The Official 2023-24 Season Talk Thread

[l3ulvl]

Wings are so frustrating

[bcruise]

Vegas clinches the final playoff spot in the West with a 7-2 drubbing of the Wild, coupled with a Blues 5-2 regulation loss to the Canes.

[Majingir]

McDavid is 1 assist from 100. Only Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr have ever gotten 100 assists.

Crazier fact here, Kucherov is 2 assists from 100!

Only Gretzky/Lemeiux in 88/89 have gotten 100 assists in the same season and we're about to have it happen this year.

Speaking of which, how did Lemeiux get over 80 goals and over 100 assists that season and NOT win MVP!? Even Gretzky wasn't as good that year.

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Speaking of which, how did Lemeiux get over 80 goals and over 100 assists that season and NOT win MVP!? Even Gretzky wasn't as good that year.

Mario got robbed - it was clear then as it is now. There was an extremely bogus "Gretzky has revitalized the NHL in LA (and the USA!), therefore he's the real MVP" media narrative. Much easier to peddle BS like that in 1989 than 2024 - no social media firestorms to worry about.

[Majingir]

Coyotes final road game tonight (vs Flames).

Crazy part in all this which maybe happened on purpose, Coyotes haven't played a single game at home since the Utah news happened last week.

A 7 game homestand followed by this 5 game roadtrip before a final home game.

[DrJones]

So here are the East WC scenarios (I think):

1. Capitals
- make playoffs with a win
- make playoffs with an OT/SO loss and Wings/Pens losses

2. Red Wings
- make playoffs with a win and Caps loss
- make playoffs with an OT/SO loss and Caps regulation loss and Pens loss

3. Penguins
- make playoffs with a win and Caps/Wings losses
- make playoffs with an OT/SO loss and Caps/Wings regulation losses

4. Flyers
- make playoffs with a regulation win and Wings/Pens regulation losses

[Majingir]

NHL needs to take a page (and then some) out of NBA and MLBs playbook with the schedule.

Buffalo, NJ are done their season today.

Meanwhile many teams still have 2 more games to go.

Luckily those ones don't impact standings, but in the NHL more than other sports you know over coaching could change the way games are played when you know ahead of time how many points you need to make the playoffs because others already finished their year. If all you need is 1 point, you will start playing extra defensive and would be fine with the game going to OT because you get your point there.

[l3ulvl]

if only the Wings hadn't farted around with the Caps...

but still, one game left and four teams still have a shot, that's crazy

edit: wait Caps @ Flyers is one of the games? I got your back, slick! I don't expect you to have mine in return lol