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Originally Posted by Wolven
Quoting my last post to maintain the history chain of these posts. It is interesting to look back on how the story evolves.
Marching to the Trade Deadline - 7 games remaining: - Expected Wins:
- Likely Wins: Flyers (A)
- Likely Losses:
- Expected Losses: Capitals (A), Lightning (A), Panthers (A), Hurricane (A), Stars (A)
- Confirmed Wins: Sabres (H), Wild (A)*, Ducks (H), Kraken (A)*, Sharks (H)
- Confirmed OTL: Kraken (H)*
- Confirmed Losses: Jets (A), Capitals (H), Red Wings (H)*, Leafs (H), Avalanche (H),
*Defied expectation
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Had to go all of the way back to page 62 to find my last post. Wow has this thread gotten predictably crazy since getting into the "Murderer's row" road trip.
Section 1: Marching to the Trade Deadline - 2 games remaining
- Expected Wins:
- Likely Wins: Flyers (A)
- Likely Losses:
- Expected Losses: Stars (A)
- Confirmed Wins: Sabres (H), Wild (A)*, Ducks (H), Kraken (A)*, Sharks (H), Capitals (A)*,
- Confirmed OTL: Kraken (H)*, Hurricane (A)*,
- Confirmed Losses: Jets (A), Capitals (H), Red Wings (H)*, Leafs (H), Avalanche (H), Lightning (A), Panthers (A),
*Defied expectation
Section 2: Playoff standings update
Even with the nightmare roadtrip, the Flames are currently tied for WC2 with the Canucks but with the tiebreaker going in the Flames favour. The Blues are 1 point back (with 2 more games played) and UHC is 2 points back with 1 more game played.
Section 3
Tankathon update
- The Flames have the 16th hardest remaining schedule with two thirds of the road trip behind us
- Canucks have the 7th hardest
- Kings have the 26th hardest
- Blues are 32nd hardest... the easiest remaining schedule as of now!!!!
- UHC are 28th hardest
The Canucks having a hard schedule is great as it allows the Flames to hold them off but the easy schedules for the Blues and UHC make them a threat to holding onto WC2.
Section 4: "Top10 draft" update
- Flames are 16th overall, tied with the Canucks.
- 1 point back is the Senators, Rangers, Bruins, and Blues.
- 2 points back is the Canadiens and UHC.
- 3 points back is the Flyers and Islanders are 4 points back.
Basically, 2 points separate the Flames from dropping 7 spots in the standings and into the top 10 of the draft with the Canucks and Bruins being the only teams on the decline in their last 10 games.