NHL season 2017/2018

[speedog]

Oilers, 30 percent of the season in the books and on the radio yesterday I heard people saying that they're still making the playoffs. I could support this idea if they had pulled themselves up like the Canadiens have but it's just not happening yet - now 6 points out of a playoff spot with 6 teams to climb over, quite a monumental task for almost any team.

[Denscity]

Toronto in Vancouver for Hockey Afternoon in Canada!
Boeser versus Matthews
Sedin's 1000 point recognition
East versus West
Stoked!

[Denscity]

Not the better team but Vancouver beats the favoured and hot streaking Toronto!!

[Denscity]

Scoring on your own net is all the rage in Alberta right now haha!!

[Jaws]

Originally Posted by speedog

Oilers, 30 percent of the season in the books and on the radio yesterday I heard people saying that they're still making the playoffs. I could support this idea if they had pulled themselves up like the Canadiens have but it's just not happening yet - now 6 points out of a playoff spot with 6 teams to climb over, quite a monumental task for almost any team.

It is a monumental task, and I think they might be done. What I do know is that they are 6-0 against the Shames over the last two seasons.

[Coldrsx]

Oilers looked better, but Calgary goaltending/D looked quite poor last night and we finally had some luck bounces. We were also fortunate to not give up the worst lead in hockey.

[Oilers1799]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Oilers looked better, but Calgary goaltending/D looked quite poor last night and we finally had some luck bounces. We were also fortunate to not give up the worst lead in hockey.

It was pretty nerve racking watching the Oil fall apart in the 3rd. LB let in some stinkers but they just barely made it through. They were bending but didn't break.

[Coldrsx]

I have zero confidence in LB, never had. His reactions and ability to 'see' the puck are some of the worst that I have seen.

[TorontoDrew]

Good job Vancouver. That was a fun game to watch.

[suburbanite]

This kid still wins the night

[Hybrid247]

Welp, the Sens have seemingly forgot how to skate, pass or even play hockey for that matter. Can't believe what I'm seeing. That's not to say the Jets don't deserve credit, though. Winnipeg is playing amazing!

[Calgarian]

Oilers seems to be the Flames Kryptonite these days, can't believe how shitty that game was. Turned it off at 5-1, should have kept watching apparently though.

[Tobyoby]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Oilers seems to be the Flames Kryptonite these days, can't believe how shitty that game was. Turned it off at 5-1, should have kept watching apparently though.

lol. Yeah, even before the game started, I was was expecting the Flames to come out badly as they seem to do against the Oilers lately, but they came out even worse than I expected.

The Oilers would easily be a playoff team if they played more games against the Flames. If the Flames had won these first two games against Edm instead of losing them. The records would be

Cgy 16-9
Edm 9 -16

Quite a bit of a different outlook.

[DoubleK]

I'd almost trade a first round playoff exit for never losing to the Oilers again.

For whatever unknown reason the Oilers are all up in the Flames kitchen making breakfast and having a blast doing it.

No Talbot, no Larsson, no Sekera, no problem.

And to those people who say the silver lining to a 7-5 loss was Sam Bennett's 2 goal breakout game? Give me a break. Neither one of those goals would have gone in had the Oilers started a decent goalie. Kris Russell blows a tire on the 2nd one and Brossoit is cowering under the crossbar hoping the puck doesn't hit him?! Hopefully one of those 'silver lining' people are the GM of another team and this has helped restore some of his trade value.

Ps. Did anyone see the puck go through Gio's skate? I've never ever seen that in my life.

[Deepstar]

Originally Posted by Tobyoby

lol. Yeah, even before the game started, I was was expecting the Flames to come out badly as they seem to do against the Oilers lately, but they came out even worse than I expected.

The Oilers would easily be a playoff team if they played more games against the Flames. If the Flames had won these first two games against Edm instead of losing them. The records would be

Cgy 16-9
Edm 9 -16

Quite a bit of a different outlook.

At 9-16 the Oilers would just about be done for the season, and the Flames would look solid for a playoff spot. Good thing we only play the Oilers two more times.

[Xelebes]

Originally Posted by Berklon

To be devil's advocate, were you a Leaf fan during any of those 13 cup wins? You can respect the franchise's history, but I never understood bragging about championships at a time you weren't a fan (or even alive). Plus, it's really not THAT big an accomplishment to win when there were only 6 teams... 8 or 10 isn't even that great either.

In my opinion, I've always given more importance to the 1968 season and later... and I had that opinion as a Leafs fan since I was a kid.

The Cumulative Unexpectedness of Success Ratings based on Cups and League Championships (pre-Cup years):

1. Montreal Canadiens -36.381
2. Boston Bruins -14.877
3. Detroit Red Wings -14.255
4. Chicago Blackhawks -12.611
5. New York Rangers -12.489
6. Toronto Maple Leafs -11.135
7. Edmonton Oilers -9.793
8. Pittsburgh Penguins -9.646
9. New York Islanders -7.686
10. New Jersey Devils -7.164
11. Philadelphia Flyers -5.778
12. Dallas Stars -5.575
13. § Montreal Maroons -4.523
14. Los Angeles Kings -4.264
15. § Ottawa Senators¹ -4.118
16. Colorado Avalanche -3.693
17. Calgary Flames -2.418
18. St. Louis Blues -2.317
19. § New York Americans -2.185
20. Carolina Hurricanes -2.084
21. Vancouver Canucks -2.056
21. Buffalo Sabres -2.056
23. Washington Capitals -1.778
24. Arizona Coyotes -1.489
25. Tampa Bay Lightning -1.407
26. Anaheim Mighty Ducks -1.407
27. § Hamilton Tigers -1.333
28. San Jose Sharks -0.904
29. Ottawa Senators² -0.857
30. Florida Panthers -0.813
31. § California Golden Seals -0.653
32. Nashville Predators -0.617
33. Winnipeg Jets -0.579
34. § Pittsburgh Pirates -0.576
35. Columbus Blue Jackets -0.542
36. Minnesota Wild -0.542
37. § Montreal Wanderers -0.288
38. § Quebec City Bulldogs -0.288
39. § St. Louis Eagles -0.118
40. § Kansas City Scouts -0.114
41. § Cleveland Barons -0.114
42. § Philadelphia Quakers -0.105

[Denscity]

Rank Team GP Points

2 Winnipeg 27 38

7 Toronto 28 38

16 Vancouver 27 30
19 Calgary 27 29
20 Montreal 28 29

27 Ottawa 25 24
28 Edmonton 27 24

[libtard]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

This kid still wins the night

Its funny because no one wants to play in Edmonton. So much young talent is wasted in that city. All the players probably have a picture of Chris Pronger in their locker area, he's a like a hero to them, because he strong armed himself out of that career wasteland

[Hardhatdan]

^The best player (arguably) in the league just signed for a decade.
There is that second syllable emphasis again.

[libtard]

Originally Posted by Hardhatdan

^The best player (arguably) in the league just signed for a decade.
There is that second syllable emphasis again.

Yep. Throwing obscene amounts of money at the kid. Smart move by the coilers I guess. Funny how they mortgaged their whole future to keep mcdavid in the city. But that's the price you pay to get people to play in that 'burg. Hope he likes being in the conference basement for the rest of his career