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The Playoff Push, Tanking and Scoreboard Watching Thread

For the first time

Moneypuck has the blues chances above the wild for making the playoffs.

Jets4Life said:
As a Jets fan, I hope you run the table, and knock the Wild down to the last playoff spot. This may sound selfish, but I certainly don't want the Jets to play the Blues in the first round, as you guys may beat us for the second time in the playoffs. And congratulations for almost knocking out the Canucks and Flames. I despise both teams.
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I’d prefer to avoid you all also.

You’re due. Hard to root against you all. Chevy is a goat.

I view you and Vegas as about the same amount of difficult? Vegas slowed down a bit midseason and I got thirsty to face them but they’ve since picked it up. They’re a very fierce opponent if they’re scoring as they are the last couple weeks. You both are solid good teams.

I dislike the blues chances against the Avs and stars, so it’s quite nice that one is probably going to lose in the first round.

No easy path for either of us. May as well both go roll the dice and maybe meet up later.
 
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There's still quite a bit that can change. Winnipeg isn't a lock for 1st in the Central, and it's not out of the realm of possibility for us to catch Colorado. Dallas plays several poo poo teams to finish off the season (SEA, NSH x2, PIT, a free-falling MIN). They play UTA once, who is pretty much out of it. They play DET and VAN at home who are both desperate for points, and they also still have a game at home against WPG, which could be a 4 point swing. They could catch WPG.

If we keep winning like we have been and we beat COL again next Saturday, we have a real chance at taking 3rd in the Central.

So our most realistic matchups round 1 are WPG, DAL, or VGK. In terms of who I'd prefer to play, I think it's VGK, then WPG, then DAL. For round 2, I'd prefer LAK and then EDM over any team in the Central. Let WPG, DAL, and COL beat each other up.

So I think the ideal bracket in the West looks like this:

WPG vs. MIN/VAN/CGY
DAL vs. COL

VGK vs. STL
LAK vs. EDM

This would lead to a blood-bath in round 2 of the Central, and we'd end up playing LA or EDM in round 2 if we managed to beat VGK, which I think is preferable to DAL, WPG, or COL.
 
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TeamMagic Number to clinch PlayoffsCurrent PointsGames RemainingPossible PointsRWROWCommon Games
Wild138781033338vs C, vs V
Blues138771013036vs U
Flames80101002631vs U, vs W
Canucks819992631vs W
Utah769942431vs C, vs B

Robb is correct, the Blues could conceivably pass Edmonton. I doubt it happens, but the math is more plausible now. However, that has no impact on the playoffs. The highest the Blues can get is the 1st Wildcard unless they are able to pass the #3 team in the Central (which is Colorado at 93 points today, potentially 109). The Blues are 8 points behind them in other words. So, I'll keep my chart with these 5.

I think Utah is pretty much cooked, but we'll remove teams when they are actually eliminated.

The Blues' magic number to clinch the playoffs is 13, same as Minnesota's. There might be some crazy fringe scenario where they could still tie Calgary and manage to give away the tiebreaker, but I'm not going to account for that unless it becomes a lot more probable.

Utah and Vancouver in action today.
 
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Minnesota looks like a team that’s completely out of gas and out of sync due to their injury situation. Seems both Kaprizov and Erikson Ek are practicing again though.
 
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Stupendous Yappi said:
TeamMagic Number to clinch PlayoffsCurrent PointsGames RemainingPossible PointsRWROWCommon Games
Wild138781033338vs C, vs V
Blues138771013036vs U
Flames80101002631vs U, vs W
Canucks819992631vs W
Utah769942431vs C, vs B

Robb is correct, the Blues could conceivably pass Edmonton. I doubt it happens, but the math is more plausible now. However, that has no impact on the playoffs. The highest the Blues can get is the 1st Wildcard unless they are able to pass the #3 team in the Central (which is Colorado at 93 points today, potentially 109). The Blues are 8 points behind them in other words. So, I'll keep my chart with these 5.

I think Utah is pretty much cooked, but we'll remove teams when they are actually eliminated.

The Blues' magic number to clinch the playoffs is 13, same as Minnesota's. There might be some crazy fringe scenario where they could still tie Calgary and manage to give away the tiebreaker, but I'm not going to account for that unless it becomes a lot more probable.

Utah and Vancouver in action today.
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Which Robb post are you referring to?

And just a small correction, finishing with a better record than Edmonton could have an impact if we end up playing them in the conference finals. We would have home ice advantage. That's a rather specific scenario, but it would have a significant impact in that case.

I know, it's nit-picky, but you never know.
 
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HighNote said:
Which Robb post are you referring to?

And just a small correction, finishing with a better record than Edmonton could have an impact if we end up playing them in the conference finals. We would have home ice advantage. That's a rather specific scenario, but it would have a significant impact in that case.

I know, it's nit-picky, but you never know.
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I’ll take it
 
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