Around the NHL 2024-2025

[Blanick]

This might be the best case scenario for the Blues playoff hopes. Going against LA so much right now. I am watching the LA-CHI game and they look they are struggling. Chicago getting through neutral zone way to easy, gaps are huge.

 

[TheDizee]

This might be the best case scenario for the Blues playoff hopes. Going against LA so much right now. I am watching the LA-CHI game and they look they are struggling. Chicago getting through neutral zone way to easy, gaps are huge.

They are a different team at home.

 

[Xerloris]

Guess they should have prioritized Broberg and Holloway. I find this as hilariously awesome news.

 

[StlBigFly]

Maybe another seller going to close up shop.

The Habs have a 5 game win streak that puts them 1 point behind Detroit for the wildcard. I feel the Habs had 3 guys (Armia, Evans, Savard) who were likely to move, would be a hit to the rental market to lose that. It already seems like the dullest rental market of all time if you separate Rantanen out of the mix.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Maybe another seller going to close up shop.

The Habs have a 5 game win streak that puts them 1 point behind Detroit for the wildcard. I feel the Habs had 3 guys (Armia, Evans, Savard) who were likely to move, would be a hit to the rental market to lose that. It already seems like the dullest rental market of all time if you separate Rantanen out of the mix.

The Eastern Conference wild card race is a circus. I can't believe Montreal is still alive after their poor play prior to the break. This is shocking to me. Nobody wants to claim a playoff spot and run with it.

 

[Brian39]

The Eastern Conference wild card race is a circus. I can't believe Montreal is still alive after their poor play prior to the break. This is shocking to me. Nobody wants to claim a playoff spot and run with it.

Could very much say the same thing about us.

Going 1-5-0 to close out January really should have been the end of any playoff hopes for us. Yes, we went 2-1-1 in the 4 games before the break and have gone on a great 4-1-1 tear coming out of the break. But we are also very fortunate that Vancouver is 1-4 out of the break and that Calgary is 2-2-1 out of the break (plus a 3 game losing streak going into the break). We were 7 points behind the playoff cut line on 2/1/25 and have only played 10 games since then. The fact that we are now only 1 point back is very much because no one wants to grab that WC2 spot and run with it.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

A bit of a head scratcher in Edmonton, no? Did they really need Frederic?

 

[LetsGoBooze]

A bit of a head scratcher in Edmonton, no? Did they really need Frederic?

They had more pressing needs, but i think TFred is built for playoff hockey. We'll see if they do anything else.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

They had more pressing needs, but i think TFred is built for playoff hockey. We'll see if they do anything else.

They needed some grit in their bottom-6, so I guess he’s good for that.