1984Echoes Posted Sunday at 07:07 PM Posted Sunday at 07:07 PM No, not yet. This is still a valid thread until... The Wings make it... Invalid. Is this already a team of invalids? Maybe... Lord Stanley is putting in such hard work though... I say let him finish the job! Quote
buddha Posted Sunday at 07:44 PM Posted Sunday at 07:44 PM 36 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: No, not yet. This is still a valid thread until... The Wings make it... Invalid. Is this already a team of invalids? Maybe... Lord Stanley is putting in such hard work though... I say let him finish the job! i want a book of 84lives posts put into haiku form. Quote
lordstanley Posted Monday at 12:38 AM Author Posted Monday at 12:38 AM 5 hours ago, 1984Echoes said: No, not yet. This is still a valid thread until... The Wings make it... Invalid. Is this already a team of invalids? Maybe... Lord Stanley is putting in such hard work though... I say let him finish the job! With the Senators’ win today over Carolina, the Wings could be eliminated as soon as Thursday night. They’re 2 pts back of Ottawa with 5 to play for each and with Ottawa owning the tiebreaker. The Wings need to play 3 points better than Ottawa the rest of the way …and even if they do they also have to look at the Metro teams. The Wings are on the brink. Quote
lordstanley Posted Monday at 04:06 PM Author Posted Monday at 04:06 PM 4 NHL games tonight. Three are West vs. West matchups. The other is between two Atlantic teams, Buffalo and Tampa, that the Wings mathematically can't catch. Not one of the four NHL games tonight has playoff implications for the Wings. Unless we are tracking potential 1st round opponents for the Wings, ha! Quote
lordstanley Posted Tuesday at 04:10 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 04:10 PM (edited) Tonight is the first time when I think that a Wings' victory - few as far between as they've been - wouldn't be a satisfactory result. The Wings need help, having to gain 3 points on Ottawa in their last 5 games. So one of the best chances of doing so is Ottawa losing to a Tampa team that is in a 3-way race for 1st place. A Wings' victory tonight over the the Jackets would put them ahead of Columbus and NYI and then the Wings have a chance to get even with Philly at LCA on Thursday, so Ottawa is the concern now. No expectations whatsoever though. Edited Tuesday at 04:10 PM by lordstanley Quote
Hongbit Posted Tuesday at 09:02 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:02 PM (edited) They also need to be regulation wins. They can’t afford to give a free point to either CBJ or Philly Edited Tuesday at 09:08 PM by Hongbit 1 Quote
lordstanley Posted Wednesday at 04:48 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 04:48 AM Wings’ tragic number is 5. Any combination of Ottawa points and Detroit dropped points adding up to 5 eliminates the Wings. 4 games left for each. So for example, even if the Wings were to win their final four games (ha!) so 0 dropped points, Ottawa going 2-1-1 for 5 points would eliminate the Wings. Quote
lordstanley Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago Good chance the Wings won't mathematically survive past this weekend, perhaps not even past today. The Wings have the 9th best record in the East but passing 8th Philadelphia doesn't get them in. Because they need to finish in the Atlantic's top 5, passing either Boston or Ottawa. The Wings' tragic number with Boston is 2 points, with each team having 3 games left to play. So even if the Wings were to win out to get to 97 points, the Bruins' 96 points currently means they'd just need 2 points to reach 98 and eliminate the Wings. The Wings will win the tiebreaker with Boston if they both finish at 97, provided at least one of the Wings' wins in their 3-0 finish is in regulation. Boston's early game today hosting Tampa should be over by the time the Wings take the ice at 5pm hosting New Jersey, so if Boston beats the Bolts they'll already be out of the picture for the Wings. After today, Boston finishes at Columbus on Sunday and hosting New Jersey Tuesday. The Wings' tragic number with Ottawa is 3 points, with each team having 3 games left to play. So even if the Wings were to win out to get to 97 points, the Sens' 96 points currently means they'd just need 3 points to reach 97 and eliminate the Wings. The Sens will win any tiebreaker over Detroit. Ottawa's early game today at NYI should be over by the time the Wings take the ice at 5pm hosting New Jersey, so if Ottawa wins today in regulation the Wings would be eliminated with a loss. After today, Ottawa finishes at New Jersey on Sunday and hosting Toronto on Wednesday. The only way the Wings are still alive going into Game 81 in Tampa on Monday is if the Wings beat New Jersey today and either Boston picks up no more than 1 point in its 2 games this weekend or Ottawa picks up no more than 2 points in its 2 games this weekend. Quote
slothfacekilla Posted 44 minutes ago Posted 44 minutes ago This is how I've felt since the Rangers game Quote
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