Canadian Division (Canada Cup) Part IV

[The Hanging Jowl]

Unfortunately I think Ottawa and Vancouver are going to get better as the season goes on.

Ottawa already looks better. Vancouver...not so much.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Ottawa already looks better. Vancouver...not so much.

Been significantly better than the Flames for 4 games this week lol.

 

[TopChedder]

Tim Stutzle is going to be damn good. He will be one of the top players in our division for a while. He really does look like the top player from the draft.

Solid player.

 

[HabsInsider]

Leafs needed that win badly. Glad they came through. Ottawa is teaching teams to have respect and I love it. Can't take nights off thinking it's an easy win.

I think Calgary is underachieving with the team they have. I expect them to move up in the standings going forward. MTL is likely to beat out WPG for the final playoff spot.

Vancouver made a big mistake losing Markstrom. Seems like a bad situation brewing there.

I foresee 'tough customer' Ottawa playing spoiler late in the season and giving teams a good bang for their buck.

 

[Canucks LB]

Canucks have played way better in the last 5 games.
Honestly should have won all 5
Just won the Series vs Calgary, Maybe they still have a shot at making the playoffs.

 

[King K Rool]

Canucks have played way better in the last 5 games.
Honestly should have won all 5
Just won the Series vs Calgary, Maybe they still have a shot at making the playoffs.

It will be much clearer after Feb 25th at which point:

Oilers will have played CGYx2, VANx2
Flames EDMx2, TORx2, OTT
Canucks WPGx2, EDMx2

This next week can potentially make or break the season for a team.

Going to be intense

 

[HabsInsider]

Canucks have played way better in the last 5 games.
Honestly should have won all 5
Just won the Series vs Calgary, Maybe they still have a shot at making the playoffs.

They have a good shot actually.. just need to go on a tear.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Oilers have won 7 of their last 9 after starting 3-6. Div is tight already.

 

[TopChedder]

Canucks have played way better in the last 5 games.
Honestly should have won all 5
Just won the Series vs Calgary, Maybe they still have a shot at making the playoffs.

They were one of my picks to win the division before the season started.

 

[TopChedder]

Oilers have won 7 of their last 9 after starting 3-6. Div is tight already.

Oil are looking better indeed.

 

[deckercky]

I think the Canucks should be better than .500 going forward, but i would be surprised if they are able to dig out of their hole and make playoffs. Their goaltending is too inconsistent on an otherwise flawed roster.

That said, with all divisional games, this is the season to climb out of a hole, if any, since the Canucks play the bubble teams ahead of them so many times.

 

[Captain Bowie]

but i would be surprised if they are able to dig out of their hole and make playoffs
.

They're 2 points from 4th, 3 points from 2nd/3rd.

Let's get half way before making conclusions at least

 

[Bank Shot]

Canucks have played way better in the last 5 games.
Honestly should have won all 5
Just won the Series vs Calgary, Maybe they still have a shot at making the playoffs.

They've won 2 games in their last 9.

Weird time to be calling a turnaround.

 

[Captain Bowie]

They've won 2 games in their last 9.

Weird time to be calling a turnaround.

Sure if you ignore the PLAY and only look at final score. They outplayed Calgary in every game this week. And were significantly better in the last Leafs game than the previous ones.

 

[Bank Shot]

Sure if you ignore the PLAY and only look at final score. They outplayed Calgary in every game this week. And were significantly better in the last Leafs game than the previous ones.

They are really climbing the moral standings apparently.

 

[Captain Bowie]

I'm very excited for the next 6 games. 4 vs. Jets, 2 vs. Oilers. Feels like forever since we've played not Calgary or Toronto. Two teams we should be able to win the series against, but can't be complacent against. Hope they bring the best out of us.

I'm predicting 8 points from these 6 games. 4-2 or 3-1-2.

 

[Captain Bowie]

They are really climbing the moral standings apparently.

Yeah who wants to play well? How silly to want to play well.

But they're climbing the actual standins as well.

 

[Critical13]

Hard to believe we're still in 1st with how flaccid we've been lately. Breath of fresh air compared to the Atlantic where any stumble is a world of pain.

 

[BlueBaron]

They're 2 points from 4th, 3 points from 2nd/3rd.

Let's get half way before making conclusions at least

They have also played 20 games, 2 more than anyone. More importantly 4 more than both Calgary and Winnipeg. It's a big hole.

 

[Captain Bowie]

They have also played 20 games, 2 more than anyone. More importantly 4 more than both Calgary and Winnipeg. It's a big hole.

All we can do is assume every team collects 1 point for every game in hand. Every team can't win every game since they only play each other, and it's hard to predict OT games.

So that would give us (if games were all even):

Toronto - 29
Montreal - 25
Winnipeg - 23
Edmonton - 22
Calgary - 21
Vancouver - 17
Ottawa - 11

Is that "insurmountable" with 26 games to play? To To make up 5 points to crack top 4?

 

[Snipes45]

Leafs needed that win badly. Glad they came through. Ottawa is teaching teams to have respect and I love it. Can't take nights off thinking it's an easy win.

I think Calgary is underachieving with the team they have. I expect them to move up in the standings going forward. MTL is likely to beat out WPG for the final playoff spot.

Vancouver made a big mistake losing Markstrom. Seems like a bad situation brewing there.

I foresee 'tough customer' Ottawa playing spoiler late in the season and giving teams a good bang for their buck.

They're 2 points from 4th, 3 points from 2nd/3rd.

Let's get half way before making conclusions at least

Look at the games played column.. Edm has 2 games in hand. CGY 4. etc

Edit - Already said

I don't see CGY improving a ton. They look so disjointed, etc. Don't look like a close team. terrible starters. It's like they think you only have to play the 2nd/3rd periods.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Look at the games played column.. Edm has 2 games in hand. CGY 4. etc

Edit - Already said

I don't see CGY improving a ton. They look so disjointed, etc. Don't look like a close team. terrible starters. It's like they think you only have to play the 2nd/3rd periods.

(see above)

 

[Snipes45]

I see Vancouver trending up. They honestly should have won all 4 against CGY. They have to go on a big streak.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Just because I like to rile up all the Leafs fans...

Brock Boeser has been as good as Auston Matthews this year.

Come at me.

 

[BlueBaron]

All we can do is assume every team collects 1 point for every game in hand. Every team can't win every game since they only play each other, and it's hard to predict OT games.

So that would give us (if games were all even):

Toronto - 29
Montreal - 25
Winnipeg - 23
Edmonton - 22
Calgary - 21
Vancouver - 17
Ottawa - 11

Is that "insurmountable" with 26 games to play? To To make up 5 points to crack top 4?

Many of us are watching to see if you can knock out Edmonton. A little streak could change things fast.