Around The League - 2025 Playoffs
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He was playing not well when injured. Guhle is the bigger loss
I expected him to score in his own net to screw us
lecoqsportif
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Need to play .600 the rest of the way to have a shot.
GrandWazoo
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More than that. We have 17 games left, .600 gives us 20 points, which puts us at 89. I think that's short of a spot. I think 92 points gets us in, which is .680. 91 points might be the minimum which would be .650.
Assuming we go .500 against Panthers, Carolina, Toronto and Colorado, which I wouldn't be too upset about, that gives us 7 points. so we'll need 15 points in the remaining 10 games. which would be .750. If we sweep Chicago, Nashville, Philly, NYI, that's 10 points, we would need 5 points in the 4 games against Detroit, Boston and Ottawa. Ideally 6.
The 7th spot is out of reach IMO, even though a sweep of Ottawa would make things interesting.
GrandWazoo
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For all the crap he's been getting, Laine has been doing his part. 8 points in 7 games since the break.
Evans and Dvo lines need to contribute more though, especially Evans'.
Evans and Dvo lines need to contribute more though, especially Evans'.
Sal_Butera
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Heineken has been dormant since return from injury
GrandWazoo
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I don't think he's been playing badly, just lost his timing that he started to develop. Still love his hustle on the forecheck, he's still creating plays, just need a boost of confidence. It's so darn fragile at this level, even the really good players had to develop mechanisms to cope with it.
lecoqsportif
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For sure. If one of MTL, CBL, or NYR goes on a winning streak, then we’ll have our 8th team. I was assuming they’re all just gonna bumble and stumble along (as they have been) which might make 89-90 sufficient. But one strong streak puts it in the 92-93 zone.
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lecoqsportif
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The support players have been playing reasonably well, but they gotta add a goal here or there. Gotta.
GrandWazoo
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Last time a team got in with less than 90 points was 2016, I'm not banking on it. 90-91 is to the wire. 92 I feel fairly confident.
lecoqsportif
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Yeah, 91 last year. And the Caps were roadkill in the playoffs.
MSL should be a Jack Adams finalist if we get 89 points, playoffs or no playoffs.
GrandWazoo
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Unless we face the Leafs, I don't see how we would not be road kill either. But... Montreal has an history of upsets... but there is no chance we would win 2 rounds with this team.
GrandWazoo
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I think Carbery has it in the bag. But Arniel, Evason and MSL are runner up for finalists.
I think you got my point. 89 points for this team would be an incredible jump from last year, all things considered.
lecoqsportif
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NJD only has to play .500 to get 92 points, but they are horrid. They got whipped by Pittsburgh today - gave up 7 goals. They’ll probably scrape in, but it’s ugly.
lecoqsportif
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Closer to TML than NYR are to NJD. Crazy.
And Senators are our next game. They will be out for blood after we rag-dolled them a few weeks ago.