[OOT] March 30 with fourteen games!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Jets have been a huge black hole of suck lately. Ripe for a 1st round exit. Wouldn't be surprised to see them fall into a wildcard spot.

After trading away assets for rentals

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Jets have been a huge black hole of suck lately. Ripe for a 1st round exit. Wouldn't be surprised to see them fall into a wildcard spot.

feels bad, man.

[topfiverecords]

Could be a blessing for the Jets if they fell to the wildcard. They should rather have a slumping Canucks over a waste of eight days with the Avs in round one.

[EDMONTONisNG]

Probably an unpopular opinion but I rather watch the flames win than drafting some magic beans. Shrugs.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Could be a blessing for the Jets if they fell to the wildcard. They should rather have a slumping Canucks over a waste of eight days with the Avs in round one.

Maybe they're intentionally tanking

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

'Hawks do Detroit a favor and, absolutely, smoke the Flyers, in Philly, 5-1. The Flyers deserve a Torts meltdown. You cannot be dropping points at home against an also ran, and their effort was pretty lame.

Especially considering the Hawks don’t win on the road and seldom win with their backup in.

Much like last year, the Hawks doing the anti-tank at the end of the season and looks like they’ll even catch Anaheim.

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by hwy19man

Tight game between the Knights and Wild. It is 1-1 late in the third period, must win for the Wild.

Wild lose 2-1 after pulling goalie in OT and therefore don't get the single point. Haven't seen that happen in OT before.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Scooter

Wild lose 2-1 after pulling goalie in OT and therefore don't get the single point. Haven't seen that happen in OT before.

They still get 1 point for losing in OT.

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

They still get 1 point for losing in OT.

I don't think that's correct. Even though the wild Knights game went to OT, that was a 2 point game. Knights got both points and wild with nothing.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by The Cobra

They still get 1 point for losing in OT.

Not if you pull your goalie.

[Jay Random]

Just to confuse matters, at first the NHL standings page credited Minnesota with the point for the OT lost. It has since been removed.

Apparently the website programmers weren't aware of that rule either.

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by Scooter

Wild lose 2-1 after pulling goalie in OT and therefore don't get the single point. Haven't seen that happen in OT before.

The tactic of pulling the goalie in OT smacks of desperation, and, when the OT rules were implemented, commentators speculated that such desperation would only apply in late season, all or nothing gambles.

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by EDMONTONisNG

Probably an unpopular opinion but I rather watch the flames win than drafting some magic beans. Shrugs.

You are likely to see many more wins if the Flames get better beans.
Unless you think a few wins now, when the Flames are eliminated, are more important than hundreds wins in the next 15 years.

[Tsawwassen]

Final scores
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/2024-03-30
https://www.espn.com/nhl/scoreboard/_/date/20240330
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/scores?date=2024-03-30
https://fieldlevelmedia.com/news/nhl...-over-coyotes/

[Scooter]

[QUOTE=thefoss1957;9046606]The tactic of pulling the goalie in OT smacks of desperation, and, when the OT rules were implemented, commentators speculated that such desperation would only apply in late season, all or nothing gambles.[/QUOTE
Basically what Hynes said post game that they really needed the 2 points.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Scooter

Basically what Hynes said post game that they really needed the 2 points.

The Wild pulled their goalie twice in OT, won once, lost once, and got 2 points.

If they had kept their goalie in both times, the most likely outcome is that they would still have won once and lost once – and they would have had 3 points. Even if they had lost both games, they would still have the 2 points.

They made themselves worse off.

As a betting proposition, it's not worth pulling your goalie in OT unless it gives you a 75% chance of winning that game. Usually when a team has the odds that strongly in its favour, the game never makes it to overtime in the first place.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

The Wild pulled their goalie twice in OT, won once, lost once, and got 2 points.

If they had kept their goalie in both times, the most likely outcome is that they would still have won once and lost once – and they would have had 3 points. Even if they had lost both games, they would still have the 2 points.

They made themselves worse off.

As a betting proposition, it's not worth pulling your goalie in OT unless it gives you a 75% chance of winning that game. Usually when a team has the odds that strongly in its favour, the game never makes it to overtime in the first place.

Never saw either game, but did they pull their goalie in regulation of the tie game in either one? To me that makes more sense since your risk is getting nothing, but your reward is gaining 2 points instead of 1. So unless you have a PP I don't think it makes any sense unless you predicated it with using the extra attacker in regulation.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

feels bad, man.

They should just give up their berth to a team that's ready to play with a chip on its shoulder.

It may require a full group effort to bounce the no goods this year, and everybody needs to be pulling their weight when the time comes.