03-12-2015, 05:37 PM
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#61
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Tough choice. I agree with others. As long as it goes 3-0 on regulation time I am all for it. I guess whoever wins the game tonight, that's who I am rooting for.
I guess it won't matter if the Flames wins the rest of their games of the season.
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03-12-2015, 05:45 PM
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#62
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First Line Centre
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3-0-0 for Vancouver.
Kings would be hard pressed to make the playoffs which I would love to see. Also would most likely put is against Vancouver which is probably the most winnable match-up for us.
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03-12-2015, 05:48 PM
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#63
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I just can't see the Kings missing the playoffs. They're two time Cup winners, shooting for "Dynasty" status.
LA has just been conserving their strength lying in the weeds waiting for the playoffs. I expect the Kings to sweep the Canucks (and most other teams) from here on.
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03-12-2015, 05:54 PM
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#64
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I live in Victoria and a Flames/Canucks series would be super fun, regardless of who wins honestly. I'll be ecstatic if the Flames do make the playoffs, but watching a playoff game between the Canucks and Flames with my canuckle-scum friends would be way more fun than cheering against Anaheim alone/with people who don't really care.
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03-12-2015, 06:17 PM
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#65
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Those overall records are totally plausible. In each case, they're three games out of sixteen. Losing those three is no less plausible than losing any other three. The only part that's unlikely is that all three games are won by the same team, which is what this thread presumes in the first place.
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'Plausible' but not 'probable'. If the Kings go 0-3 against Vancouver, they probably miss the play offs and we probably play Vancouver in the first round. It's plausible that the Avs make the playoffs, but it's not probable enough to really talk about.
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03-12-2015, 06:32 PM
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#66
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: CGY
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It seems lime the Flames and Canucks fans want that first round matchup as both fan bases feel it gives them the best chance to win.
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03-12-2015, 06:36 PM
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#67
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This is massively overstating it. The Kings could lose all three, and still comfortably go 9-5-2 for 97 points and end 2nd in the PAC. The Canucks could win all three and still go 8-8-0 for 96 points and a WC spot. It helps, probably more than the opposite, but it guarantees absolutely nothing.
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I said almost guarantees.
As already pointed out, your scenario as far more unlikely and not anywhere close to comfortable for LA to go 9-2-2 in their other games. Now that is a massive overstatement!
Having said all that; I think we can all agree that either of these teams going 3-0 in this series is unlikely, so it's all hypothetical arguments of an unlikely scenario anyway.
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03-12-2015, 07:00 PM
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#68
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Disenfranchised
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I suppose hoping for three double-forfeits is too much, hey?
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03-12-2015, 11:40 PM
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#69
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Well looks like the Canucks are losing tonight so I guess I am going with LA over the Canucks in their next two games. Besides, I just find it hard to cheer for the Canucks. At least with LA, they have Regehr and Darryl Sutter.
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03-13-2015, 05:52 AM
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#70
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Why not into PC2 or PC3, displacing the Flames? Are the Flames a lock?
Seriously this all seems like tempting fate to me... superstitious of course, but still.
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Superstition is dumb.
There is no such thing beyond our own confirmation biases as "fate."
The Flames are very well positioned to make the playoffs, and also to finish in the PC2 slot. No, this is not a guarantee, nor is it hubristic to expect this to happen. Just as it is neither a guarantee nor hubristic for fans of either LA or Vancouver to think along the same lines.
All that said, I predict that Calgary is in, and that they finish in one of the bottom two division spots.
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03-13-2015, 07:38 AM
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#71
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meers
I just can't see the Kings missing the playoffs. They're two time Cup winners, shooting for "Dynasty" status.
LA has just been conserving their strength lying in the weeds waiting for the playoffs. I expect the Kings to sweep the Canucks (and most other teams) from here on.
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We've heard this for months now. They just don't score a lot of goals so they struggle to win consistently. The benefit is their playing style of physical play and grinding/mucking works well in the playoffs and they can beat anyone if they get in. But I don't think it's a lock they are going to get red hot all of the sudden and blow past everyone.
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03-13-2015, 07:56 AM
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#72
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First Line Centre
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Looks like LA is on a roll.. yikes! I want to see a Calgary/Van playoff. A lot more fun then the style LA plays
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03-13-2015, 08:05 AM
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#73
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 442scotty
Looks like LA is on a roll.. yikes! I want to see a Calgary/Van playoff. A lot more fun then the style LA plays
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4-0-1 in their last five, but also with a S/O win against Montreal. They have managed to beat some truely uniplressive teams: Edmonton, Colorado, Tokarski's Canadiens, and a Canucks team that has tallied only 9 goals in their last 5 games, and two goals on 35 SOG in their last two.
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03-13-2015, 08:08 AM
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#74
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteMoss
We've heard this for months now. They just don't score a lot of goals so they struggle to win consistently. The benefit is their playing style of physical play and grinding/mucking works well in the playoffs and they can beat anyone if they get in. But I don't think it's a lock they are going to get red hot all of the sudden and blow past everyone.
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They are only this low because they couldn't win on the road forever. Fixed that with a 7-3 record. Quick was terrible too, that's been fixed as well.
Without Voynov, and being a year older, I don't think the Kings are the kind of threat they were the past three years, but that team is going to make the playoffs easily. It is why Winnipeg fading is so important to us.
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03-13-2015, 08:11 AM
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#75
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Superstition is dumb.
There is no such thing beyond our own confirmation biases as "fate."
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Of course it is, but doesn't it still make you uncomfortable? I'm still inclined to knock on wood.
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03-13-2015, 08:22 AM
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#76
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Great to see the Canucks lose, not great to see the Kings win.
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03-13-2015, 11:39 AM
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#77
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Still can't cheer for the canucks, even if it makes some sense to.
Really don't care about matchups. Rather not end up as some nucklehead's sig line by suggesting the nucks are the best matchup.
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