Long live the King Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 41 minutes ago, Sod16 said: 98% is ridiculous. Boston is currently 10 points behind us with two at hand. If they won both of those we'd be up by 6 with an injured goalie and 58 games to play. I'd put our chances of making the playoffs at 75 or 80 percent. Boston is in a different division... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrowningPI Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Rangers winning the cup 100%. But I may be stoopid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Long live the King said: Boston is in a different division... Yes, and both divisions vie for the same two wild card spots. In terms of the three spots guaranteed within the Rangers' division, they are currently six points ahead of fourth place Pittsburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 2 hours ago, CBrowningPI said: Rangers winning the cup 100%. But I may be stoopid. Guess we’ll have confirmation when they don’t win the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck_IV Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, Long live the King said: Boston is in a different division... As mentioned, still a threat when look at the Wild Card. In such a tough division, we always have to make sure we have a WC spot covered. Edited December 8, 2021 by Chuck_IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 46 minutes ago, Chuck_IV said: As mentioned, still a threat when look at the Wild Card. In such a tough division, we always have to make sure we have a WC spot covered. Is the Metro tough, though? Top 3 are playoff locks, right? As far as I can tell, it's NYR, WSH, CAR...and a steep drop off to crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Best points % in the league and we're worried about the wildcard spots? I know its been a rough couple years, but come on now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 48 minutes ago, Long live the King said: Best points % in the league and we're worried about the wildcard spots? I know its been a rough couple years, but come on now. Because also, easiest schedule in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Pete said: Because also, easiest schedule in the league. Points don't expire. Build enough of a cushion against said easy schedule, and it doesn't much matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Phil said: Points don't expire. Build enough of a cushion against said easy schedule, and it doesn't much matter. In terms of making the playoffs, maybe. But in terms of seeding a lot can happen between December and April, so yes in the context of the wild card it should absolutely be watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Pete said: In terms of making the playoffs, maybe. But in terms of seeding a lot can happen between December and April, so yes in the context of the wild card it should absolutely be watched. I mean, I guess, but what I mean is, if you are a .771 team through basically the first half of the season, what are the odds you'll fall to the wild card? You're a playoff team. You have games in hand against a bunch of divisional rivals. The odds are heavily in your favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Phil said: I mean, I guess, but what I mean is, if you are a .771 team through basically the first half of the season, what are the odds you'll fall to the wild card? You're a playoff team. You have games in hand against a bunch of divisional rivals. The odds are heavily in your favor. A lot can happen between December and April. No one else has to watch the other teams in the conference if they don't want to, though. Everyone do you. Edited December 8, 2021 by Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I mean, yes, but part of that would be losing close to all of their remaining games. It's just not likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 And Boston still doesn't matter. Currently, based on points %, the wild card teams are Boston and Pitt. Rangers would need to get passed by the 9th place team, currently Detroit who the Ranger are ahead of by 8 points with two games in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 4:07 PM, josh said: Rangers are 2nd in the league in points % per game. If they win tonight, theyre the top team with Florida. Although 98% seems really high, this team has been racking up points. We hear how great all these teams are doing Washington (3pts up with 3 in hand), Flodira (2 back, 1 game in hand), Toronto (1/3), Wild, (0/-1), Flames (0, -2 gms), Canes (0, -1) but we dont give the Rangers the same credit. Put this another way - if we go precisely .500 for the rest of the season, we'd finish with 95 points, which should get us a wildcard spot almost no questions asked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Phil said: I mean, yes, but part of that would be losing close to all of their remaining games. It's just not likely. Dude they do not have to lose all of their remaining games to being a wild card spot... Where you getting this from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 2 hours ago, G1000 said: Put this another way - if we go precisely .500 for the rest of the season, we'd finish with 95 points, which should get us a wildcard spot almost no questions asked. The last time a full season was played it took 99 points to get a wild card spot in the east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Pete said: The last time a full season was played it took 99 points to get a wild card spot in the east. Yeah but there's 1 more team now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chuck_IV Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 11:43 AM, Pete said: Is the Metro tough, though? Top 3 are playoff locks, right? As far as I can tell, it's NYR, WSH, CAR...and a steep drop off to crap. You’ve got Pitt right there and that’s without Malkin and Columbus is better this year too. Also, don’t count out the Isle yet. We are only a qtr through the season. LONG way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Chuck_IV said: You’ve got Pitt right there and that’s without Malkin and Columbus is better this year too. Also, don’t count out the Isle yet. We are only a qtr through the season. LONG way to go. The isles would need an absolute historic run. They have 6 wins through 21 games so that leaves them with 61 games. They need roughly 45 ROW wins or so to be in the wild card hunt. So they need somewhere along the lines or 39 wins out of their last 61 games plus a few shootout points I think. That’s a big ask from an older team that doesn’t score too much. And that run needs to start like yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 49 minutes ago, Keirik said: Kinkaid needs waivers to go back to Hartford. Georgiev on the move or am I reading into it too far? They'd probably rather have Kinkaid help now and risk losing him instead of just letting Huska get wrecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew a Penalty Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Why is there any fear of losing Kinkaid? He's no better, if not worse, than Georgiev. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, Cash or Czech said: Kinkaid needs waivers to go back to Hartford. Georgiev on the move or am I reading into it too far? They'd probably rather have Kinkaid help now and risk losing him instead of just letting Huska get wrecked. not until he is on the Rangers for 30 consecutive days of plays 10 games. Until then, he can be sent down without waivers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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