Just A Bit Outside
Playoffs??!
- Mar 6, 2010
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Looking at teams in the other division, their schedules and line ups. Also they are improving, slowly but there are now 5 teams within 5 points for the last WC spot. Is that the goal, the purpose of the entire season to just make the playoffs, that's all? They would be team struggling to make that spot. They just lost to Buffalo in a scheduled win for them. They haven won enough games in regulation to win the cup, 16. If you took half the loser points away 5 points, they are in 27th in the league.Why would the team need 48 points the rest of the way? There’s no chance 98 is the cutoff in the West this year. Probably like 92 or something. There’s only 7 good teams in the West
I have it on good authority that Myers has already been arrested and McDavid has been the secret president all along. JFK JR is going to reveal himself at the opening faceoff to rescind McDavid’s suspension and add three games to Myers. Many people are talking about this.I wonder if Myers and Garland get arrested the moment they set foot into Rogers.
My guess is 50/50.
Garland is going to be the 1st player expected to answer the bell for ... holding a player.I wonder if Myers and Garland get arrested the moment they set foot into Rogers.
My guess is 50/50.
We don’t have any extra forwards/D, and with some illness going around the team, makes sense to bring these two to Edmonton just in case. Quick trip.So they are just calling Pettersson up a day then sending him down for his good performance I assume? Abby plays tomorrow in Arizona and again on Sunday, so maybe he's playing with the big team on Saturday? I don't know if it's a good way to ease him in the lineup playing him against the capitals (the best team according to the standings).
Looking at teams in the other division, their schedules and line ups. Also they are improving, slowly but there are now 5 teams within 5 points for the last WC spot. Is that the goal, the purpose of the entire season to just make the playoffs, that's all? They would be team struggling to make that spot. They just lost to Buffalo in a scheduled win for them. They haven won enough games in regulation to win the cup, 16. If you took half the loser points away 5 points, they are in 27th in the league.
A lot of these other team have cap space and deeper prospect pools to improve their teams, hell Calgary has 7 draft picks in the first two rounds over this and next year, 4 first's, they could offer up and they are definitely in a win for the fans mode and their room is having fun. Utah has an embarrassment of riches.
With this team's current reputation of issues which player will waive to come here? Even FAs in summer?
The cutoff has been 2024 - 98pts west, 2023 - 95pts west, 2022 - 97pts west, 2021 - Covid, 2020 - covid,
Even if only 95 pts that's still 45 pts of a possible 70 pts. .642 pt%
Some Coilers fans are absolutely mental. They're furious at Garland for triggering McRatface's tantrum, which ultimately led to him finally being held accountable. The thought of retaliation is ridiculous, yet I've seen this discussed a lot.Why is everyone thinking they go after Garland? He will get special attention but it is Hughes and Hronek that will be centered on.
Draistl stated it's all part of the game except the crosschecking. He said that with a smile on his face.
The entire Oilers team has not mentioned that they are out to get Garland. Perry did talk about that kind of stuff happening in the past.
Going after Garland is not a good hockey tactic but Hughes, that's different because it makes good hockey sense and is part of the game.
IMO Tocchet didn't split the defence to make the team better, he did it so Hughes had a big guy as his line mate.
It's all part of the game right? Checks will be finished, face washing might be done like Garland did, while holding the stick (butt end)
Tocchet took pains to poke the bear a little hoping to get the Oliers to overreact but I think they will just play a very heavy game and the Canucks will take a lot of retaliation penalties, Soucy especially or whoever is Hughes partner.
There will be intention of hurting a player but if they get crushed by a late hit like Sherwood does well, we all saw Hughes evaporate in the playoffs and that was legal game play.
Nurse might let Garland bet him to the puck a few times or some other dman.
The Oilers don't have to win this game, they don't NEED the points to make the real season.
The Canucks do, they will need around 48 points and there are only 70 pts available. They can't lose more than 5 regulation games to have a sniff.
For the Oilers this might a a "message" game to the rest of the league that if the refs won't police the game they will not tolerate their stars being jumped, held and tackled.
No cross checks but a very heavy game, they have time to recover from any unfortunate injuries that might occur or suspensions that could come. The Canucks can't have any top half of the team players out of the lineup
The score, I don't think it is going to matter all the talk will be about the reffing
This is my new favourite copy pastaThis is probably JT Miller’s last game imo.