[OOT] April 6th - The day Devan Dubnyk and Eddie Lack channeled their inner Jesus

[White Out 403]

god damn the schedule is incredible tomorrow

Ottawa battles Detroit

Winnipeg and St Louis
Edmonton and L.A.
Calgary and Arizona
Minnesota and Chicago... (Jets are 2 back of them even games)

[dying4acup]

Originally Posted by IntenseFan

I just noticed that Sportsclub Stats has LA, Winnipeg and Calgary all well above 50% to make the playoffs. However, one of those teams MUST be out when all is said and done. I just decided not to look at that site for the next three games.

Vancouver or Minnesota could still miss

[dino7c]

Flames are likely in with 2 wins no matter where they come

But I like the whole win 2 home games and your in with breathing room on the weekend

[TapeToTape]

Originally Posted by Hockey

Ok so god forbid the Canucks fail to get any points against Ari and Edm what needs to happen for them to miss?

Quite a few variations :

Flames win all their games to get 99 (or at least 4/6 points to get 97 points + tie breaker)
LA would need 5/6 points to hit 98
Winnipeg gets 4/6 to hit 98

[pylon]

Haha, here's a crazy scenario.

Say the last game is meaningless to the Flames, and a WPG win, knocks out LA... do you 'rest' your vets and stars for the playoffs?

I would much rather WPG get in then LA.

[formulate]

Though the results weren't as good as we hoped, both Dubnyk and Quick played quite well, as predicted by the OOT thread title. I, for one, would be willing to give Malcolm another chance to make some magic happen tomorrow, with the suggestion of asking for better results rather than individual performances

[dying4acup]

Originally Posted by #-3

Basically there were 2 different games we were worried about each with 6 possible outcomes (Home reg win, Home OT win, Home SO win, Away reg win, Away OT win, Away SO win). Meaning there were a total of 36 outcomes going into tonight that would directly impact the Flames chances of finishing ahead of these 3 teams, If you were to ask at the start of the night what is the worst case scenarios were.

#1/2, Win ROW win & LA OT Win
#3/4, Win ROW win & LA SO Win
#5, Win ROW win & Van SO Win


Meaning there were 31 options for how this night could have gone better.

It was only a little bit of help.

But as I said, a hell of a lot better than #1 or #2.

That said without a win yet in April the wild have slowly gotten pulled back into this race, they play Stl, Chi & Nas and need 3 points to clinch, far from a given.

If jets/wild went to OT, could have been worse also.

[Perogy Man]

We need an Enigma Breaker. Were his Alan Turing when (okay I know, he did his thing for humanity) when you need him!

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by dying4acup

Vancouver or Minnesota could still miss

Minny maybe could crash, Vancouver could pretty much be in if they didn't get anymore points this season, and just let the schedule play out on it's own with Calgary and LA only having 93 points

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Resurrection

god damn the schedule is incredible tomorrow

Ottawa battles Detroit

Winnipeg and St Louis
Edmonton and L.A.
Calgary and Arizona
Minnesota and Chicago... (Jets are 2 back of them even games)

I honestly think I am just gonna go to bed at like 5pm, and wake up at midnight and let it all hit me in one shot.... My brain will melt if I try and follow the whole thing. I seriously can't run any more scenarios without going insane.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by pylon

Haha, here's a crazy scenario.

Say the last game is meaningless to the Flames, and a WPG win, knocks out LA... do you 'rest' your vets and stars for the playoffs?

I would much rather WPG get in then LA.

Let's give the back up keeper a go in that scenario.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by TapeToTape

Quite a few variations :

Flames win all their games to get 99 (or at least 4/6 points to get 97 points + tie breaker)
LA would need 5/6 points to hit 98
Winnipeg gets 4/6 to hit 98

2 Calgary wins really puts the odds in their favour, good illustration

then you figure if Calgary is winning two games they are knocking off one of those teams

[GGG]

So if it gets to the Winnipeg game could there be a situation where ot losses cling playoff spots for both teams?

If so the optimal play would be to agree to not play and let time run out. The puck drops and players stand still and wait until the game runs out.

[dying4acup]

The scenario I fear is that after the Flames-Jets game is done, we have to wait for OOT results from Canucks, Kings and Wild!

[Hockey]

Originally Posted by TapeToTape

Quite a few variations :

Flames win all their games to get 99 (or at least 4/6 points to get 97 points + tie breaker)
LA would need 5/6 points to hit 98
Winnipeg gets 4/6 to hit 98

Do both Calgary games against LA and Win need to go to OT as well?

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by pylon

Haha, here's a crazy scenario.

Say the last game is meaningless to the Flames, and a WPG win, knocks out LA... do you 'rest' your vets and stars for the playoffs?

I would much rather WPG get in then LA.

If it comes down to that, I will personally drive to Calgary, and buy a round at a local pub.

[hockey.modern]

If we clinch by Thursday: Sam Bennett in against WPG?

[pylon]

Originally Posted by dying4acup

The scenario I fear is that after the Flames-Jets game is done, we have to wait for OOT results from Canucks, Kings and Wild!

As long as they win their next 2, all that will be determined at that point is likely seeding.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by GGG

So if it gets to the Winnipeg game could there be a situation where ot losses cling playoff spots for both teams?

If so the optimal play would be to agree to not play and let time run out. The puck drops and players stand still and wait until the game runs out.

a gentlemen's agreement lol

would serve the NHL right for their ridiculous point system

[Perogy Man]

Nice but okay. Flames will win against Arizona but will (in my opinion) get 1 point against LA and Wpg. Ot win against wpg but reg loss against LA. One point short!