MadDog2020 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Martyisth3b3st said: Would it really be paranoia? A home loss against the terrible Islanders plus a Panthers road win against the hottest team in the NHL would be a devastating blow to our playoff chances. It would be deeply alarming for sure. The paranoia would be people making the case Florida will never lose another game now that they have destiny in their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
point Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) TBL lighting up NYR tonight. Bruins and Lightning are fighting for #1 seed in Eastern Conference. Florida facing 3 games against Boston means Bruins will not be resting anyone. Edited March 31, 2018 by point Spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The best thing that could happen for the Devils regarding Boston would be that their last game gives them a chance to hop Tampa for the division. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 On paper there's a big difference in points between Toronto and the wild cards, but a big part of that is because of getting to play Detroit, Buffalo, Ottawa and Montreal a couple extra times compared to the Metro teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Martyisth3b3st said: #1 in The Atlantic is HUGE. You either face a wild-card team or a Toronto team who’s now set the franchise record for points in a season. This is just yet another example of how stupid this format is and makes the regular season absolutely pointless. There's no reason that Tampa/Boston should be facing Toronto in the first round. It's so stupid. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Only one thing to say: LET'S GO BRUINS!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 29 minutes ago, Satans Hockey said: This is just yet another example of how stupid this format is and makes the regular season absolutely pointless. There's no reason that Tampa/Boston should be facing Toronto in the first round. It's so stupid. But rivalries! Original Six! Tradition and Legacy maaaaaaaaan! fvck the current format, go back to 1-8, the fact the best matchups happen round 1 is beyond stupid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 BOS 2 FLA 1 after 1st period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Satans Hockey said: This is just yet another example of how stupid this format is and makes the regular season absolutely pointless. There's no reason that Tampa/Boston should be facing Toronto in the first round. It's so stupid. They've wound up trying to play both sides of the fence, ensuring more division matchups early while still leaving wiggle room for some non-division matchups. It's like having six of one and half a dozen of the other. In past years it was the Metro that got screwed on it with the Caps and Pens playing insanely early. Now it's unbalanced the other way, at least given the top teams in that division are better than the top teams in ours in terms of points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Obviously don’t want to count chickens quite yet but Boston now has a 5-1 lead late in the 2nd and is playing really, really well Remember what happened the last time you tried to not jinx something?Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Been watching it here in MA, and FLA looks really gassed. The B's skating has really worn them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) Nice that reality's finally setting in on the Florida dream run now that they're playing real teams again (and that Ottawa was actually one cream of the crap team that did help out), now we just can't give them any life again the next two days. Edited March 31, 2018 by NJDevs4978 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 minute ago, NJDevs4978 said: Nice that reality's finally setting in on the Florida dream run now that they're playing real teams again (and that Ottawa was actually one cream of the crap team that did help out). well put Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Martyisth3b3st said: A devils win tonight would be... devastating. Which is nice. It would be annoying more than devastating atm, we'd still have 'control of our destiny' no matter what happens tonight. Losing BOTH this weekend would be devastating though, especially with for all intents and purposes only a two-point cushion since we have no tiebreakers. Edited March 31, 2018 by NJDevs4978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Atta way Boston!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostondevil11 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 It feels wrong rooting for Boston but gotta do it. Go BS and go Devils! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 49 minutes ago, NJDevs4978 said: They've wound up trying to play both sides of the fence, ensuring more division matchups early while still leaving wiggle room for some non-division matchups. It's like having six of one and half a dozen of the other. In past years it was the Metro that got screwed on it with the Caps and Pens playing insanely early. Now it's unbalanced the other way, at least given the top teams in that division are better than the top teams in ours in terms of points. I just hate that the regular season is made virtually pointless because they aren't rewarding teams for doing well. You had a 110+ point season? That's nice have fun playing another 100+ point team in the 1st or 2nd round. The 1vs8 match ups were the most fair and there's been plenty of upsets over the years because hockey isn't like basketball. Go back to 3 divisions, add more divisional games that sell out buildings and the only difference I'd make is that divisional winners are only guaranteed a playoff spot and not a top 1-3 seed. This current format doesn't create any new rivalries. Colorado and Detroit which the NHL loves to yap about their 90s rivalry weren't even in the same division back then either. The NHL does a lot of stupid sh!t because it's generally run by out of touch idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Just play the best we can, and everything will fall into place. Besides, we have a better fan base than FLA. We actually have one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 What is devastating to FLA is that they seem to be running out of gas. Their last two games ended the same way, with nothing left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, Martyisth3b3st said: A devils *win* would be devastating (to the Panthers) is what I was trying to say. Oh I misread that, then yeah definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Just now, aclc79 said: What is devastating to FLA is that they seem to be running out of gas. Their last two games ended the same way, with nothing left. Yeah this is where you have to give the Devils the nod over Florida...they didn't run their top players into the ground on their trip from hell and even at the tail end of it they still had enough juice left to beat Tampa on a back to back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hit the post Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Thank you Boston for showing up and whipping some ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Florida about to fall to 5-5-1 in their last 11 games, and learning (the hard way) that when you have to go on a crazy tear just to be able to start to sniff a WC berth, that you don't get to level off and hover...they needed to stay hot, but simply couldn't...even this soon-to-be three game winless streak is killing them. And of course, not once did they ever actually have a WC spot to call their own, even for a day. They're not dead-dead yet, but yeah, tougher opponents, a slew of road games and an Uber-compressed schedule are killing their run. I'm not surprised at all. Through it all, I was actually more worried about the Devils themselves (the kids tiring and their goaltending) than I really was about Florida continuing to win the majority of their remaining games. Feels like three Devils points this weekend probably puts a stake in the Panthers. Hope the Devils can get it done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclc79 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Agreed. BOS did their part; let's do ours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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