04-15-2025, 10:08 AM
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#41
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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
I mean, ideally we would have nothing to play for in game 81...
because we would already have a playoff spot locked up  |
if we were in the Met division, we would
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04-15-2025, 10:09 AM
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#42
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Don't care - we'll beat whoever they dress.
(but yes, they are vile)
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I just found some articles where Cassidy says they will be resting guys in the last two games so that's great. They are still vile though.
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04-15-2025, 10:17 AM
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#43
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Originally Posted by tony-soprano
Playoff odds at 13%  |
I broke it down, if anyone cares. Here are the various scenarios...
MIN loses in reg, the Flames get 4 pts: 9% chance
STL loses in reg, Flames get 3 pts: 12% chance
STL loses in OT, Flames get 4 pts: 2%
STL wins in OT, Flames get 2 regulation wins: 2%
By my unofficial calculations, they have a 25% chance (though these numbers do not factor quality of competition, which, frankly, is too difficult to quantify when teams have different motivations at the end of the year)
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04-15-2025, 10:43 AM
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#45
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Looks like same line-up/lines as last game.
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04-15-2025, 11:00 AM
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#46
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Join Date: May 2016
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04-15-2025, 11:06 AM
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#48
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I'm proud of this 24/25 team and all they've accomplished up until now. As a fan, exciting and meaningful hockey to watch in April is unexpected, awesome, and key for developing these young players. GFG! Also, Go Ducks and....Hockey Club.
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04-15-2025, 11:08 AM
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#49
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by Cheese
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Having their game start an hour later is such a massive advantage here. The flames will know exactly what they need to do to win.
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04-15-2025, 11:13 AM
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#50
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Originally Posted by blankall
Having their game start an hour later is such a massive advantage here. The flames will know exactly what they need to do to win.
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They already know what they have to do.
The only thing knowing the other results would change is put them in a position where they might as well mail the third period in.
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04-15-2025, 11:17 AM
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#51
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Vancouver
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It’ll be weird cheering for the Flames, Ducks and Utah tonight, but meaningful games to finish the season is awesome.
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04-15-2025, 11:24 AM
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#52
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Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by Freddy
It’ll be weird cheering for the Flames, Ducks and Utah tonight, but meaningful games to finish the season is awesome.
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NHL lucked out with the scheduling for sure. All 3 teams playing tonight all an hour apart. Sets it all up for peak drama!
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04-15-2025, 11:30 AM
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#53
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
They already know what they have to do.
The only thing knowing the other results would change is put them in a position where they might as well mail the third period in.
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No, they don’t know exactly what they need until the other games are finished.
If STL wins in OT, Calgary then knows they need to win in regulation and would pull the goalie if in a tied game. If STL loses in OT, CGY win wouldn’t have to be in regulation. If STL loses in regulation, CGY could actually lose in OT and still get thru on Thursday with a win.
Having the other games end before the third period gives the Flames an advantage they wouldn’t have had if they started before the STL game.
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04-15-2025, 11:30 AM
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#54
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
They already know what they have to do.
The only thing knowing the other results would change is put them in a position where they might as well mail the third period in.
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They wouldn't pull the goalie to go for a regulation win if the Blues went to overtime an hour earlier.
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04-15-2025, 11:43 AM
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#55
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary
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Just win. In regulation and may Jobu curse the sticks of the ni' .
Everyone in the crowd should be chanting NI ! All 19 thousand shall chant Ni!
No NI shots shall pass the Wolf!! And no one shall be bringing the Ni any shrubbery.
Lomberg shall sleigh the Ni and have a mean steak and mile wide and play like a wee ferocious beast.
We shall be victorious in our quest for the holy W .
Ni !
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04-15-2025, 11:51 AM
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#56
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
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04-15-2025, 11:52 AM
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#57
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Originally Posted by Bingo
They wouldn't pull the goalie to go for a regulation win if the Blues went to overtime an hour earlier.
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If the blues win that ot then flames need a reg win so they would
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04-15-2025, 11:54 AM
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#58
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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Love it! Fight like Hell!
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04-15-2025, 11:57 AM
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#59
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
No, they don’t know exactly what they need until the other games are finished.
If STL wins in OT, Calgary then knows they need to win in regulation and would pull the goalie if in a tied game. If STL loses in OT, CGY win wouldn’t have to be in regulation. If STL loses in regulation, CGY could actually lose in OT and still get thru on Thursday with a win.
Having the other games end before the third period gives the Flames an advantage they wouldn’t have had if they started before the STL game.
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He said the Flames knowing what they need to do to win. Score more goals than the other team.
Even assuming the intent of the post was the Flames knowing HOW they need to win, there's only two scenarios that need to be considered, and that's something just the coaching staff will need to be aware of to make the right judgement call near the end of the game (pulling Wolf in a tie game). The players don't need to know anything.
There isn't a scenario where the players themselves will choose to go to OT over winning in regulation.
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04-15-2025, 11:57 AM
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#60
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
if we were in the Met division, we would
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If we were in the Met division we wouldn't have been able to play Chicago, Nashville, and San Jose a combined 10 times this season and go 9-1-0 in those 10 games.
Imbalanced NHL scheduling actually makes it a bit hard to compare conference to conference and division to division in seasons where the three worst teams in the league (by a pretty fair margin) all play in the Western conference.
It's still super annoying that the Flames will have more points than 2 eastern playoff teams and probably will miss, but at least some of that is because the imbalanced schedule.
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