Right now they hold the record 25 seasons in a row, 1990–91 to present. The Blues also hold the same record, 1979–80 through to 2003–04.
IMO, it would be a pretty special story line to set the record for consecutive playoff appearances the last year in the Joe Lewis.
Boston and Chicago have had longer streaks. The Bruins made the playoffs for 29 straight seasons (1967–68 through 1995–96) and the Hawks did it for 28 (1969–70 through 1996–97).
Edmonton being streaky and winning a few games isn't that big a surprise; McDavid is actually good at hockey.
As for Vancouver, please note that they're 3-0-0 despite never leading for so much as a single second. That's the definition of unsustainable.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
Well, now they're 4-0-0, first in the NHL and the only undefeated team remaining. Hockey is weird.
Speaking of weird, check out the disallowed goal at 1:38 of this package.
Seriously? That's the same goal as Frolik, almost exactly. Yet they say, "whistle blew, no goal, end of story".
They really need to get all of the referees into a room and decide what the goddamn rules of this game are, because that's just embarrassing for the league to have different games played by totally different rules.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
Edmonton being streaky and winning a few games isn't that big a surprise; McDavid is actually good at hockey.
As for Vancouver, please note that they're 3-0-0 despite never leading for so much as a single second. That's the definition of unsustainable.
Well of course it isn't
I am not gonna sit here and say the Canucks are a good team, but against middling competition (and St.Louis) they have actually played well with strong possession numbers. Whereas Edmonton is usually getting out possessed. In the games where Vancouver was trailing, they probably deserved to be leading.
I don't expect either of these teams to be relevant to the playoffs in April, but I am surprised by the early season form of the Canucks. Even last year when they won games early they usually looked bad. Heck they didn't even have a 3 game win streak until the end of the season last year.
Their system and style of play so far this year is different then last season. (especially defensively and in the breakout) I am going to attribute its early success to Doug Jarvis. But eventually the more talented teams will find form and the Canucks will drift down the standings.
I am not gonna sit here and say the Canucks are a good team, but against middling competition (and St.Louis) they have actually played well with strong possession numbers.
I think you need to take into account score effects a bit more. They were out-possessing teams they were trailing for literally the entire game. Last night they finally got the chance to play with a lead, and finished with a 42.5% corsi in all situations, and a whopping 39% at 5v5. Against Buffalo.
I'm thinking it's a pretty good bet that they're going to pick up that first loss on Saturday when they play the Kings.
__________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno
I think you need to take into account score effects a bit more. They were out-possessing teams they were trailing for literally the entire game. Last night they finally got the chance to play with a lead, and finished with a 42.5% corsi in all situations, and a whopping 39% at 5v5. Against Buffalo.
I'm thinking it's a pretty good bet that they're going to pick up that first loss on Saturday when they play the Kings.
Not exactly NHL, but still interesting: because of the Kings' emergency recall of goaltender Jack Campbell earlier today, their AHL team Ontario Reign will use a son-father tandem in their game vs San Jose tonight. Pretty unique situation and a very cool moment for that family.
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A little bit of hockey history will be happening tonight in Ontario. As goalie Jonah Imoo is making his first pro start it will be his father Dusty, the Reign’s goalie coach, who will serve as his backup.
“This could set some kind of hockey history,” Reign coach Mike Stothers said following morning skate ahead of tonight’s 6 p.m. game against visiting San Jose. “The son will be backed up by his dad. We’ll have two Imoos on the roster, both on PTOs. … I guess it’s good to have your goalie coach that close, right? He’s on the bench.”
The reason the Reign are in this predicament is their starting Jack Campbell will be going to Los Angeles to serve as the Kings’ backup after a morning skate injury sustained by Jeff Zatkoff ahead of their game against Vancouver. The Reign’s expected No. 1 going into the season before Campbell was Peter Budaj, and he’s with the Kings due to an injury to Jonathan Quick. Just last weekend the Reign had to bring on Jonah Imoo to back up in San Diego after Budaj was recalled. And so the cycle goes and here we are in the rarest of circumstances.
