge on White Lotus?

 

[dalem177]

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[FissionFire]

Washington was a cupcake. The team got a little hot at the end and basically survived their way into the playoffs. That team was not as good as Detroit or Philadelphia. They had a -37 goal differential. Only 5 teams in the league were worse (the lottery crew of ANA, CHI, MTL, CLB, SJ). Even Ottawa was better at -26. Even with the 2 disastrous stretches the Wings had this season they were +4. Washington got a very lucky that Detroit imploded without Larkin and Philly just plain imploded period. They were always going to get exposed in the playoffs as a team who didn’t belong. I expect they will have massive regression next year to where they should have been and finish as a team in or near the bottom 5.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

The odd thing about this year's playoffs so far is the lack of a "Cinderella" team. The closest teams we had were Washington, Nashville, LA Kings and Vegas (but they are the defending champs). The Wings could have been the Cinderella team, but that would involve getting hot and confident in the last 10 regular season games or so (Like Florida did last year).

I hope we get two monster teams clubbing it out for the Cup in the finals.

 

[Run the Jewels]

I'm not confident our goaltending was capable of winning a game, but I guess anything is possible.

 

[14ari13]

Wild card 1-8 round 1.

 

[Gniwder]

Washington was a cupcake. The team got a little hot at the end and basically survived their way into the playoffs. That team was not as good as Detroit or Philadelphia. They had a -37 goal differential. Only 5 teams in the league were worse (the lottery crew of ANA, CHI, MTL, CLB, SJ). Even Ottawa was better at -26. Even with the 2 disastrous stretches the Wings had this season they were +4. Washington got a very lucky that Detroit imploded without Larkin and Philly just plain imploded period. They were always going to get exposed in the playoffs as a team who didn’t belong. I expect they will have massive regression next year to where they should have been and finish as a team in or near the bottom 5.

Ted isn't gonna go full tank until Ovechkin gets the record and retires. They will get a center in free agency. I would assume 2 yr with overpayment to someone like Monahan or Duchene. Of course, that's like collecting Copps, so they'll miss the playoffs anyways.

 

[lilidk]

Is it better to make playoffs and got swept or not making playoffs? I d take not making

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Is it better to make playoffs and got swept or not making playoffs? I d take not making

I think it would've been nice to reset that haven't been in the playoffs streak. Not sure how many it's at now. 7?

 

[FissionFire]

Is it better to make playoffs and got swept or not making playoffs? I d take not making

Either you wanna be in the playoffs or you want to be an awful team with a very high pick. Barely missing is about the worst result possible for a season. You get a mediocre draft pick and no playoffs. Lose lose

 

[The Real Pastafarian]

Would we have done better than Washington against NYR? Maybe -- I'd assign these probabilities to these outcomes, pulling them from by sphincter:

NYR 4, DRW 0 games: 30%

NYR 4, DRW 1: 40%

NYR 4, DRW 2: 20%

NYR 4, DRW 3: 5%

DRW win series in any fashion: 5%

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

We're probably out in 5 against NYR if I had to make a prediction, but it woulda been nice to watch playoff hockey again.