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JetsFan815 said:
Icetime distribution in Avs games is hilarious:

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Colton is the only other forward with more than 14mins of icetime, everyone else under 14. And this is a random January regulation game against the Habs, not even OT or against a divisional rival. Gotta wonder how much these guys are gonna have left in the tank by the time the playoffs hit.
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Insane!
What are the Avs going to do when they have to play a good team that rolls 4 lines?
Oh wait a minute we saw movie … it did not end well for the Avs.:D
 
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Atoyot said:
And we've got the Islanders on a back to back. Wait why does that feel familiar? :laugh:
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Skunked in Minnesota, probably come in late this morning, Jets rested should be an advantage. Maybe we get our best scorer back for this one and maybe the PP wakes up. Bonus Avs lost to the Canadiens so Jets have 2 games in hand and 1 more point. This has to the longest time the Jets have been in first in the Central
 
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DeepFrickinValue said:
Back to back against the Leafs could be epic. Chance to have all time 3 goals or less record at leafs expense.
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Very excited for this home and home as I have a Leafs fan colleague to tease, it was absolutely hilarious when they got blown out by Buffalo in December.

We'll definitely need to get our scoring up to beat them though.
 
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JetsFan815 said:
Icetime distribution in Avs games is hilarious:

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Colton is the only other forward with more than 14mins of icetime, everyone else under 14. And this is a random January regulation game against the Habs, not even OT or against a divisional rival. Gotta wonder how much these guys are gonna have left in the tank by the time the playoffs hit.
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Wow, over 26 minutes for MacKinnon , that's alot ......:naughty:
 
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Latartoyl said:
The idea that the president's trophy is a curse is absurd, people who view it that way are people who struggle to interpret odds and probability. The winner of the president's trophy has one the cup roughly 22% of the time but there are 16 teams that make the playoffs.

If you look at the other 15 playoff positions I guarantee none of those 15 by themselves win the cup 22% of the time. You do not have better odds by finishing in any of the other 15 playoff positions, and historically the top team has won more often than any one of the other 15 possible playoff spots.

Here is a perfect example of what you see when you actually look beyond the silly curse narrative that some media and fans cling to and do a deep dive into the numbers.

"Jonathan Weiss, writing for the Bleacher Report in 2010, also noted that of the teams between 1982 and 2009 that led the League in points during the regular season, 12 of them (45 per cent) reached the Cup Finals, while of the other 405 teams during that same time period, only 42 (10 per cent) advanced to the final round, concluding that "the team that leads the NHL in regular season points is four to five times more likely than any other team in the playoffs to make it into the Stanley Cup finals, and seven to eight times more likely to win the Cup""
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Thank you!

The average NHL team has about a 3-4% chance to win the cup.

The average 1st overall team has a 22% chance to win the cup.

Curse?

As Tevye said, may the Good Lord strike me down with such a curse.
 
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AlphaLackey said:
Thank you!

The average NHL team has about a 3-4% chance to win the cup.

The average 1st overall team has a 22% chance to win the cup.

Curse?

As Tevye said, may the Good Lord strike me down with such a curse.
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Yup, I want the Presidents trophy and the Lord Stanley’s Cup. I thin that’s reasonable.
 
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DeepFrickinValue said:
What’s up with Ovechkin? 8 goals this year
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He's old and can't skate well anymore. Add to that he no longer has anyone to set him up with quality passes like Backstrom did. His effectiveness as a player wasn't going to age well the way he played the game. It was really hard on his body. That's why his game hasn't held up as well as Crosby's has. Sid plays a different, cerebral game rather than Ovi's more direct, physical approach. It helps that Crosby changed his game slightly after his concussion issues.
 
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raideralex99 said:
I saw a couple of Caps games and he is getting chances just the pucks are not going in for him.
139 shots but only .5.8 shooting % ... ouch.
McDavid has 115 shots so Ovechkin is getting chances.
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While his shot is still top notch, the delivery of passes to him are no where near as crisp as they were when Backstrom was the playmaker. Backstrom was much better than anything the Caps have now at misdirection and quality of delivery to Ovi. It makes things much harder for Alex to score now.
 
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StumpyTown said:
While his shot is still top notch, the delivery of passes to him are no where near as crisp as they were when Backstrom was the playmaker. Backstrom was much better than anything the Caps have now at misdirection and quality of delivery to Ovi. It makes things much harder for Alex to score now.
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That and he is no longer able to create separation to near the same extent on his own.
 
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Adam da bomb said:
I disagree. I think Bedard has been the more impressive rookie. Most rookies dont come in and lead their team in offense with very little help and still lead rookies in scoring. The fact he is 3 years younger also adds to the impressiveness.
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It's pretty easy to say that Bedard is the most impressive rookie, since he is the only NHL level forward in his organisation (already was when Hall was injured). And as I said, there's no way they're going to let Brock f***ing Faber steal the spotlight. There just isn't.

Also, age shouldn't matter at all, they're both rookies.
 
WpgSteve said:
President's Trophy is a legit banner no matter what happens in the playoffs. Being first in the league over an entire season is not a trivial accomplishment.
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Once one acknowledges that there is short term luck even in athletics, it’s hard to buy the conceit that the champion must therefore be the best team that year. Which is not to denigrate in any way the value that comes in being a champion. But sometimes, the champ isn’t the best. My fellow chess fans know what I mean.
 
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