[solved]Hockey Talk

ClosetOfExhaustion wrote:there are 48 games in the 2013 NHL regular season. the blackhawks have 39 pts through 21 games.

last year, there were 82 games. the team with the fewest amount of points to make the playoffs had 92. This is a ratio of 1.12:1 (pts:games). If this same threshold for points:games held true for 2013, it would take about 54 points to make the playoffs.
The hawks are then only 15 points away from most likely securing their spot in the playoffs. At the rate they're earnings points, they could score the amount needed for the 8th playoff spot after game 29.
This would have them "virtually" making the playoffs after only 60% of their season.

Make sure you invite young guys if you’re gonna go out. If your wife allows you. If they’re going to go out for a couple beers after the game. Go out there once in a while with them. (If your wife allows you?) Yeah, if your wife allows you. Mine’s pretty good about allowing me to – not on a gamely basis, but to go out every now and then and have a couple beers with them. Bow out before they get after it too hard, but show that you’re still a part of the team. Try and get the message out that it’s alright to go out and have a good time and enjoy the game. As long as you treat it like it’s a job the next day.”

senschirp.ca wrote:Of interest from last night, is the news that the Ottawa Senators had scouts watching the Colorado/Dallas game. There are a few names that the Sens have interest in from Dallas, including Derek Roy and Jaromir Jagr.

reuben wrote:

senschirp.ca wrote:Of interest from last night, is the news that the Ottawa Senators had scouts watching the Colorado/Dallas game. There are a few names that the Sens have interest in from Dallas, including Derek Roy and Jaromir Jagr.

oh boy

si.com wrote:The Lightning also had injury problems this year, forcing the team to rely heavily on minor leaguers to fill roles they weren’t quite ready to assume. Most seasons, that’s something that gets taken into account when considering a coach’s effectiveness. But this year, with Ottawa’s Paul MacLean guiding the Binghamton Senators (with a few NHLers sprinkled in) to a playoff spot in the East, Boucher’s results were easier to criticize. It’s probably no coincidence that his demise came after shortly being beaten by MacLean’s undermanned but overachieving Sens on Saturday afternoon.

Oh, and why are they overachieving? Take a look at what Ben Bishop and Robin Lehner–Ottawa’s second- and third-stringers–are giving them in goal.