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cw said:
It's definitely a line that's a little more suited to matching up against another teams top line, although Steckel's speed worries me when matched against a top-line centre.
crazyperfectdevil
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at first when i found out boston was the next game i thought..crap ...but now i'm not so sure..if they lose to boston it'll of course be business as usual..but if they win ..even if it's due to boston just playing like crap for a game..it'll give them one hell a confidence boost..and this team could use a few of those ...if it has any hope of pulling this off
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
They may need to play even better than that. I ran the numbers a few games back and got over .765
I was basing that on 93 points though, the threshold may be lower this year.
Course I ain't no math whiz.
We need cw's genius to give us the official number.
That's usually followed up by the realization that Detroit is the only team currently hitting the resulting winning percentage.
Sudafederov said:
Ok, I'm not cw, but by my math the current pace for 8th in the East is Washington at only 87 points. That means that if that holds the Leafs would only need 21 more points in their remaining 17 games. They would need to go 10-6-1, or 9-5-3, or so to make it in.
Still a big "IF" on no one catching fire out of that group around them.
The biggest concern is that the Leafs have the toughest schedule of the bunch - they have 9 current playoff teams left out of 17. For comparison, Winnipeg only has 7, Tampa & Buffalo have 8. The Caps have 9 like us.
It's turning into an interesting race.
EDIT: I see cw beat me to the punch in the other thread, but the math's the same - we need to get to 88 points based on current pace
Deebo said:
Carlyle said that unless something unforeseen happens, Connolly will be in. He was practicing with the PP at practice today and given his play on the PK it looks like he's being kept in as a specialty teams guy, which is alright with me. And Brown left practice early today and is nursing a minor injury, so he could be out.
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CarltonTheBear said:
this would be a bad game for brown to be out..i hope that's not the case
crazyperfectdevil
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Tigger said:
I think brown brings more intangibles to the table than rosehill...but that's me
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Tigger said:
Maybe half the problem with this team is just what Randy has been saying. The guys need clearly defined roles. Having a bunch of Joey Crabbs filling out your bottom two lines is maybe going to get you more of what we have seen all season. Joey is a decent player but not real good at anything in particular. If Rosehill is up and told to do a job at least he can throw a punishing check or play with some grit and be pretty good at that role at least.
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mirtle: Mike Brown out tonight with a hand injury. Liles has a high fever and is a game-time decision.
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leafplasma said:
I disagree about Crabb. He has been one of the hardest forechecking forwards on this team. Always goes in with a heavy hit.
Zee
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I want to see how these guys respond to Carlyle in the next 10 games or so. We should start to see who his go-to guys are real quick, and which players he throws into the doghouse for not working hard enough. I really liked his move of throwing Frattin up with Grabovski last game, he really played a good game and played a lot. Should be interesting to see where year long busts like Connolly end up under Carlyle.
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