TruePowerSlave
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Rumor: 2022-2023 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: The Search for a 2C
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expatriatedtexan
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Damn thing about stats...if you look just one column over it's not quite as ugly.....
We've got a higher P% and 2 games in hand on Calgary and 3 on Edmonton respectively. Not saying we should be patting ourselves on the back. Just saying even with all this shit, we're still above fake .500. Barely. Once healthy, the guys will eat some points back up in the late winter early spring. The question is just how well they can gel for the playoffs.
Seriously though, why aren't the standings based on points percentage rather than points since there are always so many weird variances in games played throughout the season.
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If we can manage to get all of our guys back without additional injuries, and that is a huge if, we will likely go on a tear to end the season, we just need to stay within reach until then.
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Everyone is expecting these guys to come back after lengthy absences and just fire on all cylinders. Not really how it works. Also, decent chance of re-aggravating injury once it’s already occurred and you jump back into a high performance league full speed.
TruePowerSlave
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The ambulance squad just needs to play decent hockey and it will be a massive improvement on the ice
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The standings are based on points percentage. Rules such as the waiver priority list are based on points percentage and not total points. When the standings were set after the COVID shortened season they used points percentage.
Points percentage is what matters even though media graphics are almost always shown in current points.
I get both sides of the display and in the end it doesn’t really matter. Pacing doesn’t mean a team can maintain that pace (I don’t expect .562 from the Avs over the next 5-7 games). But when games in hand are~10% of the season, points can be skewed. In the end it levels out and I really don’t think it matters.
Funny enough, either way Avs would be 4th in the central.
Funny enough, either way Avs would be 4th in the central.
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The flipside is, the healthy clubs' big boys who will play ~80 games all season long will get more mental/physical fatigue as the season progresses. I'm beginning to see more and more of the positives in this situation. Last season was a grind. The rest, even while injured, might be a blessing in disguise.
They're blind if they think their team is still capable of doing things in the playoffs next year. This year is already a write-off and they're damn old.
But like you have said, teams take too long to start rebuilds/retools. I'd imagine that they believe that as long as they have Ovie they try to compete.
Even if they don't believe that they are able to compete anymore, they might want to give Ovie a decent center while he chases the goal record.
I'd also love Kuznetsov here. We'd have him for three playoff springs if Avs were to acquire him this TDL. 1M retained he'd be 6,8M. I'd pay quite a lot in order to get him.
Yeah I think Kuznetsov would be an amazing fit here and really solidify the next 2+ seasons. I'd also pay a ton to get him here. I just don't see Washington tearing it down prior to the summer of 2024. They'll write off this season as bad luck. Spend way too much next summer trying to solidify the team where they simply end up a low end playoff team. By that time Ovi is at ~860 (~25 more this year ~40 next), so they can frame the idea that he'll get ~40 over the next two.
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I think WAS' fans would be very upset with their FO if they don't keep the team competitive enough to help Ovi reach the goal record.
Pretty much every team holds on too long and Washington is a perfect example.
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If they deal with the Caps they need to get Nic Dowd. A distinct lack of Alabamians on the Avalanche.
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Doesn’t matter if they fire on all cylinders to be honest. The influx of talent alone will be enough if they don’t implode beforehand. A couple guys may struggle but there will those that hit the road running. Nuke and Mack most likely will be fine while Landy is an obvious candidate to start slow, along with Byram likely. Regardless, our top players playing at 70-80 of their capabilities when they return is still a massive upgrade from what we have currently, and likely enough to beat most teams.
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Huh, I thought he's been perfectly fine as a depth piece. There's plenty of other guys that have been worse.
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