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Around the NHL: HOCKEY’S BACK BABY
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Dubi Doo
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I was taken a back at how noticeable he was against the Sabres. I recall a few times where he willed his way to a few victories during battles for the puck. Didn't expect that at all.
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Seems like DOPS is saying check to head = 2 games, since McA did 2 and Cliffy did 1
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Monahan had a $6M hit with near cap salary. He was very difficult to move With only a few teams having the space to take that contract on. It was a gun to the head.
Monahan in recent years had injury issues and did so last year. He wasn’t bad in montreal pre-njury. I don’t recall who his linemates are. With a one year contract he has an incentive to do well.
10 games does not a season make. Any team in thr league can get a good streak riding a few hot players.
I said in my predictions that montreal and Philadelphia would be high 70s points assuming no big injuries. 35-39-8 type of record. Of course early season confidence could build and you get some players having career years coukd factor into it.
those two I had out of thr playoffs. Only Carolina did I have definite in the playoffs. With the rest it’s a battle depending on luck of injuries, luck in schedule, not everyone going cold at once cause losing streaks, and so on.
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I was looking at the standings this morning and I was curious what everyone else thought - who are the worst teams in the Eastern Conference? It seems like there's tons of parity and my only thought is maybe the Caps? Detroit and Montreal don't look like bottom feeders you can beat up on anymore. I wouldn't exactly pick Philly or Columbus to make the playoffs but it wouldn't surprise me if either of them snuck around .500 for the year.
So who do we beat up on since we only get to play Colorado twice a year?
So who do we beat up on since we only get to play Colorado twice a year?
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Djp
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early season schedules can factor into performance.
going into the season and say you rank the top 10 teams. These would be top 2 in each division and best next team in each conference. That would amount to about 27 games or about 1/3 of your schedule. The playoff teams total about half your schedule if outside the playoffs.
in first 10 buffalo played 7 playoff teams snd 3 top 10 teams
Next 10 4 playoff, 4 top 10
21-30 play 5 playoff teams, 5 top 10
31-41 5 playoff 4 top 10
first half 21 and 16
boston first 10 faces only 3 playoff teams. Next 10 is 5. Even though they are a playoff team, so probabilities are less, but 3 is low.
schedules can matter ….
Boston last year had 20 of their first 32 games were at home iirc. They started well and gained confidence
in 21/22 Isles with new arena started with a 13+ games on the road Before their first home game. They started in a whole and couldn’t dig out.
buffalo at end of 21-22 had that 20 of 21 playoff contending teams and 17 made the playoffs. That's a statistical outlier in terms of unusual schedule.
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I'd say the bottom of the Eastern Conference is for sure Washington. They just look like a team that is barely surviving their games. I think they hit a wall. The very top of the conference, and probably the only consistent Good teams in the East is Boston and New York Rangers.
Then there's a massive collection of inconsistent teams which pretty much includes everyone else, that you don't know what you're getting from game to game. There's weaknesses and holes on every single team. I wouldn't be shocked if by game 50 of the season, we're looking at a standings that has maybe a 8 point cushion from teams #3-14.
This season is shaping up to be chaos in the East. I think some teams are just underperforming at the moment. Teams like Pittsburgh, Carolina, Florida, I think they will right their ship. Buffalo I think will have another ebb and flow sort of season, where they look like world beaters for a stretch and then fall back a few. Toronto I think their elite talent will keep them within top 10 for the season. Their bottom 6 forwards is an absolute joke and they have an aging defense corp with very little upside. NJ is showing itself to have goaltender issues, and consistency issues in their defensive game.
Doug Prishpreed
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The caps and columbus are the only teams not playing very well right now. Those are obviously must-win games when we play them. We need to beat PIT and Tampa too, they're the next level up, imo.
Montreal is winning on puck luck and amazing goaltending right now. They'll come down to earth.
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Officially official:
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So my guess is that Ottawa will eventually forfeit its 26 1st rounder.
Ottawa Senators to forfeit first-round pick as fallout from 2021 Evgenii Dadonov trade | TSN
The Ottawa Senators will forfeit a first-round pick as a result of punishment stemming from their 2021 trade that sent Evgenii Dadonov to the Vegas Golden Knights and subsequent, invalidated trade that would have sent the forward to the Anaheim Ducks in March 2022.
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So my guess is that Ottawa will eventually forfeit its 26 1st rounder.
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Backstrom (temp for now) and Stastny hanging up the skates. Will this scare teams away for PKane ?
Doug Prishpreed
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Being over 35 should already be scaring teams away. Add the injury and it just doesn't make sense for any team unless he's playing for like $1M.
If the Sens really are wheeling Chiarelli in to be the new GM... *yikes*
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Dubi Doo
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I'd personally replace the word *yikes* with *hell yeah!*.
They're a team I've been keeping a keen eye on over the past year or so. They're neck and neck with us in the short term, though I think our prospect pool gives us a big time edge in the future.
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