Doohicksie Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 I believe the #1 seed wins about 25% of the time (I looked it up a while ago). It's like the lottery: the team that finishes #1 has the greatest likelihood of winning it all, but there's still a statistical distribution. I know when I lived in Detroit in the 1990s, there was a superstitious belief that even touching the President's Trophy was bad luck, so the players didn't even accept the trophy. They posed with it, but wouldn't touch it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruppstahl Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Doohickie said: I believe the #1 seed wins about 25% of the time (I looked it up a while ago). It's like the lottery: the team that finishes #1 has the greatest likelihood of winning it all, but there's still a statistical distribution. I know when I lived in Detroit in the 1990s, there was a superstitious belief that even touching the President's Trophy was bad luck, so the players didn't even accept the trophy. They posed with it, but wouldn't touch it. Same with the Conference championship trophies; the players would never touch those for superstitious fear it would somehow hurt their ability to touch the real prize, the Cup. Although in the last few years I have seen players celebrate a little with the POW Trophy or the Campbell Bowl more than in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) I feel like I can't be disappointed in the Leafs-Bruins series. Either team loses I'll be happy. Edited April 11, 2019 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Loving this Leafs Bruins series. I guess I'm pulling for the Leafs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Doohickie said: I believe the #1 seed wins about 25% of the time (I looked it up a while ago). It's like the lottery: the team that finishes #1 has the greatest likelihood of winning it all, but there's still a statistical distribution. I know when I lived in Detroit in the 1990s, there was a superstitious belief that even touching the President's Trophy was bad luck, so the players didn't even accept the trophy. They posed with it, but wouldn't touch it. I forget, it's either 8 of the last 24 or 8 of the last 32 President's Trophy winners have gone on to win the Cup. After seeing Tampa lose last night, I think it would be great to see Torts beat his old team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Nice goal by Backstrom there. Nice screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 And another ... wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Mitch Marner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Well, who's going to be up to watch the last game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freester Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Can we offer sheet Marner?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, freester said: Can we offer sheet Marner?? Realistically could we afford him? Offer sheeting him would cost us four 1st round picks. And, that's on top of paying him the 10.5M/year he wants. I think it's much more likely he takes a bridge deal and hits UFA sooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorner Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Urghh. I want to see the Sabres in these games. So much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted April 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, WildCard said: Realistically could we afford him? Offer sheeting him would cost us four 1st round picks. And, that's on top of paying him the 10.5M/year he wants. I think it's much more likely he takes a bridge deal and hits UFA sooner Toronto will match any offer But a 5 year 11.5 Million AAV, would ***** their cap royally. No GM will offer sheet anyone unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman0519 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Toronto waxed the Bruins tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said: Toronto waxed the Bruins tonight. With the idiot Marchand, Watch what the Bruins come back and start doing next game ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobs0108 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I am rooting for all the non Canadian based teams first then I want Boston and Pittsburgh to lose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Glad Caps won The Calgary/Colorado game is intense and fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Zamboni said: Glad Caps won The Calgary/Colorado game is intense and fast! I like the pbp guy ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, spndnchz said: I like the pbp guy ?? Game 1 Matchup Play-by-Play Analysts CBJ-TBL John Forslund Pierre McGuire PIT-NYI Kenny Albert AJ Mleczko, Brian Boucher STL-WPG Dave Randorf Louie DeBrusk, Scott Oake DAL-NSH Chris Cuthbert Joe Micheletti VGK-SJS Alex Faust Mike Johnson TOR-BOS Mike “Doc” Emrick Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher CAR-WSH Brendan Burke Pierre McGuire COL-CGY Gord Miller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAF Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 1 hour ago, freester said: Can we offer sheet Marner?? A more realistic alternative might be to make an offer for Kapanen or another guy the Leafs won't be able to pay because of the contract Marner will demand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, Zamboni said: Game 1 Matchup Play-by-Play Analysts CBJ-TBL John Forslund Pierre McGuire PIT-NYI Kenny Albert AJ Mleczko, Brian Boucher STL-WPG Dave Randorf Louie DeBrusk, Scott Oake DAL-NSH Chris Cuthbert Joe Micheletti VGK-SJS Alex Faust Mike Johnson TOR-BOS Mike “Doc” Emrick Mike Milbury, Brian Boucher CAR-WSH Brendan Burke Pierre McGuire COL-CGY Gord Miller Think I have CBC feed Just always meant “playoffs!” To me Burke on ‘to the point’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohicksie Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Mike Smith playing out of his mind in CGY. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 30 minutes ago, NAF said: A more realistic alternative might be to make an offer for Kapanen or another guy the Leafs won't be able to pay because of the contract Marner will demand. “Realistic” ... “and offer sheet” aren’t a good match to use in the same sentence. ill go out on a stable limb here and say there won’t be one (or more) offer sheet the entire off season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I swear if I see that SloMo commercial and hear that guy say "You cant get a worse..." One more time I am going to through something through the TV...so annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Nice win by Calgary. Calgary took advantage of their opportunities. Colorado could not. And Mike Smith was a wall ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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