Pete Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 They are contenders for the playoffs, pretenders for a serious Cup bid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Vodka Drunkenski said: They should’ve won all those OTL and the Caps was the first game of the season. These stats don’t say pretenders but they don’t say contenders either Opening Night vs. Caps; Igor did not play. It has looked pretty ragged without him. With a healthy Igor, this team is a contender. He is the one variable that makes this team dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog99 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 A few things need to fall into place before they can be considered contenders. At the very least u need Zib and Panarin both in top form. And you need more production out of Kakko, Chytil, Laf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 And you need Hunt and Gaut in the AHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 11 hours ago, Bugg said: Opening Night vs. Caps; Igor did not play. It has looked pretty ragged without him. With a healthy Igor, this team is a contender. He is the one variable that makes this team dangerous. And? Backup goalies are a part of the game, we beat Spencer Swiss cheese Knight so i should take that win away? The only team we beat that was playing good, our win vs the Leafs was early too when they couldn't score a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersIn7 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Cup contenders? No Playoff contenders? Absolutely. Possibility of them winning more than a round in the postseason? Id say that’s a coin flip at best depending on the matchup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravesy Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, RangersIn7 said: Cup contenders? No Playoff contenders? Absolutely. Possibility of them winning more than a round in the postseason? Id say that’s a coin flip at best depending on the matchup Pretty much. And that's a good season if that's how it plays out. The hot start shouldn't mask that, or lead to a first round exit being seen as some sort of disappointment. It'll be disappointing at the time of course, but making the playoffs was the target this season. Whatever happens when they're there will be a bonus. It would be nice to avoid a meek surrender like against the Canes, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slobberknocker Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 second part of the schedule looks pretty tough imo. will need to see more from them to stay in the hunt. good time to get a rest in. hopefully Igor is healthy to go when we come off the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 All the more reason why stockpiling all these points early on was so huge. More games against division rivals and tougher opponents in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Def pretenders for the cup but look at Montreal last year.....a trip to the dance is possible but winning without the history of diversity and losing is slim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) On 12/18/2021 at 5:42 AM, Winter said: 5-9-3 versus relevant teams. -- Mostly getting smoked in those losses. (-19 goal difference) W: Preds, Leafs, Panthers, TB x2 L: Preds, Leafs, Flames x2, Aves x2, Caps, Panthers, Vegas OTL: Stars, Vegas, Oilers Some can add the Bruins into a relevant team if you want to feel better about it but they suck, can't beat anyone relevant at all. My opinion on this data: Pretenders Silver lining: most of this is west coast teams, we got an easy schedule to start, to work out kinks with new coach, going to get rough if we continue with a 21% win% vs. relevant teams. updated... our next 5 games are going to tell a lot, if we go like 1-4 then we need to re-think things. (TB x2, LV, EDM, ANA) -- Young players have to start putting up as of now we're just the same exact team as previous years just having started with a weak schedule. Edited January 8, 2022 by Winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Never mind best-of-seven. If the Cup win depended on only 40 minutes of good play, we’re golden. A full 60? No f’in way. This team has not developed that skill as of this posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 Good win last night, slow start, still in-between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Today’s win is a needle mover. Back to back against champs, 1st in Atlantic, and the conn smythe winner. 4-0. With plenty of roster issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 It’s time to trade Panarin and round out the roster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Vodka Drunkenski said: It’s time to trade Panarin and round out the roster I think you're kidding......hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8 hours ago, Vodka Drunkenski said: It’s time to trade Panarin and round out the roster It's freaky how the power play seems better when he's not in there....and I'm loving Kakko on the PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ozzy said: It's freaky how the power play seems better when he's not in there....and I'm loving Kakko on the PP and people think I’m crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 22 minutes ago, Vodka Drunkenski said: and people think I’m crazy Welcome to the club!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Ozzy said: It's freaky how the power play seems better when he's not in there....and I'm loving Kakko on the PP Kakko could easily have had a couple goals in the last few games had Zibanejad not had the puck luck he's been having. That PP1 unit is effective no matter what. It's running through 1 of 3 guys lately and it's a good problem to have. Now it's Zibanejads turn. Let's not forget the first month or so when we were complaining about Zibanejad constantly shooting and missing from the left dot... It's going in now. The last month it's been all Panarin. Before that it was all Kreider. Let's just be happy the puck is going in. I think they need more offense, because Kreider is a career streaky scorer as is Zibanejad. Panarin is pretty much Panarin all year. With him out for potentially the next 4 games, we can get a look at life without their most consistent scorer. Luckily the schedule is semi light except for LV. Edmonton has lost 3 straight after a covid layoff and weren't doing that great before Losing 6 of 9. But they are an offensive force no matter what. The Ducks stink, yet have had to face a lot of good teams so far. I wouldn't take them lightly. Kings too. They've been taking it to a lot of treams lately. Watch out for " ol useless Lemieux" and his 7 useless goals. Hopefully he runs Georgiev if he's in net. Edited January 3, 2022 by The Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 #GoodTeam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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