2021 Scotia North Division Chat

[Comeds]

As BBB mentioned above, the Habs are going to play a lot of hockey in the final weeks of this season.

Wow, two games on May 10th and 11th. Thats a huge 4 games.

 

[mattola]

Wow, two games on May 10th and 11th. Thats a huge 4 games.

those 8 point games man... those define the season

 

[Comeds]

those 8 point games man... those define the season

Yep. Rough. You could start the night in the playoffs by 2 points and end the night out of the playoffs by 8 points

 

[dash]

Yep. Rough. You could start the night in the playoffs by 2 points and end the night out of the playoffs by 8 points

 

[DragonfromTO]

those 8 point games man... those define the season

That's why you don't want to use your win in the bank early, banking an 8 (or 12) point game is what really elite teams are able to do down the stretch.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Depends how the Habs play all these make up games but given how condensed their schedule will be combined with the fact they weren’t playing particularly well before they got Covided (lost 5 of 8 before they stopped including two to Vancouver and won 1 against them in a shootout) it wouldn’t surprise me if one of the other two got it together long enough to keep them out.

Really interested to see how they use Staal and if they can get something out of him but also curious how they can get Danault going with him in the lineup as well.

Since this post the Habs are 3-3 and are losing 3-0 to the Jets right now. Not sure the Canucks or Flames are exactly out of the playoff race right now (Canucks will be 7 pts behind them with a game in hand after tonight).

 

[DragonfromTO]

Since this post the Habs are 3-3 and are losing 3-0 to the Jets right now. Not sure the Canucks or Flames are exactly out of the playoff race right now (Canucks will be 7 pts behind them with a game in hand after tonight).

Sounds like they'll need just one big win then

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Sounds like they'll need just one big win then

Victory in the Bank to displace the Habs should definitely save Benning's job.

 

[Comeds]

Victory in the Bank to displace the Habs should definitely save Benning's job.

I think teams should have one Victory In The Bank block they can use. I think that would be more in the spirit of the game the NHL's founders envisioned.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I think teams should have one Victory In The Bank block they can use. I think that would be more in the spirit of the game the NHL's founders envisioned.

I, too, am an originalist when it comes to the laws that govern and strongly believe in teams' rights to bear Victories in the Bank.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Victory in the Bank to displace the Habs should definitely save Benning's job.

Can you imagine if they won a 12 pointer and then the Habs won a 6+ pointer to overtake them again? It's what every kid roleplays in the driveway, even before they can walk.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Montreal is probably a decent to good team but along with goaltending Shea Weber seems to have finally gone off a cliff with his play.

 

[dash]

Giordano has had a fine career with the Flames and had a good game last night, but this stat I think highlights how good Al MacInnis was with the Flames.

 

[dash]

 

[puckhead]

19 games in 32 days for Canucks now.
which scarily enough, is an improvement.

back-to-backs reduced from 6 to 4

 

[Judge Fudge]

19 games in 32 days for Canucks now.
which scarily enough, is an improvement.

back-to-backs reduced from 6 to 4

I was talking with my brother Tuesday...

Why not give 1-0 Forfeits in all the games the Canucks play in and call it a season?

Think of it this way. 19 games.

We have 3 in hand from Montreal and we are 10 points from 4th.

Realistically. We are a Longshot for the playoffs so why cause harm?

Why not wait until next season?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I was talking with my brother Tuesday...

Why not give 1-0 Forfeits in all the games the Canucks play in and call it a season?

Think of it this way. 19 games.

We have 3 in hand from Montreal and we are 10 points from 4th.

Realistically. We are a Longshot for the playoffs so why cause harm?

Why not wait until next season?

At this point I'm guessing every scenario has been brought up but there's clearly forces pushing for them to play - either ownership/the league, the union, some but not all players, some combo of the above, or Rogers.

 

[Judge Fudge]

At this point I'm guessing every scenario has been brought up but there's clearly forces pushing for them to play - either ownership/the league, the union, some but not all players, some combo of the above, or Rogers.

Which I think is complete and utter Money Grabbing Bullshit

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Which I think is complete and utter Money Grabbing Bullshit

Well, yeah. That is tradition, after all.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Well, yeah. That is tradition, after all.

And I never mince words. I say what I mean and I mean what I say.