First of all, in case there was any question, McDavid is the best player on the planet and is really getting himself into the discussion of ATGs IMO. He just needs a ring.
Second, down to the final 20 games or so for almost every team, some less.
Playoff positioning is pretty solid other than some seeding and a couple WC races.
As of this morning:
EAST
Atlantic:
BOS (103 points, 20 games left)
TOR (84 points, 19 games left)
TBL (79 points, 19 games left)
In the WC hunt:
BUF (68 points, 20 games left)
OTT (68 points, 19 games left)
FLA (68 points, 18 games left)
Metro:
CAR (90 points, 21 games left)
NJD (88 points, 20 games left)
NYR (79 points, 19 games left)
In the WC hunt:
NYI (72 points, 17 games left)
PIT (71 points, 20 games left)
WAS (68 points, 17 games left)
WEST
Central
DAL (81 points, 18 games left)
MIN (78 points, 19 games left)
WIN (75 points, 18 games left)
In the WC hunt:
COL (74 points, 21 games left)
NSH (69 points, 21 games left)
Pacific
LVG (82 points, 19 games left)
LAK (81 points, 17 games left)
SEA (78 points, 19 games left)
In the WC hunt:
EDM (78 points, 17 games left)
Florida with a tough finish though: home vs Toronto and Carolina. That Carolina game could be real interesting with the division coming down so tight.
1994 is the only year.
35 second left.
face off in Quinnipiac end
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but how many times, if ever, have the 3 local hockey teams and both local bball teams made the playoffs in the same year?
1994 is the only year.
Thank you. Forgot the Nets in 94.
Quinnipiac is a national champion.
great week for CT college sports.
Devils still have a chance to break their single season wins and points records with wins in their last two games.
Looking more like Devils-Rangers round 1.
Quinnipiac was an underdog, but not a massive one, they were #1 or #2 all year.
A lot of people discounted it because they play in the ECAC.
but beating Michigan and Minnesota to win it made it a little sweeter
Quinnipiac is a national champion.
great week for CT college sports.
I'm happy for you, Devon Toews, and the Quinnipiac coeds from the late 90s that were very welcoming to me.
Yeah they are really good. Only chance to beat them is puck luck and a goalie standing on his head, IMO.
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a game. holy shit.
Quinnipiac is a national champion.
great week for CT college sports.
I'm happy for you, Devon Toews, and the Quinnipiac coeds from the late 90s that were very welcoming to me.
Toews and Connor Clifton are the first two people I thought of.
Other than my teammates/friends who were there during the division 3/beer league days
today's games:
BOS @PHI, BOS can set all time wins record
COL @ ANA, COL can take advantage of their game in hand and push to a central lead
no real changes from yesterday
many seeds still up for grabs, but only spots open are the WCs (2 EAST, 1 WEST), SEA can knock LAK out of PAC top 3, but otherwise no other top 3's in jeopardy of becoming a WC.
NYI, FLA and PIT all won, so
FLA in WC1 92pts 36/40 (RW/ROW)
NYI in WC2 92pts 35/40 (RW/ROW)
PIT 91pts 31/39 (RW/ROW)
all have 2 games left, those three fighting for two spots
BUF on life support 6 back with 5 games left
SEA (clinched a playoff spot) won, Jets won, Flames lost in a SO, so the West WC looks like:
SEA 98pts 3 left (LAK - current PAC3, has 100pts with 2 left)
WIN 91pts 3 left
CAL 90pts 2 left
NSH 88pts 3 left
those three teams basically fighting for one spot
lol, yeah, that's a pipe dream.
the Quinnipiac win over Minnesota had my full attention.
So hard to believe from the time I was there to now that Quinnipiac could win a Division 1 National Championship (in any sport).
Yea the second goal he gave up was another terrible soft goal but he settle down after that and had a great game. This is what Blackwood is now unfortunately. He has one good game and then follows it up with 2-3 weak ones.
