Around the League - 2023/24

[Grigowski]

Could not winning the division/conference be a blessing in disguise?

I thought the same. Dallas winning the Central and West only to, probably (!!) face Vegas in Round 1.... So one big fish would be out early...

LA is playing Anaheim tonight. I mean, its LA. They are always in for another shit-show, but thats a game they should take.

Nashville the Jets.

Nashville winning that game would be huge for them to secure their position and would help us out big time.

 

[MacKaRant]

Actually when you think about it, this year there is no easy path coming out of the west. Have to face a tough team in every round. Maybe the weakest team is LA. I think Preds will be tougher than people think.

I don't have the numbers in front of me, but Winnipeg has had a kinda meh second half of the season, no? They've handled us this year fairly well, but that's arguably the easiest or second easiest match up based on reputation at least in the West.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Matthews won't touch Ovechkin. Ovie missed a grand total of 32 games during his first 15 seasons.

Matthews has already missed 69 over his first 8 seasons.

Add onto that the necessity of staying elite well into your 30s and it ain't happening.

That's insane from Ovi

 

[Grigowski]

That's insane from Ovi

Who was the last Avalanche-Player to go on a iron-man-streak?

Karlis Skrastins? I think he got near 500? Amaright?

Really insane from Ovi... Well, his luck was that he didnt play for us... Getting injured is part of being an AV...

 

[Chiarelli]

LA has an easy schedule to close out the season and Vegas needed that win last night. Good chance we get Dallas against Vegas round 1 now.

 

[EdAVSfan]

LA has an easy schedule to close out the season and Vegas needed that win last night. Good chance we get Dallas against Vegas round 1 now.

Vegas is still only 2 points behind Nashville and have a game in hand.

 

[Chiarelli]

Vegas is still only 2 points behind Nashville and have a game in hand.

Nashville wins the tie brake currently. They also play WPG, CHI, CBJ, and PIT.
Vegas plays EDM, MIN, COL, CHI, ANH.

Not terribly difficult schedule for either but if Nashville wins out they're ahead of Vegas. Why I say last nights loss was big for VGK.

 

[ABasin]

Nashville wins the tie brake currently. They also play WPG, CHI, CBJ, and PIT.
Vegas plays EDM, MIN, COL, CHI, ANH.

Not terribly difficult schedule for either but if Nashville wins out they're ahead of Vegas. Why I say last nights loss was big for VGK.

I think Nashville and LA are a step below the rest of the WC playoff teams, and the other 6 WC playoff teams look pretty similar, pretty close. They're all good teams, all have strengths, but fall short of 'dominant' teams. Looking like a pretty close dogfight.

Might just come down to injuries and goaltending.



Oh shit, wait.....

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I think Nashville and LA are a step below the rest of the WC playoff teams, and the other 6 WC playoff teams look pretty similar, pretty close. They're all good teams, all have strengths, but fall short of 'dominant' teams. Looking like a pretty close dogfight.

Might just come down to injuries and goaltending.



Oh shit, wait.....

Nashville and LA are a step below most of the WC playoff teams. Unfortunately the one other playoff team they can beat is the Avs.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[the_fan]

So it’s a two men race for the Ross

 

[GeoRox89]

Playing him hurt against Vegas would be a choice. They go nowhere in the playoffs without him and Vegas has players that would target him if he’s hurt and could turn a minor issue into a serious one fast

 

[UncleRisto]

So it’s a two men race for the Ross

Kucherov has it in the bag.

 

[the_fan]

Kucherov has it in the bag.

Maybe

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[JWK]

Always knew McDavid would be the type that would look directly at the sun during an eclipse.

 

[Balthazar]

Has Torts been fired yet?

Going for 8 consecutive losses.

11 losses in their last 13 games. Their Cinderella season got completely ruined after the Couturier healthy scratch.

 

[henchman21]

Has Torts been fired yet?

Going for 8 consecutive losses.

11 losses in their last 13 games. Their Cinderella season got completely ruined after the Couturier healthy scratch.

Man your hate boner is strong.


(It started with Hart’s drama… not Cooter)

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Hopefully he spends everything in the tank to beat kuch for the art roti.

 

[GeoRox89]

Hopefully he spends everything in the tank to beat kuch for the art roti.

Is this like very fancy flatbread? Can it be made with chickpea flour?

 

[henchman21]

Is this like very fancy flatbread? Can it be made with chickpea flour?

Its a cookie that Colton can sneak onto the plane.

 

[S E P H]

Has Torts been fired yet?

Going for 8 consecutive losses.

11 losses in their last 13 games. Their Cinderella season got completely ruined after the Couturier healthy scratch.

What? They are rebuilding, he and Quinn probably have the longest leashes of anybody. Or are you trying to make drama for the sake of making drama?

It is not a coincidence that their season fell hard once they traded Walker away. I don't know if it is a talent issue, but selling like they did with him could've messed up the entire mentality of the team.

 

[Avs9296]

Ovi scored his 30th and might drag the Caps to the playoffs. The talk of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

 

[Balthazar]

Kucherov 2 points again

 

[Balthazar]

Isles huge win against the Rags