lordstanley Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 3 hours ago, lordstanley said: Go Blues! At Philly tonight, at NYI tomorrow. OT win tonight by St. Louis over the Flyers. OK, I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 Standings as of this morning. As it shows in the next to last column, no one at or behind the Wings has more than 12 points in their past 10 games. If teams continue to do that the rest of the way, the Wings are in good shape and averaging a point per game the rest of the way will be enough. Can't count on that though, I expect at least one of NYI, NJD, Wash or Pitt to make a run. I don't know who, but I still think NJ worries me the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, GoBlue23 said: It's a tossup as to which of those teams will make a run at a wildcard spot but I think the Wings need to be most worried about the Capitals simply because we have two games remaining against them. Add in the game in hand they currently have and that's a possible 6 points the Caps can pick up on the Wings. It's a bit frustrating that they had a chance to all but put away the Isles last week at the LCA when they were 10 points up. That late tie-breaking goal by NYI was a big swing. New Jersey (Florida), Pittsburgh (Columbus) and NYI (St. Louis) all play at home tonight. Edited March 5 by lordstanley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, GoBlue23 said: It's a tossup as to which of those teams will make a run at a wildcard spot but I think the Wings need to be most worried about the Capitals simply because we have two games remaining against them. Add in the game in hand they currently have and that's a possible 6 points the Caps can pick up on the Wings. true. but i also consider the caps to be the weakest team chasing the wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothfacekilla Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 30 minutes ago, buddha said: true. but i also consider the caps to be the weakest team chasing the wings. Agreed, I'm shocked they are anywhere close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothfacekilla Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Capitals just ditched Mantha for two draft picks too, seems like he's been having a solid season for the Caps (contract year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 After dragging my feet about it for a couple years, I finally got my arm pulled into putting a deposit down on Wings season tickets for next year. Love my Lions season tickets and figure I could do a 1/4 or 1/2 season plan. Still not sure I’ll do it, will depend on locations available and price points, but it was a pretty good deal. $100 got me two ticket deposits, four free Tigers tickets, playoff priority for this year (🤞🏻), and even if I don’t ultimately go forward on season tickets the $100 can go towards an event at LCA next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 5 hours ago, lordstanley said: It's a bit frustrating that they had a chance to all but put away the Isles last week at the LCA when they were 10 points up. That late tie-breaking goal by NYI was a big swing. New Jersey (Florida), Pittsburgh (Columbus) and NYI (St. Louis) all play at home tonight. the isle are becoming our main competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Get Buchnevich and Sundqvist from the Blues. Top six fwd help and a big RH C who can work the 4th line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 how long before husso goes on ltir? he's been out for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Busy night tonight. You'd have to expect that by the end of the evening the Bolts (maybe the Flyers) will have moved ahead of the Wings and NYI will have moved within 2 pts of the Wings. The Islanders game starts at 10:30pm, all the rest are 7pm. - Philadelphia at Florida - St. Louis at New Jersey - Washington at Pittsburgh - Calgary at Tampa - NYI at San Jose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 its amazing how dependent they are on larkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 36 minutes ago, buddha said: its amazing how dependent they are on larkin. ESPN did a piece on NHL centers, he didn't even get a mention, but he drives this team every bit as much as McDavid drives his. It goes to the difference between a player's personal achievements (stats etc) and his importance to his team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 (edited) Sabres beat Edmonton today so are 7 pts behind the Wings, with the Wings having 2 games in hand. But might be close enough for the Sabres to still feel they're in the race when they play the Wings twice this month. Devils still treading water at best, having lost to Carolina today. Penguins are playing at the Bruins right now in the 1st period. Flyers play at the Lightning later today, let that game not get to overtime please. Capitals should have an easy 2 points in Chicago, but that's what I thought about the Wings going into their game in Arizona last night. Edited March 9 by lordstanley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 unlike detroit, washington and tampa realize what the mission is. both are up 4-0 in the first period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 The fricking Bally app is showing the game starting at 10:45pm....are they delaying coverage to do the Pistons post game? Unbelievable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Good thing the Pens and Devils are slumping too and remain a comfortable distance behind. Wings need to put away Buffalo. For now, it’s 5 teams for 3 spots - Tampa, Philly, Detroit, Islanders, Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.TaterSalad Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 We can't be Arizona so my confidence in putting away Buffalo is fading. After all the numbers and stats I parsed through the other week, it really amazes me how big of a collapse this team has had without Larkin. They look like a bottom 5 team without him and here I thought they had all this scoring depth on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 This is starting to look like last year...different roster, same result. At what point do you start looking at the coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 7 minutes ago, Shinzaki said: This is starting to look like last year...different roster, same result. At what point do you start looking at the coach? i think theyre better this year than last year. the difference is larkin. they fell apart as soon as he got injured this season, once in december and now again in march. tells me how much this team is dying for a good second line center. compher is a nice player but not the type who can play regularly against the other team's top line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 2 hours ago, buddha said: tells me how much this team is dying for a good second line center. I guess we knew Debrincat and Kane are not the kind of two way players that Larkin is, but you would still have thought that the infusion of talent just on an overall basis would have made more difference in their dependence on him. I guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 So hard losing a 1st line Center. It impacts every line and the PP and PK. Every unit has to switch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Isles (Kings) and Caps (Jets) both on the road tonight. Less importantly, Devils (Rangers) are as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 caps down 2-0 in the third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstanley Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 IF the Wings can beat Buffalo tomorrow, they'll be 8 or 9 points up on all of Pittsburgh, Jersey and Buffalo. Which is pretty safe with 17 to go. So they'd need to worry about finishing ahead of 2 of Tampa, NYI, Philly and Washington. I think they're a better team than Philly and Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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