OOT Scoreboard 2024-25 season

[NjDevsRR]

 

[sabremike]

Buffalo has lost 10 straight and are still only 4th worst in pts and 5th worst in pts%. Outstanding

*Nashville fires Burnette*

*Lindy brings him on board as an assistant*

 

[Bleedred]

Brunette is another guy really hanging on for dear life lol.

But it’s been heavily speculated that Trotz isn’t going to be so quick to throw Brunette overboard because Nashville has always been an organization that hasn’t had a whole lot of head coaches and Trotz himself lasted 15 years there.

But times were much different back then. Trotz only survived seasons like this in the early expansion days of Nashville.

 

[Goptor]

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Don't they have a 10 game losing streak every year?

 

[TheBeerNerd]

I’m of two minds watching the Rangers implode.

On the one hand, the rivalry is more fun when they’re good and we kick their asses anyway. And my father in law is a Rangers fan, so I can’t openly gloat too much, it would be unseemly.

On the other hand, it’s the Rangers. F*** them, just on principle. I want them to crash and burn hard, in as embarrassing a fashion as possible. I want Drury to bungle this so bad that his name becomes synonymous with outrageous failure, this generation’s Mike Milbury.

I was the former going into this season, but now that they’re spiraling out of control, I’m in the latter camp. I want to see how bad it gets for them.

 

[MasterofGrond]

as always, the Sabres are lining themselves up perfect for what they do (and what I predict) every goddamn season.

"Hot" start (11-9-1): "Wow they're trending up and even looking a little feisty this year, is this the year they get over the hump?"
Monumental collapse (10 game losing streak): "This is it, the most inept franchise in the league, they will never win again"
Strong finish to valiantly miss the playoffs by single digit points (TBD): "Wow, if they just avoided absolutely sucking ass for an entire month, they would have made the playoffs! You have reeled me back in!"

 

[NJDevs26]

I don’t think the Rangers are done done for this season by any stretch but certainly this group as presently constructed is a bunch of zombies and they need a drastic change, hopefully they make the wrong drastic change lol

 

[Hisch13r]

I’m of two minds watching the Rangers implode.

On the one hand, the rivalry is more fun when they’re good and we kick their asses anyway. And my father in law is a Rangers fan, so I can’t openly gloat too much, it would be unseemly.

On the other hand, it’s the Rangers. F*** them, just on principle. I want them to crash and burn hard, in as embarrassing a fashion as possible. I want Drury to bungle this so bad that his name becomes synonymous with outrageous failure, this generation’s Mike Milbury.

It is more fun when they’re good and lose in the playoffs instead. If they’re going to suck though then a death spiral like this where they started off as one of the top teams in the league, are coming off a Presidents Trophy, and an ECF is still really fun. It’s not fun when they’re perennially in the basement.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Nah, f*** NYR. They laughed at us all these years and especially last year after missing the playoffs after 22-23. They could legit miss for a decade+ and I could laugh at their misery. I think the Flyers possibly being back soon with a few moves is going to be our bigger rivalry the next decade anyway. Let the younger fans who didn't see the early 2000's realize how fun that era was.

as always, the Sabres are lining themselves up perfect for what they do (and what I predict) every goddamn season.

"Hot" start (11-9-1): "Wow they're trending up and even looking a little feisty this year, is this the year they get over the hump?"
Monumental collapse (10 game losing streak): "This is it, the most inept franchise in the league, they will never win again"
Strong finish to valiantly miss the playoffs by single digit points (TBD): "Wow, if they just avoided absolutely sucking ass for an entire month, they would have made the playoffs! You have reeled me back in!"

The Sens do the exact same thing but just flip step 1/2. If the Sens can continue to the ASB break at a decent clip, they'll make it on the basis with how good their second halves usually are lmao

 

[Satans Hockey]

It is more fun when they’re good and lose in the playoffs instead. If they’re going to suck though then a death spiral like this where they started off as one of the top teams in the league, are coming off a Presidents Trophy, and an ECF is still really fun. It’s not fun when they’re perennially in the basement.

I would be perfectly fine with them never, ever making the playoffs again. Them missing from 1998-2004 was great fun.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I don’t think the Rangers are done done for this season by any stretch but certainly this group as presently constructed is a bunch of zombies and they need a drastic change, hopefully they make the wrong drastic change lol

They're not done because of who they have in net but they're beyond finished at the skater spots, it's not even a question. Kreider/Zibanejad look like they want the next flight out of JFK airport

 

[TheBeerNerd]

I would be perfectly fine with them never, ever making the playoffs again. Them missing from 1998-2004 was great fun.

This is a valid feeling, but it just feels empty to me to be on top and them not being competitive. Sure, you're setting yourselves up for being beaten by the Rags in the playoffs, but great fun takes risk.

Idk. It's a matter of personal preference.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

This is a valid feeling, but it just feels empty to me to be on top and them not being competitive. Sure, you're setting yourselves up for being beaten by the Rags in the playoffs, but great fun takes risk.

Idk. It's a matter of personal preference.

2012/2023 are good enough for me in my lifetime, lol. Shame 2012 didn't end in a Cup because that's arguably the best route to a Cup as a Devils fan you can draw up by beating the Flyers/Rags in the East semis/finals.

 

[Satans Hockey]

This is a valid feeling, but it just feels empty to me to be on top and them not being competitive. Sure, you're setting yourselves up for being beaten by the Rags in the playoffs, but great fun takes risk.

Idk. It's a matter of personal preference.

I've experienced enough Devils-Rangers playoff series that have probably taken years off my life that I'm good for awhile on those anyway lol

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I've experienced enough Devils-Rangers playoff series that have probably taken years off my life that I'm good for awhile on those anyway lol

We're on the same timing this morning lol

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

the Rangers aren't "done" simply because the East wild card teams are going to be bad teams.

That is part of the reason why winning the Metro would be so important. Although at this rate, Washington is never going to lose again so

 

[MasterofGrond]

Washington is gonna cool off pretty hard (gut prediction, not data analysis), and when they do everybody is gonna be confused how they got so worked up over this at the time

 

[TheBeerNerd]

The Caps aren't this good but they're not that far off. They're a well run organization and they'll be a pain in the ass for years to come.

 

[jkrdevil]

Caps lead are the PDO. They are a good team, but are going to cool off. It will be a race to the end of the season.

 

[TheBeerNerd]

I don’t think the Rangers are done done for this season by any stretch but certainly this group as presently constructed is a bunch of zombies and they need a drastic change, hopefully they make the wrong drastic change lol

It's tempting to agree with you, but take a look at their stretch of games from 12/20 onward:

Dallas, Carolina, us, Tampa Bay, Florida, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Dallas again, us again, Vegas, Colorado.

Owing to a soft schedule up until the beginning of this month or thereabouts, their only two wins against playoff teams so far are against Toronto and against Vancouver. And the latter is looking pretty tenuous as a playoff team.

So it might actually get worse and in a short amount of time.

 

[jkrdevil]

It's tempting to agree with you, but take a look at their stretch of games from 12/20 onward:

Dallas, Carolina, us, Tampa Bay, Florida, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Dallas again, us again, Vegas, Colorado.

Owing to a soft schedule up until the beginning of this month or thereabouts, their only two wins against playoff teams so far are against Toronto and against Vancouver. And the latter is looking pretty tenuous as a playoff team.

So it might actually get worse and in a short amount of time.

Which is why their playoff odds are low right now despite being on the bubble. But if Igor starts playing Vezina quality and they survive the next month stretch they can make deadline moves and kind of like the 2012 Kings who retooled their team at the deadline and went in a run.