Shannon always has reasonable objective analysis. He does a good job of putting this start in perspective compared to the last 2 seasons.
EverythingIsAwful69
He made my fears of how “must win” the next stretch of games are more concrete. Especially with his “teams who win 2 of their first 10 rarely make the playoffs.”
If we stick with his next 6 for the first 10 games:
Carolina – 1-3-0 lifetime NYR – 1-3-0 lifetime Detroit – 3-0-0 lifetime Carolina – 1-3-0 lifetime Florida – 3-1-0 lifetime Tampa Bay – 0-4-0 lifetime (sidenote: only team we’ve never beat)
If we just say history repeats itself, that puts us at 2-7-1 and 5 pts for the season out of 10 games and a potential 20 pts.
Doesn’t put us in a comfortable spot. We need to jump on Carolina and beat them like they’re hiding the cure from us.
MartialSpark
Yeah I was curious when he said he was gonna do the video after last night’s game.
He was rightfully harsh on us in the power rankings, mentioned not being able to score. He does cover every team in the NHL, so I doubt he was looking too deep into numbers on us prior to making the dedicated video.
The xG vs GF disparity and shot % are pretty pronounced when you dig a bit. Usually teams that can’t score don’t look like we have, 3 goals on like 140 shots isn’t normal.
We do have a pretty soft schedule late in the season, so if we can just tread water here we’ve got a shot. Won’t have a winning record for a while though, so be ready for that.
EverythingIsAwful69
Hopefully, we can beat Detroit, Florida, steal one from the Canes, and beat a Vasilevskiyless Lighting who has our number.
Leave us closer to .500 to face the onslaught of Oilers and Avs games right after this.
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Shannon always has reasonable objective analysis. He does a good job of putting this start in perspective compared to the last 2 seasons.
He made my fears of how “must win” the next stretch of games are more concrete. Especially with his “teams who win 2 of their first 10 rarely make the playoffs.”
If we stick with his next 6 for the first 10 games:
Carolina – 1-3-0 lifetime
NYR – 1-3-0 lifetime
Detroit – 3-0-0 lifetime
Carolina – 1-3-0 lifetime
Florida – 3-1-0 lifetime
Tampa Bay – 0-4-0 lifetime (sidenote: only team we’ve never beat)
If we just say history repeats itself, that puts us at 2-7-1 and 5 pts for the season out of 10 games and a potential 20 pts.
Doesn’t put us in a comfortable spot. We need to jump on Carolina and beat them like they’re hiding the cure from us.
Yeah I was curious when he said he was gonna do the video after last night’s game.
He was rightfully harsh on us in the power rankings, mentioned not being able to score. He does cover every team in the NHL, so I doubt he was looking too deep into numbers on us prior to making the dedicated video.
The xG vs GF disparity and shot % are pretty pronounced when you dig a bit. Usually teams that can’t score don’t look like we have, 3 goals on like 140 shots isn’t normal.
We do have a pretty soft schedule late in the season, so if we can just tread water here we’ve got a shot. Won’t have a winning record for a while though, so be ready for that.
Hopefully, we can beat Detroit, Florida, steal one from the Canes, and beat a Vasilevskiyless Lighting who has our number.
Leave us closer to .500 to face the onslaught of Oilers and Avs games right after this.