Playoff chase

[Pavels Dog]

meh. I think strength of schedule is a bit overstated in the long term considering the ups and downs all teams go through during the course of an 82 game season. A lot can happen between now and april

Road vs Home split is more important imo. Unfortunately we have a lot of road games left.

Wings basically need to go out and sweep a road trip to prove that this isn't going to be an issue.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Go Caps, Wild, Kings and Jets tonight!

(Wings as well obviously)

 

[RedWingzz]

Ottawa wins again...so did Tampa

Montreal and Boston lost

 

[Reddwit]

Tricky part, Wings have a very nasty close to their season in April. 5 of 6 on the road, all against quality opponents. And the one home game is Dallas.

At least it’s not 6 games against San Jose.

 

[Euro Twins]

I think we have 10 wins vs bad teams and 7 vs good ones.
11 losses to good teams and 7 to bad ones.
This was a bit fast going through the schedule so I might be wrong.

That's difficult to gage to be honest. Like do you consider Nyr a good team? Because they were when we faced them, what about Montreal? They were on a tear when we lost to them. Is CBJ a good team? They're a wild card team right now and they've been red hot like us when we faced them. Of course teams like Toronto, la, Edmonton, Tampa can all be considered good to elite, but some of it is subjective to the time of year that we played them.

Ottawa wins again...so did Tampa

Montreal and Boston lost

Add Columbus to the win column too. But we're two points back and we've leap frogged most teams. I can smell the playoffs already

 

[Euro Twins]

Last year we got 20 points in January much to newseys disbelief. This year we got 21, and that's without Perron telling them they have to. And Todd's reaction, well we just gotta keep playing our game. These are talented young guys and they're capable (I'm paraphrasing of course)

What a huge difference he's been honestly.

Like I'm more excited for this team than I've been in a very long time. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight so I'll just keep spamming the boards.

 

[Henkka]

17 games under McLellan, 25 points. = .735 record.

51 games played, 55 points in the bank.

31 games left, .735 record = will end up to 45,6 extra points.
= 55p + 46p extra = 101 total points.

For comparison, 41 points at last 31 games would be 96 total points (pretty sure a playoff spot), and we need .661 record for that on last 31 games.

 

[jkutswings]

17 games under McLellan, 25 points. = .735 record.

51 games played, 55 points in the bank.

31 games left, .735 record = will end up to 45,6 extra points.
= 55p + 46p extra = 101 total points.

For comparison, 41 points at last 31 games would be 96 total points (pretty sure a playoff spot), and we need .661 record for that on last 31 games.

It's a rough schedule and a lot can still happen. I could see Detroit finishing as high as 97-98 points or as low as 80 points.

But as long as it's with the kids doing the heavy lifting and a trade deadline that makes sense, I'm here for it.