Half-Assed GDT: Blues @ Kraken FDSNMW 9PM

[Stupendous Yappi]

Win in regulation vs Utah and anything anyone else does is irrelevant.

 

[BlueDream]

Great.
Now we have to win against the nameless hockey team.
Not good.

Any Calgary regulation loss in one of their 3 games also gets us in.

 

[TheDizee]

Win in regulation vs Utah and anything anyone else does is irrelevant.

that requires them shooting the puck and not playing like uptight choke artists

 

[simon IC]

Win in regulation vs Utah and anything anyone else does is irrelevant.

That can't be right, Wild gained a point on us tonight.

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

*claps for Snuggy*

For what? Hasn’t shown me much yet.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Wild win in OT
We lose in OT

I think we are done. The Flames are motivated.

We look like a gassed team who's luck has run out.

Enjoy the off season fellas.

 

[Spektre]

Of course they get 1 point and leave Calgary hope. Calgary has been playing great hockey. It won’t shock me if they win out

 

[BlueDream]

That can't be right, Wild gained a pint on us tonight.

There are 2 spots. Doesn’t matter if the Wild get one of them.

We have the tiebreaker over Calgary if we win. Otherwise, if they lose just one game in regulation, they can’t pass us.

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

That can't be right, Wild gained a pint on us tonight.

It’s correct. Calgary is 4 behind and we are two ahead on RW. We win in reg and even if they catch us at 96 points, we win the tiebreakers

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

That can't be right, Wild gained a point on us tonight.

They would secure the tiebreaker on Calgary.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Of course they get 1 point and leave Calgary hope. Calgary has been playing great hockey. It won’t shock me if they win out

Yep.

I think we lose to Utah.

There is NOTHING I see going right with this team.

The O is anemic
The D is shoddy
The G is not making game saving plays

 

[GoldenSeal]

Wild win in OT
We lose in OT

I think we are done. The Flames are motivated.

We look like a gassed team who's luck has run out.

Enjoy the off season fellas.

It costs me absolutely nothing to be miserable. It also costs me nothing to be hopeful, so why the hell not.

We're still in it and I Believe. Let's do this!

 

[ToastedRavioli]

Brutal loss. We have to beat Utah in regulation now to clinch, assuming Calgary wins out. We still have four opportunities to clinch, but man it could've been a lot easier if we just held Edmonton to OT and scored on one of the 5 chances we had to win it in the shootout

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

There are 2 spots. Doesn’t matter if the Wild get one of them.

We have the tiebreaker over Calgary if we win. Otherwise, if they lose just one game in regulation, they can’t pass us.

Agree. The way we are playing, they just need to lose one of their last 3 in regulation and it’s over.

 

[TheDizee]

That can't be right, Wild gained a point on us tonight.

we hold the tiebreaker right now over calgary due to regulation wins. they could technically surpass us if they win their last 3 in regulation and we win in OT/SO vs Utah. But Calagry cannot pass us on ROW. So if the Blues win in regulation, does not matter what calgary does.

But this is uptight and full of chokers atm, so I expect a massive letdown on home ice. Those blown Regulation wins against the Canucks/Pens could possibly screw them.

 

[mk80]

What concerns me is we really struggled to even get to OT against a bad Seattle team, with Grubauer in net who has been awful this year.

Utah is a team we’ve had problems beating since their Coyotes days

 

[ToastedRavioli]

What sucks as well is we wont know where Calgary stands on our last game. Meaning if it's tied late in the game we almost certainly wont pull our goalie to win in regulation, which could cost us the tiebreaker and the season if Calgary wins out.

Time to pray the Sharks do the impossible and let us Clinch before game 82.

 

[sbet1998]

I guess Ill go against the grain and say they beat Utah in regulation.

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

I just hope we have BOTH Broberg and CP55 in the lineup Tuesday. Gonna need our best defensive effort of the season.

 

[ToastedRavioli]

More bad news: Vegas has clinched their division and it is extremely likely that LA will not be able to move spots either by game 82 against the Flames. So Flames could end up facing the Sharks and two playoff teams resting players and having nothing to play for.

 

[TheDizee]

I guess Ill go against the grain and say they beat Utah in regulation.

 

[sbet1998]

Ugh, I have to root for California teams now.

 

[WeWentBlues]

Crazy to blow a 3-2 lead in the 3rd on a borderline goal (overhead view looked like a kicking motion to me) and then to have five chances in the shootout to grab the extra point and fail.

Lucky to escape Seattle with any points honestly. And then Minnesota erases a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd and wins in OT.

Looks like its going to have to come down to the wire in true Jobu Major League fashion.

 

[Xerloris]

Yep.

I think we lose to Utah.

There is NOTHING I see going right with this team.

The O is anemic
The D is shoddy
The G is not making game saving plays

If Holloway comes back we beat Utah and if Broberg is back I think we also beat Utah. Who would have ever guessed those 2 offer sheets would have such an impact on our season?

 

[Spektre]

It really feels like somehow, someway, the Blues will both miss the playoffs, and secure the 16th overall pick.

It seemed impossible they would make the playoffs heading into the 4 nations. It seemed impossible they could miss the playoffs after winning 12 games in a row.

I’d like to see them get in the playoffs but the Blues fan in me sees it going the other way