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Hearing wheels are in motion for Matthew Knies to officially join TOR.
well in this case the Bruins could set the all-time single season wins record*.
with an asterisk since shootout wins count as wins and they did not for Detroit.
the team is a machine, no weaknesses.
the only negative I can highlight is they have so much pressure now to win the cup, the season will be a failure if they don't.
It's the team playing the best at that particular time, plus there is 'puck luck' and hot goalies standing on their heads.
The only thing I can see derailing the Bruins is that which I wrote above, or the grind of a seven game series where the opposing teams starts to identify weaknesses that can be exposed - that you would not see in a regular season/single game matchup.
And as PJ said, there will be pressure on them, esp if they get down in a series.
First time since the mid-90's two 60-goal players in the NHL and that time they were on the same team (Jagr and Lemieux).
MacKinnon is on fire.
Jonathan Toews likely to retire. likely future hall-of-famer IMO.
Down to 5 games (though Friday may be inconsequential) today's meaningful games:
SJS @WIN
BUF @NYR
CAR @OTT
NYI @WAS
TOR @FLA
NSH @CAL
SEA @ARI
VAN @LAK
Every team has 2 or 3 games left except BUF who has 4. a BUF loss eliminates them.
I wonder if Cooley signs.
A lot of people say Logan Cooley will be the best player from the 2022 draft.
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Luke Hughes will play one of the two final #NJDevils games, per Lindy Ruff
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Luke Hughes will play one of the two final #NJDevils games, per Lindy Ruff
He doesn't want to block the dominant Brendan Smith from playing.
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Luke Hughes will play one of the two final #NJDevils games, per Lindy Ruff
He doesn't want to block the dominant Brendan Smith from playing.
Was Luke in camp with the Devils?
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Luke Hughes will play one of the two final #NJDevils games, per Lindy Ruff
He doesn't want to block the dominant Brendan Smith from playing.
Was Luke in camp with the Devils?
No he wasn't.
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Luke Hughes will play one of the two final #NJDevils games, per Lindy Ruff
He doesn't want to block the dominant Brendan Smith from playing.
Was Luke in camp with the Devils?
No he wasn't.
then I could see wanting him to get a few skates in before throwing him in a game, even a meaningless game.
I haven't read any "the league hates the Maple Leafs" comments yet but I'm sure they're out there.
I do think the policy has been applied with some inconsistency and by leaving things up to "discretion" they open themselves up for the blowback and criticism.
then I could see wanting him to get a few skates in before throwing him in a game, even a meaningless game.
He's been skating with the team for the past three days. I know that doesn't sound like a lot but it's enough to get him up to speed enough where he can play. Luke said that he's been following the Devils all year and Jack has been keeping him up to date with the system. The Devils would benefit from going with an 11-7 lineup with Luke Hughes replacing Miles Wood in the lineup. Wood has been playing about 8 minutes a night and has done nothing but hurt the team. It would be exciting to see the Devils with a PP unit of Luke Hughes, Hamilton, Jack Hughes, Nico, and Meier.
Maybe then they play Luke in both games if that happens.
5 bowls
Those Minnesota kids have to be heartbroken, returning to school to win a title and losing in OT to a team with 2 drafted players. no tears shed.
U18's April 20-30th.
USA in Group A with Finland, Latvia Norway and Switzerland.
Just no equilibrium in this tournament without Russia.
USA won silver last year, despite out shooting Sweden 100 to 10 (/sarcasm) in the gold medal game
secures Norris IMO.
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Do we have Maple Leaf fans on here?
5 bowls
Hand raising up…..present!
Tough battle with Florida…..1-1…..Knoes is playing for Lafferty
My Leafs could have helped their cause with a win in regulation…but Isles lost so not a bad Buffalo night.
Game didn't mean much. This Devon Levi kid is really fucking good.
K'Andre fucked up all night. Meanwhile, Brett was right. Kane looks god awful. I mean horrendously slow and awful. Let's hope Showtime shows up in the Playoffs.
Rangers aren't catching Carolina and home ice in a series vs the Devils doesn't matter (lots of Rangers fans will be in Newark)