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Will the Habs make the playoffs?

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JianYang said:
They are on the peripheral of being "in the mix". They are as close to a playoff spot as they are from being bottom of the conference.

I'd loosely define "in the mix" as being 5 points or less out of a playoff spot. I think it's more likely that they lose ground rather than gain ground at this point.
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I am hanging on to be the glass is half full............but yes, tough sledding ahead.
 
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WeThreeKings said:
There's too many teams between us and the WC, it's not gonna happen but it's nice to see them not dig their graves deeper.
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Looks like we finish above .500. I wish we had stayed bad until we had the #1 center in our system. The Frondell or Desnoyers. Probably going to be big mistake over next 10 years. As near impossible to acquire a top 6 center. Over last 25 years and Last 5 GMs haven't been able to do it. Other than Suzuki or maybe best year of Danault. Top Free agents don't sign here. Draft is only way.

We get a solid player around 12, a mid line center or #4 d-man. But always have that hole in our roster
 
WeThreeKings said:
There's too many teams between us and the WC, it's not gonna happen but it's nice to see them not dig their graves deeper.
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You never know how this will all play out. I'd say low chance of playoffs, but we can't rule it out. 1-2 teams could lose two in row, while we keep winning and things look so different. A week, two weeks from now and it might be easier to tell. But as of this post, I don't think it is.
 
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5 points out at this stage is very doable.

However, I just don’t see us being hot enough to do it. I think we will continue our inconsistent play the rest of the season. Guhle being out is a huge loss.

Many of us predicted around 85 points this year. We’re currently paving for 83.
 
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Habssince89 said:
You never know how this will all play out. I'd say low chance of playoffs, but we can't rule it out. 1-2 teams could lose two in row, while we keep winning and things look so different. A week, two weeks from now and it might be easier to tell. But as of this post, I don't think it is.
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There was an article written about the habs have the easiest of schedules compared to the other teams they are chasing..............very interesting eh.
 
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BLONG7 said:
There was an article written about the habs have the easiest of schedules compared to the other teams they are chasing..............very interesting eh.
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Do you have a link? Considering how brutal our schedule has been that would make sense.

It’d be nice to finish strong.
 
HuGort said:
Looks like we finish above .500. I wish we had stayed bad until we had the #1 center in our system. The Frondell or Desnoyers. Probably going to be big mistake over next 10 years. As near impossible to acquire a top 6 center. Over last 25 years and Last 5 GMs haven't been able to do it. Other than Suzuki or maybe best year of Danault. Top Free agents don't sign here. Draft is only way.

We get a solid player around 12, a mid line center or #4 d-man. But always have that hole in our roster
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Unlikely Frondell or Desnoyers are a 1C. They are more 2C prototypes.
 
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I guess we're technically only five points out of a playoff spot but our pt% is significantly lower than the teams in WC1 and WC2. Winning the next game will bring our pt% up to 0.517. The gap isn't insurmountable but not every opponent will be a partied-out, hungover Canes team coming off the mid-season break.
 
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Rapala said:
I f***ing hate Lukewarm... :skeptic:

We need to get really hot or really cold and we don't need to worry about some Losing Culture BS given the run we went on.
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The Sabres have had runs like this in their 15 years of futility. It hasn't helped them to shake off their losing culture. I wouldn't call it a bs consideration, at least.
 
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I guess we're technically only five points out of a playoff spot but our pt% is significantly lower than the teams in WC1 and WC2. Winning the next game will bring our pt% up to 0.517. The gap isn't insurmountable but not every opponent will be a partied-out, hungover Canes team coming off the mid-season break.
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A 0.043 point% diff with WC2 isn’t that much. It’s around 7 points over a 82 games schedule.
 
Lafleurs Guy said:
5 points out at this stage is very doable.

However, I just don’t see us being hot enough to do it. I think we will continue our inconsistent play the rest of the season. Guhle being out is a huge loss.

Many of us predicted around 85 points this year. We’re currently paving for 83.
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5 points is alot especially with the number of teams involved.

The Habs fate was sealed with the losing streak prior to the 4 nations stoppage.

There was hope when this team was rolling and had little in the way of injuries. As I said back then, the moment injuries start to mount, this team's lack of depth will be revealed.
 
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Regardless of the other teams right now, in the couple of years, 92 points got you a PO spot in the Eastern Conference (West is more like 98), and it looks like it this year as well with many teams in the 62-64 range right now. Any of these five teams playing near .550 - .570 will reach the 92 points.

With 24 games left for Montreal, that means 33 points. So they need to finish something like 14-5-5 or 15-6-3.

Let's see how the next 4 games before the deadline go, but essentially if they don't win at least 3 or 4 of them, it's essentially over.
 
JianYang said:
The Sabres have had runs like this in their 15 years of futility. It hasn't helped them to shake off their losing culture. I wouldn't call it a bs consideration, at least.
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Yeah but who was running their organization.
If we aren't selling we'd better damn well be trading for a term solution at the very least and not a rental.
Both Buffalo and Detroit did get very close over the past couple of seasons. They sat on their hands and the players quit on them. Pick a direction is what I'm saying.
 
BergevinBurner said:
We made up 1 point out of 6 with a 3 game win streak. So we just need an 18 game win streak to tie WC2, or a 21 game win streak to take a playoff spot:sarcasm:
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1-pt on last wildcard spot, 2 on 1st wildcard spot … both wildcard spots are now in play

As long as this weekends Det / CBJ isn’t a 3-pointer, Habs could find themselves 3 pts back of wildcard spot Saturday night w win over Buf
 
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This three games win streak sees them gain like one point in the wildcard?

Just trying to put into perspective how difficult it is, even though 5 points may not sound like a huge amount.

It's a gigantic mountain.
 
JianYang said:
This three games win streak sees them gain like one point in the wildcard?

Just trying to put into perspective how difficult it is, even though 5 points may not sound like a huge amount.

It's a gigantic mountain.
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For sure it's big, more so because of the number of teams, but let's not forget it's not playoffs or bust, the goal was to be in the mix and playing meaningful games, these games (And the ones during the losing streak) are meaningful games. Win or lose doesn't matter all that much, it's the experience of being under pressure that matters and more often then not you have to lose in order to learn how to win.
 
Sorinth said:
For sure it's big, more so because of the number of teams, but let's not forget it's not playoffs or bust, the goal was to be in the mix and playing meaningful games, these games (And the ones during the losing streak) are meaningful games. Win or lose doesn't matter all that much, it's the experience of being under pressure that matters and more often then not you have to lose in order to learn how to win.
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Yes but this is the playoff positivity thread
 
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