alt kilgore Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Now only 59 points to go! USA today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/columnist/allen/2016/10/07/nhl-point-record-projections-explanation/91734284/ Question: Are the Vancouver Canucks (65 points) really going to be worse than the Maple Leafs (69 points) were last season? This prediction is only 10 fewer points than the Canucks managed last season. They won 31 games last season, and I’m saying they will win 28 this season and have less luck in the shootout. People are getting too hung up on the points. History says there might be unexpected fluctuations in points near the bottom because we can’t be sure how many extra points we will see because of overtimes and shootouts. While the Canucks made moves in the offseason, I believe the Flames, Arizona Coyotes and Edmonton Oilers are more improved. ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/17761628/nhl-power-rankings-pittsburgh-penguins-begin-top-perch 30. Vancouver Canucks Everyone else seems to be moving forward while the Canucks, most charitably, seem to be going sideways -- or is that in circles? ................... I thought it might be good to keep track of how we are doing through the season. Gee, I sure hope we get to 65! Maybe even 70! Lets see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 EASports had us at 63. That is my measuring stick. Manage to the lowest expectations So only 57 more points to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaramel MacKhiato Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Perfect, without this I would have no idea how many points the Canucks have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 So if we finished with 80 points, middling and out of the season would any here consider that a success because it wasn't 65/63? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Why not make this a magic number for all teams and their projections: Ex: Tampa has 3 wins in 3 games, so only 101 more points (48-26-5) to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNeil Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 4 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: EASports had us at 63. That is my measuring stick. Manage to the lowest expectations So only 57 more points to go! Yeah the EA was the lowest....not only that they have 29th place Colorado 74 points....we are last by 11 points! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Just now, TimberWolf said: So if we finished with 80 points, middling and out of the season would any here consider that a success because it wasn't 65/63? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaramel MacKhiato Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 1 minute ago, TimberWolf said: So if we finished with 80 points, middling and out of the season would any here consider that a success because it wasn't 65/63? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Nice to see the way this fanbase has embraced underdog status and is rallying behind the idea of this team proving the predictions wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Just now, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Nice to see the way this fanbase has embraced underdog status and is rallying behind the idea of this team proving the predictions wrong. We have too, the McDavids and Mathews are gone...probably won't be anything like them for several years now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 19 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: EASports had us at 63. That is my measuring stick. Manage to the lowest expectations So only 57 more points to go! Considering they make the game in Burnaby, they sure are absolute idiots setting player overalls for our team. Had they advised me or countless other Cdc members, they wouldn't look like absolute idiots. Seriously that one really grinded my gears... I know guys that work on these games are probably full on nerds and don't know anything about hockey, but to miss grade your hometown team... That's pathetic and just shows these guys have 0 hockey knowledge. Definitely won't be buying their garbage game this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 + 10 bud I can't wait to hear the excuses out of these weasels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 another topic about this? We will get more then that and thats a fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 18 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Nice to see the way this fanbase has embraced underdog status and is rallying behind the idea of this team proving the predictions wrong. It seems like the players are as well. They hear all the same bits from the media we do whether they admit it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 23 minutes ago, c00kies said: Why not make this a magic number for all teams and their projections: Ex: Tampa has 3 wins in 3 games, so only 101 more points (48-26-5) to go. Probably because this is a Canucks board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Oh yeah, we should make an official graphic or something to count the points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyHarry Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 23 minutes ago, shattenkirk8 said: Canucks Piss Excellence !!! tonight is more Shake N Bake Go Canucks Go !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 32 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: EASports had us at 63. That is my measuring stick. Manage to the lowest expectations So only 57 more points to go! I did see that but decided to go with the number from a paper that has actual so-called sports writers as opposed to a video game company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Do you know how bad we'd need to be for 65 or 63? Well, last season was worse than the Torts season point wise with 75 points. But also last season, the Oilers were worse with 70. The Torts year in 2013-14 - which wasn't long ago - we finished with 83 points. That's the end result of what was deemed a disastrous season. That same year, though, the Oilers finished worse with 67 points. So, this season we'd not only have to be worse than the disastrous Torts year and last season but EVEN WORSE than the Oilers in both of those previous seasons. Think about that for a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 This 65 point stuff was just media outlets trying to get hits- same as Eklund's trade rumours. EOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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