Tank and scoreboard watching thread

[StlBigFly]

If we do end up dropping into a good pick

The end of year goaltending stats will be horrific.

And maybe will become the theme of the offseason, and perhaps even a source of change.

 

[Mike Liut]

There’s an outside chance of getting below Buffalo and landing at #4, pre-draft. Blues schedule appears to be more daunting the rest of the way than Buffalo’s.

Schafer and Hagens probably come off the board 1-2, but a consolation prize of Misa, Desnoyers or Frondell would be very, very nice inside the top-5 even if some team pushes us down with a lottery win.

Don’t forget Martone. I’d probably prefer a center, but man, Martone is a monster.

 

[Mike Liut]

Sabres up 3-0 on NJ. Go Sabres !

 

[ToastedRavioli]

If the Sabres win today, which seems very likely, we will only have three more points than the fourth worst team in the league. This is genuinely our best shot so far for a super high pick during this rebuild. Finishing 4th worst would give us a 9.5% chance at 1st overall and a 9.5% at 2nd overall.
I fully believe we should start selling any player that is not going to be a part of a potential contending team for us in a couple years. This roster was given a fair shot at making the playoffs. We even acquired Fowler to boost our chances. They failed and it is apparent now that this team will not make the playoffs. The last thing we want now is for us to go on another run and end up with a pick between 13-16. We should start selling and calling up young talent to avoid this.

 

[Mike Liut]

Ducks lose. Blues could jump to #6 tonight

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

Way to go Ducks and Sabres. Still thinking we will be at or near 5th by the Four Nations break.

 

[HighNote]

There’s an outside chance of getting below Buffalo and landing at #4, pre-draft. Blues schedule appears to be more daunting the rest of the way than Buffalo’s.

Schafer and Hagens probably come off the board 1-2, but a consolation prize of Misa, Desnoyers or Frondell would be very, very nice inside the top-5 even if some team pushes us down with a lottery win.

BUF has a harder schedule I think.

13 of our remaining games are against some pretty bad teams: CHI x2, NSH x3, SEA x2, ANA x2, PIT x2, UTA x1, MTL x1. BUF only has about 9 games against bad teams: SJS x1, NSH x1, ANA x1, PIT x1, PHI x2, UTA x1, MTL x2. They're April is especially brutal, only 1 of their 9 games is against a team that isn't in a playoff spot or fighting for one as of right now (PHI, their last game of the season). BOS could potentially be out of it by the time they play, but they're still a decent team regardless. We both have the same amount of back-to-backs.

The easiest section of our remaining schedule is easily the last two weeks of March. It's kitten soft. ANA, NSH, VAN, CHI, NSH, MTL, NSH, COL. 6 of 8 against poopoo teams. If you extend that 2 games in each direction, you also play PIT x2 MIN x1, and DET x1. So really that second half of March and the first couple games of April are not difficult at all.

But I do think that 4th overall pre-lottery is the lowest we could realistcally drop. BUF is 5 points back with a game in hand. I guess we technically have a chance for NSH to pass us because we have 3 games left against them. If they win both of their games in hand on us and then get at least 5 of the 6 points in their remaining games against us near the end of March, that would boost them 9-10 points closer to us (they're 9 points back right now). Of the bottom feeder teams, I think they have the most talent, so there is potential. It's unlikely though.

Beating UTA in regulation hurt. PHI keeps losing which hurts. SEA lost as well. ANA beat MTL, would have been nice if it had gone to OT, but I'd rather ANA win so it's still a win for us. Still a lot of season to go.

A lot of our movement in the standings will come down to our head to head games I think. As stated above, we play NSH x3, SEA x2, ANA x2, PIT x2, MTL x1 and UTA x1, all teams we're hoping to pass us and/or stay ahead of us.

 

[Mike Liut]

Only one game tonight. Go Preds! There’s still a chance they pass us.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

We still need a prolonged injury or two, especially in goal, if the Blues want to tank properly.

 

[Mike Liut]

We still need a prolonged injury or two, especially in goal, if the Blues want to tank properly.

I don’t wish injury upon anybody, but I’d like to see Parayko and Binny miss about a month each lol. Something minor though.

 

[Majorityof1]

We still need a prolonged injury or two, especially in goal, if the Blues want to tank properly.

Be careful what you wish for on a goalie injury. Our Gs have been inconsistent this year and Ellis looks good. Don't want him to come up and steal us games

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Only one game tonight. Go Preds! There’s still a chance they pass us.

The Preds might have a goalie problem on their hands. Nashville's underlying numbers have been strong for weeks but Saros's poor play is keeping them from climbing the standings.

In his last 20 starts he's given up an average of over a half goal above expected. On the season he ranks 26/31 in GSAx/60 amongst goalies who have started 25+ games. This is year 1 of an 8 year, $62 million extension.