GMH Contest: Regular Season Standings

Flo The Action wrote:

LeCaptain wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:it's not looking good for philly... knew it

Do you know they started 4-11 last year?

yes but in my eyes they're not necessarily in a better spot now and other teams in their division got better.

That's pretty much it. If they fall behind like last year don't expect them to come storming back. The teams that are struggling right now have significant injuries, which likely means they'll imrove as the season progresses. Caps, Isles, Devils are off to hot starts and Pittsburgh looks very strong.

Mason sucks. Maybe that's part of their problem.

spader wrote:Mason sucks. Maybe that's part of their problem.

that certainly plays a part in this.

Going to do the update today. Standings taken from http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/standings#/wildcard.

If the playoffs started today:

Pacific
Anaheim
LA
San Jose
Vancouver
Calgary

Central
Nashville
Chicago
Dallas

Metro
NYI
Pittsburgh
Washington
NYR

Atlantic
Montreal
Tampa
Ottawa
Detroit

As a reminder, you get 10 points for every team you have correct but minus one for every spot they are off. Let's look at SD's team as an example.

Current SD Points
Anaheim LA 9
LA Anaheim 9
San Jose San Jose 10
Vancouver
Calgary

Nashville Chicago 9
Chicago Colorado 0
Dallas St. Louis 0
Minnesota 0
Dallas 8

NYI NYR 7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 10
Washington Columbus 0
NYR Philly 0


Montreal Boston 0
Tampa Tampa 10
Ottawa Montreal 8
Detroit Ottawa 9

TOTAL 89

Standings:

Spader - 107
Neely - 106
Tim1_2 - 105
Wprager - 102
HobieSens - 101
Flo - 98
Ev - 97
DennyCrane - 97
SSF - 96
SpezDispensed - 89
SensGirl11 - 88
Oglethorpe - 86


For those down in the standings, heed the wise words of Eugene Melnyk:

But it’s very early in the season. You know, we’re at the quarter pole. And if this was a horse race, I bet you couldn’t tell me who was at the quarter pole in the Kentucky Derby this year, but a lot of horse players who could tell you who would win. So, we’ve got some time.”

And for the tiebreaker:

Buffalo 2-8-0: 4 points
Carolina 0-6-2: 2 points

Ev's pick for worst record would be in the playoffs if they started today (Calgary).

Diddle everyone!

dennycrane wrote:
Ev's pick for worst record would be in the playoffs if they started today (Calgary).

I would like to hear why Big Ev thought that Calgary would be worse than Carolina or Buffalo.

Colorado is killing me.

Interesting article on www.sportsline.com about the importance of a fast start:

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24773449/how-important-is-a-fast-start-to-the-nhl-season

NEELY wrote:Colorado is killing me.

Colorado and Boston are hurting everyone pretty well the same. Whomever guesses the Metro correctly will most likely win. That being said, I get the feeling we could look at that division on March 1st and still not be sure which teams get in.

tim1_2 wrote:

dennycrane wrote:
Ev's pick for worst record would be in the playoffs if they started today (Calgary).

I would like to hear why Big Ev thought that Calgary would be worse than Carolina or Buffalo.

I think Carolina will rebound with Staal. I thought Buffalo had pretty good forwards. I thought Calgary had no forwards which they still don't. But yeah Calgary is decent so that's wrong.

Ev wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

dennycrane wrote:
Ev's pick for worst record would be in the playoffs if they started today (Calgary).

I would like to hear why Big Ev thought that Calgary would be worse than Carolina or Buffalo.

I think Carolina will rebound with Staal. I thought Buffalo had pretty good forwards. I thought Calgary had no forwards which they still don't. But yeah Calgary is decent so that's wrong.

Calgary doesn't have "no forwards", what they have is a lot of 2nd-tier guys, and they're scoring by committee. They don't have one forward averaging more than 18 minutes a night and only their goons under 12 minutes a night. Mason Raymond has been a nice addition for them, and you have TJ Brodie (8 pts, +6) and Giordano playing great on the blueline for them.

dennycrane wrote:

NEELY wrote:Colorado is killing me.

Colorado and Boston are hurting everyone pretty well the same. Whomever guesses the Metro correctly will most likely win. That being said, I get the feeling we could look at that division on March 1st and still not be sure which teams get in.

Not me.

Ugh, they get me every single year. Can't get a read at all.

it's still early. yall see how it will work out by mid december.
biggest surprise for me is NYI. i still expect them to drop down and be fighting for a wild card spot. (I had doubts on Boston but i didn't figure they'd have problems against their own division which they haven't played that much.)

Point totals at end of month, but if the playoffs started today:

Pacific: Anaheim, Vancouver, Calgary, LA, San Jose
Central: St. Louis, Nashville, Winnipeg
Metro: Pittsburgh, NYI, Washington
Atlantic: Montreal, Tampa, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston

As far as the tiebreaker goes, I was in Buffalo for the Penguins/Sabres tilt last Saturday night. The Sabres are the worst hockey team I have ever seen, and that includes the expansion era Sens.