Merrith
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thought they were giving a lot of their young guys a look the rest of the year? Nylander has potted a couple goals I know.
NHL 2015-16 Season Thread
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Merrith
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I'll never understand how Malkin is so injury prone. He's a big dude, but breaks down an awful lot.
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Holy shit. With12 games leftToronto will be eliminated from the playoff spots if Detroit wins one game. This is a new low.
And it looks like zero Canadian teams will make the playoffs this year. Very weird.
And it looks like zero Canadian teams will make the playoffs this year. Very weird.
Merrith
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Probably even starting next year, Kuznetsov will be the superstar on the Caps and it might not even be close. Ovechkin might still compete for top goal scorer, and Backstrom will still be a great two way center, but Kuznetsov is going to be the offensive engine in the years to come.
StoiCynic
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Sid is on freaking fire at the right time... at this point I would kinda prefer the first wild card spot to sneak into the Atlantic bracket.
That or a first round series with Washington. Fuck it, i'm ready to just get it over with. I feel so bad for Hank, he stands on his head and makes 42 saves yet we still lose to the Sharks saturday. This has been a painful season to watch.
That or a first round series with Washington. Fuck it, i'm ready to just get it over with. I feel so bad for Hank, he stands on his head and makes 42 saves yet we still lose to the Sharks saturday. This has been a painful season to watch.
Merrith
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It's weird I thought the Pens would take over the 1st wild card and have to go through the Atlantic and that we'd get to see a Rags/Isles series, with Detroit and Philly battling it out for the 2nd WC to play us...but Rags and Isles (especially the Isles) have struggled lately, and Pens have been hot. Made us look like hot garbage last night (which we were, and giving up 7 PP's is never smart). I never did hear if Weber got a call about that hit last night, which was a really bad hit.
Now it might be Isles and Flyers battling it out for the last spot, especially after Philly worked them tonight.
StoiCynic
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Helps prevent a goal and almost takes Hanks hand off at the wrist.
Just ref thingz
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-...ay-was-the-ref
Just ref thingz
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-...ay-was-the-ref
Gravel
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So unless I'm mistaken, the Caps only need 1 more point to clinch the President's Trophy. They better not let me down this year.
Edit: Actually, now that I look at it...it seems like they've already gotten it? The Stars and Blues are the only ones that could get to 111 points, but they'd be a couple games short on wins.
Edit: Actually, now that I look at it...it seems like they've already gotten it? The Stars and Blues are the only ones that could get to 111 points, but they'd be a couple games short on wins.
Merrith
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Dallas can tie us with ROW if they win out and we lose out in regulation, and they won the season series (all 2 games of it) so they can technically still win it. But yeah, any 1 point we gain or 1 point they lose and we win the President's Trophy.
In other news, Stralman out for the Lightning indefinitely. Leg fracture of some sort. Huge blow to them for playoffs.
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God dammit now is not the time to be losing our insurance salesman, bad time of year to be losing good starters.
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Suck it, teams that played consistently well all season! Pens are cup favorites. According to this one specific model that I know nothing about and only just learned existed!
It's actually gone up a little bit with tonight's win over the Rangers.
From this site.
NHL Playoff Odds -Every Team's Chance of Makings Playoffs and Winning Cup
Kings are actually higher ranked, but they have the tougher path.
I've never paid too much heed to advanced hockey stats like I do football. How much correlation is there between Corsi and teams that actually take the cup?
It's actually gone up a little bit with tonight's win over the Rangers.
From this site.
NHL Playoff Odds -Every Team's Chance of Makings Playoffs and Winning Cup
Kings are actually higher ranked, but they have the tougher path.
I've never paid too much heed to advanced hockey stats like I do football. How much correlation is there between Corsi and teams that actually take the cup?
Merrith
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There is some correlation between score adjusted Corsi (a little more accurate than just the flat Corsi number) and who wins the Cup, but there have been winners as low down in the ranking for that as like 14th in the league I think. But on the whole, it's a good thing regarding making a deep run if you're ranked in the top 10 for score adjusted Corsi.