Playoffs Positivity Thread

[red devil]

 

[BergevinBurner]

6 point cushion with 5 games to go, potentially a 4 point cushion if the Rangers/Wings win their game in hand.

As long as we don't shit the bed over the next 10 days then we're in.

 

[The Great Weal]

If the Habs have a 2-2-1 record in the next 5 games, other teams will need at least a record of 5-0-1 to tie the Habs.

On an even more pessimistic perspective: If we win in regulation on Tuesday, we'd have 87 points. Rangers would need to go 4-1-0 and hope we don't get a single point in the other 4 games while the Wings would need to go 3-1-0 in the other games too.

 

[Justin11]

Tuesday is the biggest game of the year.

 

[morhilane]

85 pts, should at least get another one before the season end. So another 10 pts jumps from the previous year. Good job Habies.

 

[Frank Drebin]

7 points, magic number
We need 7 points in the next 5 games
Every point that Detroit or nyr loses gets subtracted from that total

 

[WinterLion]

I really wasn't expecting this... great job! Wow...

 

[ahmedou]

2ND WILDCART SPOT: HABS ARE 6 POINTS UP ON THE RANGERS AND THE RED WINGS

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Magic number is now 7.

 

[KevSkillz4]

 

[Andrei79]

Magic number is now 7.

Basically, neither Detroit or NYR can afford even two losses. If Montreal wins against Detroit on Tuesday, the number against Detroit drops down to 3. They'll be as good as done.

 

[sandviper]

Remaining games:

DET
@OTT
@TOR (back to back with Ottawa)
CHI
CAR

Hopefully, we can pretty much lock it up by the Chicago game. It would be great if we can rest players.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Natey]

I gotta think 2 wins gets us in. That would require one of the other two teams to go 5-1, or the Islanders going 6-0. 6-0 would get Columbus to 89 points, but we'd likely win the tiebreaker.

 

[Natey]

MONTREAL CANADIENS: Go Habs Go!!
REMAINING GAMES: Red Wings, Senators, Maple Leafs, Blackhawks, Hurricanes
MAXIMUM TOTAL POINTS: 95

and finally the competition....

DETROIT RED WINGS: Remaining 6 games are ALL against current playoff teams. Detroit plays Montreal on Tuesday and losing this game would almost effectively eliminate them.
REMAINING GAMES: Canadiens, Panthers, Lightning, Stars, Devils, Maple Leafs
MAXIMUM TOTAL POINTS: 91

NEW YORK RANGERS: Of their remaining 6 games, 4 are against playoff teams. They have one game against an eliminated team. They also have one game against the Islanders. This game will likely effectively eliminate either the Rangers or the Islanders.
REMAINING GAMES: Lightning, Flyers, Islanders, Hurricanes, Panthers, Lightning
MAXIMUM TOTAL POINTS: 91

NEW YORK ISLANDERS: The Isles only have 2 playoff teams in their final 6 games. However, they have two games against teams in the Eastern Conference Wildcard race in Columbus and New York. Whoever wins this games puts the losers in a real tight spot.
REMAINING GAMES: Predators, Rangers, Flyers, Devils, Capitals, Blue Jackets
MAXIMUM TOTAL POINTS: 90

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS: Columbus will play half of their remaining games (3) against playoff teams. They also play the Islanders who are in the hunt for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
REMAINING GAMES: Sens, Sabres, Capitals, Capitals, Flyers, Islanders
MAXIMUM TOTAL POINTS: 89

 

[Vachon23]

 

[rahad]

Next game is a must win for us. We need to beat Detroit.

 

[BergevinBurner]

Next game is a must win for us. We need to beat Detroit.

Detroit's gonna come out flying. If we come out flat Tuesday night then I could see it getting ugly fast.

 

[shello]

Have to give credit to Kent giving MSL a chance. The players have worked hard, but they aren’t where they are today without Marty behind the bench

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

Next game is a must win against Detroit. 2 points at a time. Suzuki and Hutson leading the way.

 

[Habssince89]

Forgive the PST haha

5 GAMES LEFT
Gets a bit harder as TOR and OTT will want to stick it to us, CAR are a real challenge for our current roster, DET will be a tight match IMO, and then CHI is the 'easiest' of the bunch.

They can't possibly go 5-0 for this (right?) but I think they need to shoot for is to not lose in regulation. I could see us going 4-0-1 or 3-0-2 in this last stretch.

 

[dinodebino]

Forgive the PST haha

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5 GAMES LEFT
Gets a bit harder as TOR and OTT will want to stick it to us, CAR are a real challenge for our current roster, DET will be a tight match IMO, and then CHI is the 'easiest' of the bunch.

They can't possibly go 5-0 for this (right?) but I think they need to shoot for is to not lose in regulation. I could see us going 4-0-1 or 3-0-2 in this last stretch.

Can Ottawa clinch before Friday?

 

[BLONG7]

Tuesday is the biggest game of the year.

Again...............yup every game we play is like the playoffs right now.
Keep er rolling boys.

 

[BLONG7]

Have to give credit to Kent giving MSL a chance. The players have worked hard, but they aren’t where they are today without Marty behind the bench

MSL is developing, as the team is developing. Neither are perfect, but they have done exactly what everyone had hoped for, and we are in the mix, and maybe even stirring the mix.

 

[Tuggy]

Habs get to 89 points and it should be enough. Could need less if the teams behind us lose games.