mk80
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I'll take the blame for the jinx on that with my post about them today...Philly Detroit and Washington all lost in regulation tonight lol
Eh, at least the team was playing competitively enough to be in the playoff race all season. There were high points, and they managed to gut out a lot of wins in games when the stats said they should lose. Is there a team in the league who won more games they should lose than the Blues?Absolute worst of both worlds. Knew it was gonna end this way.
Eh, at least the team was playing competitively enough to be in the playoff race all season. There were high points, and they managed to gut out a lot of wins in games when the stats said they should lose. Is there a team in the league who won more games they should lose than the Blues?
Are you saying that's a good thing? We got to watch bad hockey AND we get a worse draft pick so we will continue to watch bad hockey. What's the upside of constantly playing bad but winning games we don't deserve to finish right outside the playoffs?
The games this season were more interesting than if we’d been San Jose fans. It’s Armstrong’s job to acquire better players. It’s the players’ job to try and win. They managed to do that better than any of us would have predicted, and I can’t help but respect that when it’s happening.Are you saying that's a good thing? We got to watch bad hockey AND we get a worse draft pick so we will continue to watch bad hockey. What's the upside of constantly playing bad but winning games we don't deserve to finish right outside the playoffs?
There are really only 14 teams worthy of playoff spots this year IMO. Two teams will be there that have no business being in the playoffs. The league is in this strange spot where there is parity but it’s located in a sizable, soft middle that leaves a lot to be desired. It has moved the competitive needle down across the league. I think this is giving some fans false hope about their team’s chances both now and in the near future. It’s been a pretty disappointing year for the NHL as a whole IMO. There is a reason that fans can believe we are a few moves from playoff bound, but would not be competitors.Just saw the Metropolitan standings, and outside of the top two teams, that are above 100 points, the rest of the division is a bag of trash. That’s not helping our draft position at all.
You’re probably right on that forecast, but man it would be fun to see Vegas slide out after their trade deadline.If the Blues win out in regulation and Vegas goes 1-2-1, we'll be in. Even on a tie on RWs, we'd take the tiebreak on ROWs. But, as you point out: our remaining schedule has Carolina (still playing for a division title, maybe even home ice in the East) and Dallas (might still have something to play for, might have the West clinched and nothing to play for). Vegas has Minnesota (out, nothing to really play for), Chicago (nothing to play for) and Anaheim (also nothing to play for).
A lot will be clear after Friday night. Even more will be clear by Sunday evening. It would be a very Blues thing to win the next 2 games, go into the Dallas game where it's "win and in" or "win and possibly in" and Dallas rests guys and we still lose, and then Vegas wins the next night to seal the coffin on our season.
this is like fan fiction and wishful thinking.If the Blues win out in regulation and Vegas goes 1-2-1, we'll be in. Even on a tie on RWs, we'd take the tiebreak on ROWs. But, as you point out: our remaining schedule has Carolina (still playing for a division title, maybe even home ice in the East) and Dallas (might still have something to play for, might have the West clinched and nothing to play for). Vegas has Minnesota (out, nothing to really play for), Chicago (nothing to play for) and Anaheim (also nothing to play for).
A lot will be clear after Friday night. Even more will be clear by Sunday evening. It would be a very Blues thing to win the next 2 games, go into the Dallas game where it's "win and in" or "win and possibly in" and Dallas rests guys and we still lose, and then Vegas wins the next night to seal the coffin on our season.
If Minnesota hadn't been eliminated, the ultimate Blues outcome would be "Minnesota wins out, Vegas does whatever it needs to fall behind Minnesota, we lose *exactly* enough points to fall 1 short of overtaking Minnesota."You’re probably right on that forecast, but man it would be fun to see Vegas slide out after their trade deadline.
Sooooooo you're really saying after they win a lottery draw the Blues will be picking #3OA??Dallas could have polished off the Central Division with a win ... but, it didn't. Meaning, going into game 82 with a Stars team that has something to play for is still a possibility.
Washington loses, Detroit loses (in OT), Philadelphia wins. Pittsburgh wins, but that vaults the Pens into the 2WC spot.
Best possible draft spot: 13. We can't fall under the Red Wings.
The playoffs? We're out with a regulation loss + a Vegas win