GDT: Anaheim Ducks @ Buffalo Sabres 2/25/25 7 PM MSG

[PerreaultForever]

10 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Still in last plane because every team in front of us played between 1-4 more games. See where we are when we make up those games. Just keep stacking wins

Oh please stop dreaming. We're climbing over all those teams. Detroit won, Columbus won, we're finally playing the way some of these teams have been playing so we compete but we are way too far below. Way too far. 

[ska-T Palmtown]

5 hours ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

This is a team that for most of the last 2 seasons didn't appear to know how to close out games and win. That resulted in a lot of close losses and not many really ugly losses. At the same time, there have been fleeting glimpses of what they're capable that have given us some nice blowout wins. The Penguins are just an old, slow, and bad hockey team that get blown out a lot, but they also know how to gut out the occasional close win with guys like Crosby/Malkin/Letang. So, the surface-level numbers are deceiving. We're seeing some signs this month that maybe they're starting to crack the code, though.

Of course, we've seen these signs before only for them to piss on their shoes again. We'll see if this is finally the progress we've been waiting for or if yet another set back is ahead.

But, that isn't entirely true. Didn't they have one of, if not the best, record in the NHL under Donny G when leading going into the third? This year has be so traumatizing, it has people misremembering left and right! Or ... am I one of those people??

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Oh please stop dreaming. We're climbing over all those teams. Detroit won, Columbus won, we're finally playing the way some of these teams have been playing so we compete but we are way too far below. Way too far. 

Okay.

[ska-T Palmtown]

4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Oh please stop dreaming. We're climbing over all those teams. Detroit won, Columbus won, we're finally playing the way some of these teams have been playing so we compete but we are way too far below. Way too far. 

It is worth noting that by going 7-3-0 in their last 10, if they keep that pace up with a few 7-2-1's , they'd be near CBJ's current 90.5 pt pace.

Unlikely, yup. Improbable, heck ya. Fun if it happens, sure would be!

[bunomatic]

Although they have played better as of late they are what their record suggests they are.

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

It is worth noting that by going 7-3-0 in their last 10, if they keep that pace up with a few 7-2-1's , they'd be near CBJ's current 90.5 pt pace.

Unlikely, yup. Improbable, heck ya. Fun if it happens, sure would be!

Don't get me wrong, watching winning is more fun than watching losing but this team can't excite me with a late season surge. Burned too many times. I'm not going to jump on the just wait until next year bandwagon that might create either. Too many variables and if the same people run it they can screw it up again. 

[ska-T Palmtown]

14 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Don't get me wrong, watching winning is more fun than watching losing but this team can't excite me with a late season surge. Burned too many times. I'm not going to jump on the just wait until next year bandwagon that might create either. Too many variables and if the same people run it they can screw it up again. 

Yeah, totally get that. I just ... I dunno, I like to give in to the good vibes. I also don't get super down when they get back to sucking giant donkey balls, either. Watching your favorite football team lose 4 super bowls in a row while you are 12-16 yrs old really just kinda teaches you how not to feel, lol