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Making the playoffs? I'd say nearly 100%. I'll give it 98.What is the over-under on the rangers making the playoffs?
With all the trades and everything that they got and gave up a first round series and out a satisfying year?
By " making it to the semis" do you mean Conference Finals or Conference semis? My bar for minimum success is Conference Finals. No less than that!The will make the playoffs but if they finish 6, 7 or 8 they will almost for sure play Windsor, London or Sarnia. And imo the advantage is in their favour in a series. Need to get to the 4th of 5th spot to have an easier 1st round. Really with what MM gave away making it to the semis is bare minimum for what you would call a successful season. But 3 teams are all in…..Windsor, Sarnia and Kitchener. So 1 of those teams (maybe 2 if London gets in) isn’t making the semis. London make a tweak but didn’t go all in. They are looking solid next year. I think if they lose in the quarters you can’t call that a failure with what the 3 other teams traded away.
On one hand if London would lose in the quarter finals it may not reflect badly on their chances going forward. As you said it didn't come at a big cost trade wise. However it would pose questions on how good this team really is going forward. They are expecting a lot more than quarter finals.The will make the playoffs but if they finish 6, 7 or 8 they will almost for sure play Windsor, London or Sarnia. And imo the advantage is in their favour in a series. Need to get to the 4th of 5th spot to have an easier 1st round. Really with what MM gave away making it to the semis is bare minimum for what you would call a successful season. But 3 teams are all in…..Windsor, Sarnia and Kitchener. So 1 of those teams (maybe 2 if London gets in) isn’t making the semis. London make a tweak but didn’t go all in. They are looking solid next year. I think if they lose in the quarters you can’t call that a failure with what the 3 other teams traded away.
What is the over-under on the rangers making the playoffs?
With all the trades and everything that they got and gave up a first round series and out a satisfying year?
IMHO....reaching the Conference Finals with what was paid out followed by probably 3 yrs of mediocre hockey wasnt really worth it if that was MM's end goal.By " making it to the semis" do you mean Conference Finals or Conference semis? My bar for minimum success is Conference Finals. No less than that!
I think the Rangers have to start with a win over Oshawa tonight. A team that sold off. Do this first. The conference finals are a pipe dream when a team is in 9th place. I am going to temper any prognostications until the Rangers can string a bunch of wins together. I just don't see a lot of teams above them falling apart in the second half. The Storm are looking at making the play offs and Erie got rid of their coach and are what 5 points behind the Rangers. They are hoping to squeak into a play off spot also.IMHO....reaching the Conference Finals with what was paid out followed by probably 3 yrs of mediocre hockey wasnt really worth it if that was MM's end goal.
I don't think we're going to see mediocre hockey again for 3 years. It's like this year's draft didn't even happen. No first rounder, doubtful 2nd rounder. AND only one 2006 and four 2005 players on the roster. And our best 05, Rehkopf will be getting used to recover draft picks.IMHO....reaching the Conference Finals with what was paid out followed by probably 3 yrs of mediocre hockey wasnt really worth it if that was MM's end goal.
Oshawa AND Saginaw. If you cannot get it going with these 2 then there is no hope. After these 2, there are a series of games that are against teams that made the big trades. These will truly mark where we stand compared to the rest of the league. To be fair, I am hoping for 20 wins from now to the beginning of the playoffs. That would mean beating the teams that are "rebuilding" if we drop ALL the games against the teams that made the big trades. I'm including Saginaw as a rebuilding team although they are doing quite well. That should be good for 4th or 5th place which would be a great place to land if we make the playoffs.I think the Rangers have to start with a win over Oshawa tonight. A team that sold off. Do this first. The conference finals are a pipe dream when a team is in 9th place. I am going to temper any prognostications until the Rangers can string a bunch of wins together. I just don't see a lot of teams above them falling apart in the second half. The Storm are looking at making the play offs and Erie got rid of their coach and are what 5 points behind the Rangers. They are hoping to squeak into a play off spot also.
For me, I’m torn about this climb up the standings. Sure, it would be great to finish fourth or fifth and not see one of the big three teams in the first round. But, a first round series against Saginaw or Owen Sound, the likely opponent if we do get into the fourth or fifth spot, should be a long series. Six or seven games I would bank on.The will make the playoffs but if they finish 6, 7 or 8 they will almost for sure play Windsor, London or Sarnia. And imo the advantage is in their favour in a series. Need to get to the 4th of 5th spot to have an easier 1st round. Really with what MM gave away making it to the semis is bare minimum for what you would call a successful season. But 3 teams are all in…..Windsor, Sarnia and Kitchener. So 1 of those teams (maybe 2 if London gets in) isn’t making the semis. London make a tweak but didn’t go all in. They are looking solid next year. I think if they lose in the quarters you can’t call that a failure with what the 3 other teams traded away.
Any less than seven out of 10 in the next 10 games is a huge failure. Oshawa, Saginaw, Erie, and Guelph. All four are must win games. And then if we go 500 against the remaining teams, that gets us to seven out of 10. Really though, you’d like to be better. 7 of 10 is good but you’d like to see 8 or 9 to really prove something.Oshawa AND Saginaw. If you cannot get it going with these 2 then there is no hope. After these 2, there are a series of games that are against teams that made the big trades. These will truly mark where we stand compared to the rest of the league. To be fair, I am hoping for 20 wins from now to the beginning of the playoffs. That would mean beating the teams that are "rebuilding" if we drop ALL the games against the teams that made the big trades. I'm including Saginaw as a rebuilding team although they are doing quite well. That should be good for 4th or 5th place which would be a great place to land if we make the playoffs.
Martin playing out of position. I suppose they have to experiment and find the right mix for the top nine.Tonight's lineup
Sop-Pinelli-Mešár
Arcuri-Zhilkin-Martin
Swick-Rehkopf-Valade
Misaljevic-Mercer-Pugliese
Moore-Schmidt
Hamara-Brzustewicz
Andonovski-Hollett
Costantini
Martin and Pinelli back, Motew still out. This is the closest to a perfect lineup, that should be winning 75-80% of their games. Blues at home the rest of the way. Buckle up!
You can tell they've been working on the pp. So far 0-3 and zero shots. It's tough to watchThe Chris Dennis "training camp" this past week has produced 10 shots through 30mins....against Oshawa.
On an early delayed penalty, multiple times they tried to enter the zone but couldn’t.You can tell they've been working on the pp. So far 0-3 and zero shots. It's tough to watch
You may get your wish.3-1 now…anyone else hoping the final is 7-1 so CD can maybe be canned? He probably won’t as we just need to be patient.