Avs and Minnesota have only 1 more win, and Preds have the same amount of wins. Stars have 4 more Jets have 6 more. Carolina (who is top 10 in the league) only has 1 more win than us. Our biggest issue is we haven't gotten any OTLs sprinkled into our Ls. We are 4 points out of 3rd in our Division. This year is friggin weird.
Oh 100% you have 4 good teams and 4 bad teams. Then you have the Central which is just very bad tbh.
Not the word you were looking for in this context, but perhaps relevant all the same...
No, he didn't predict this, and even he wouldn't say he did. This is from the most recent power ranking article that he's apart of. His model had the Blues around 92 points, and last season was around the same amount. Last year we had a +16 point differential compared to his model, so he's more wrong this year based on our point pace, he's just wrong in the opposite direction.
Yes, but I think the point is, even Dom would say his model got the Blues just as wrong as it did last season, just in the opposite direction. Sure, partial credit for not being as high on them as others, but I'm not really rewarding points for being just as wrong as last season. The Blues appear to just be a unicorn where you can't project them year to year accurately.
I agree that they are being sarcastic, but their actual prediction wasn't nearly what we are experiencing right now. They don't think we're due to be an elite team, but I think they are expecting us to improve from where we are at currently. Here was the preseason ranking:
That's got to mean 80 Golf-holes Played (GP) right? Because we've only played a third of an NHL season; are we sure the NHL and PGA didn't have some sort of whacky mix-up?
This is why I'm not really sure if a re-anything is going to matter much. The D core is locked in for a LONG time, they are the clear and obvious weak spot on this team, and we have absolutely no high ceiling D prospects projected to make an impact in the next half decade. Now all that could change in a TDL or draft, but man, I'm just not seeing it.
Krug had played 25, Kyrou 27 and ROR 28 before last night
He wanted an NMC which eliminated the Blues. He got the NMC and is leading Boston. Bruins fans have no idea how badly that NMC is hurting them. We cleverly avoid them because we don't want the Blues to get bad. Papa is wise, you'll see.
I don't think so. Army has shown he is fine with selling if he doesn't think the team is in a position to make a significant impact in the playoffs. This season is starting to shape up like the 2017-2018 season did. That year, on paper we seemed like we should have been better but just never put it together and Army sold at the deadline even though we were squarely on the bubble.
Was it reported anywhere that the NMC had anything to do with Lindholm's decision in relation to St. Louis? Haven't seen any, but it seems like there could be a lot reasons why he might not have had interest in signing here.
You're all over the place with your predictions, man
Was it reported anywhere that the NMC had anything to do with Lindholm's decision in relation to St. Louis? Haven't seen any, but it seems like there could be a lot reasons why he might not have had interest in signing here.
You're all over the place with your predictions, man
This article was a bit of a schtick in that they were saying why you shouldn't believe any team's record. Then they got to the ducks at 32 and said why you should. It's was tounge in cheek.
There could be a lot of reasons. We don't know them. We do know that he clearly wanted an NMC, and he got it and we don't give those because we don't want the team to become bad. So regardless if Lindholm ever had to think about additional reasons, he had an up front dealbreaker. You don't have to wait for hockey "journalists" to report the nose in front of one's face. It was reported he selected Boston because he wanted to extend with them because of the contract they put on the table.
