2016-17 NHL Season

[damochandler]

Didn't take long for Babcock to turn things around.

 

[catters078]

Good to have Toronto back in the playoffs.

They need to be smart though.

If they get to overtime tomorrow vs Columbus they get ottawa instead of Washington.

Would be a big chance to win a playoff series against ottawa..not so much vs the caps

 

[Great8]

Preds give up a late SH to finish in WC2 and a first round match up with Chicago.
St Louis to play the Wild

 

[PalaceGun]

I like how the usual suspects in the Chronno media take time away from patting themselves on the back to s**t on Phil Kessel.

 

[Bradesmaen]

We might win before going to the playoffs?!

 

[Bradesmaen]

4mins left, 1 point for McDavid. Not looking great Catfish Alley

 

[PalaceGun]

4mins left, 1 point for McDavid. Not looking great Catfish Alley

The bet ended up being three McDavid points in both games.

 

[Bradesmaen]

The bet ended up being three McDavid points in both games.

Ah right. I thought it was 2 points tonight.

 

[Great8]

So a Ducks loss in regulation and a Oilers win would see a Oilers v Flames first round. Please make it happen

 

[Bradesmaen]

So a Ducks loss in regulation and a Oilers win would see a Oilers v Flames first round. Please make it happen

And a Ducks v Sharks series.

 

[Great8]

And a Ducks v Sharks series.

Oh yes, didn't even realise that

 

[Baird]

So a Ducks loss in regulation and a Oilers win would see a Oilers v Flames first round. Please make it happen

And Toronto getting a point tomorrow would mean Leafs @ Senators. Pretty crazy after no Canadian teams made the playoffs last year

 

[Phone]

god I can taste the guaranteed top 5 pick. please please please don't heck this up tomorrow.

 

[PalaceGun]

god I can taste the guaranteed top 5 pick. please please please don't **** this up tomorrow.

Hope nobody tells Canucks fans that the top picks are all a bit of a much of a muchness this year.

 

[Catfish Alley]

I'm back! Good night out

 

[scottyjc]

A lot of us got Kings and Lightning wrong preseason

 

[Bradesmaen]

Team stuff
Atlantic division top 3: Tampa, Montreal, Florida
Metro division top 3: Penguins, Capitals, Islanders
Eastern wildcard teams: Flyers, Bruins

Pacific division top 3: Sharks, Kings, Ducks
Central division top 3: Stars, Blues, Blackhawks
Western wildcard teams: Flames, Predators

Wooden spoon: Carolina

Crosby plays __ many games: 75

1/3 Atlantic
2/3 Metro
1/2 Wildcard

2/3 Pacific
2/3 Central
2/2 WC

Waaaaaaaaay off with the spoon

If Crosby is rested against NYR then I get that right!

 

[Marns]

Brades, that's a pretty solid set of predictions there, especially your team standings. Individual predictions left a little to be desired

Team stuff
Atlantic division top 3: Tampa, Florida, Montreal
Metro division top 3: Pittsburgh, Washington, Philadelphia
Eastern wildcard teams: NYI, NYR

Pacific division top 3: San Jose, Los Angeles, Calgary
Central division top 3: Chicago, Dallas, Nashville
Western wildcard teams: St. Louis, Anaheim

Wooden spoon: Columbus

Stanley Cup finalists: Tampa vs. Dallas
Cup champion: Tampa

Individual stuff
Hart: McDavid
Rocket: Tarasenko
Calder: Matthews (but Murray deserves it)
Norris: Hedman
Vezina: Price
Crosby plays 58 games

Massive flub with my spoon prediction, as well as the pointy end of the playoffs.

McDavid and Matthews were pretty easy picks, but it looks like those two will be spot on. 6 goals off with Tarasenko (before today's games); I maintain that Hedman will one day win a Norris; and Price probably won't be top three in Vezina this year.

 

[melbournemartin]

Disappointed for the Pens to give up a loss like that but you could tell in the intensity level one team wanted it a lot more. Can't say I'm not at least a little bit happy to see Toronto fans happy again.

Heading off shortly to Pens @ Rangers. On one hand it feels like it might be a bit of a no-hitter, but on the other hand there are two things that make this a somewhat spicy contest:

1) You will have a bunch of AHL/fringe players who are looking for a spot in the playoff lineup. For the Pens in particular, with all of our injuries there are good chances.

2) There is a potential second round matchup between the Pens and Rangers so I don't think you want to give up too much to your opponent. Although of course one could think of Hawks vs Freo a few years back as an example of why this doesn't matter much.

Perhaps I am just trying to better justify my ripoff 90 dollar ticket. Rangers really do know how to gouge hockey fans. At the game last week was chatting to fans pissed that their season ticket was rising to 90 dollars per game for literally the back row of the stadium (so times 41 that's 3.7K per year

 

[Great8]

Ruff gets the flick from Dallas

 

[PalaceGun]

2) There is a potential second round matchup between the Pens and Rangers so I don't think you want to give up too much to your opponent.

Not true, they are on different sides of the Wales Conference playoff bracket, they can only meet in the Conference final.

 

[Marns]

Enjoy the game, mm!

 

[damochandler]

 

[Great8]

Leafs cough up a 2 goal lead. Maybe they want us first round

 

[Great8]

So Leafs it is. Not sure of seriousness but sounded like Toronto lost a couple of D men through injury in today's game aswell