TheGuardian_ Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 March, just days after the trade dead line. Where are the Nucks in the standings? Close to a playoff spot or in one? Were they active at the TDL? Or did they do as they did last year? The ides of March, this is a reference to the 15 games and their opponents in the month of March. If fans thought February was tough, well March is definitely going to be a Lion to deal with, no more easy games, no more 6 or more easy wins against the 29th and 30th placed teams, that's 12 or more easy points not available. Every team they play against will be cranking it up for the playoffs and they are all over .500 or could be by then. The Nucks have played inspired, petal to the metal hockey to get the sniff of the playoffs so far, how much is left in the tank? Hopefully Virtanen suddenly get's it and returns to make a dent or they try out Pedan at a forward position like SJ did with Burns and it works out. Hopefully no injuries to a Sedin. Maybe by this time they rebuilt and moved three or four vets. Maybe other moves. Whatever the schedule maker has been kind to the Nucks, until March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bur14Kes17 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 First in to minus the guardian!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Here's the Feb Sched https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2017-02-01/PT And the March Sched https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2017-03-01/PT That is a lot of travel against a lot of premiere and shockingly placed bubble teams which are playing below their abilities. And for fun, we end the season in the division against teams that will be playing us against the other for playoff positioning. https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2017-04-01/PT Gonna be a rough next 8 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuardian_ Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 16 minutes ago, Bur14Kes17 said: First in to minus the guardian!!! yeah great eh? Do you know who is first in Happy smiles? Ahhhh fame! From the movie Private Parts; Researcher: The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes. Pig Vomit: How can that be? Researcher: Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next." Pig Vomit: Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern? Researcher: Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day. Pig Vomit: But... if they hate him, why do they listen? Researcher: Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuardian_ Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Here's the Feb Sched https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2017-02-01/PT And the March Sched https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2017-03-01/PT That is a lot of travel against a lot of premiere and shockingly placed bubble teams which are playing below their abilities. And for fun, we end the season in the division against teams that will be playing us against the other for playoff positioning. https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2017-04-01/PT Gonna be a rough next 8 weeks Still the sked is not as tough as 2013/2014 season, that was the toughest in Canuck history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I remember posting about the Dec sched. Was just hoping they'd battle back to .500, to get some legitimacy..well, they did that. Comets surged back as well. Now, do a deal(or two) to prepare precisely for the Exp Draft. Keep gettin younger, faster & bigger. On balance, I'd say they held up their own end of the bargain. They've got some pieces that hold key value. Next few months, shrewd GM'ing is certainly required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonass Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I hope our sniff of the playoffs doesn't mean we stand Pat at the deadline this team is still about three years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 19 hours ago, TheGuardian_ said: March, just days after the trade dead line. Where are the Nucks in the standings? Close to a playoff spot or in one? Were they active at the TDL? Or did they do as they did last year? The ides of March, this is a reference to the 15 games and their opponents in the month of March. If fans thought February was tough, well March is definitely going to be a Lion to deal with, no more easy games, no more 6 or more easy wins against the 29th and 30th placed teams, that's 12 or more easy points not available. Every team they play against will be cranking it up for the playoffs and they are all over .500 or could be by then. The Nucks have played inspired, petal to the metal hockey to get the sniff of the playoffs so far, how much is left in the tank? Hopefully Virtanen suddenly get's it and returns to make a dent or they try out Pedan at a forward position like SJ did with Burns and it works out. Hopefully no injuries to a Sedin. Maybe by this time they rebuilt and moved three or four vets. Maybe other moves. Whatever the schedule maker has been kind to the Nucks, until March. February is not much better. We have 17 road and 15 home with only one bottom feeder who we just lost to. The rest of the year is a grind and will tax this club to the max. Lots of travel from now until the end of the year. I am still reading up on the top picks in this years draft because one will be ours. It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tajun Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 18 hours ago, Nuxfanabroad said: I remember posting about the Dec sched. Was just hoping they'd battle back to .500, to get some legitimacy..well, they did that. Comets surged back as well. Now, do a deal(or two) to prepare precisely for the Exp Draft. Keep gettin younger, faster & bigger. On balance, I'd say they held up their own end of the bargain. They've got some pieces that hold key value. Next few months, shrewd GM'ing is certainly required. It infuriates me that .500 is considered 50% of the points. We have 23 wins and 27 losses, that's not .500 in my book. If it were, than 26 teams in the NHL right now are at or above .500, and it is a $&!#ty way to measure a successful team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Et Tu, Bure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNA Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Lmao I'm sorry but this was the first thing I thought of when I saw that title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on the cycle Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 20 hours ago, Bur14Kes17 said: First in to minus the guardian!!! Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I think we are around just the same spot; on the bubble. These guys are not going to lay down, so do not expect a high pick in July. Barring injuries, and one or two guys finding their scoring, we might squeak in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 wow. that was profound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bovechkin Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 2 hours ago, DSVII said: Et Tu, Bure? Dey murdahhhh caezhaaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 On 28/01/2017 at 0:50 PM, Tajun said: It infuriates me that .500 is considered 50% of the points. We have 23 wins and 27 losses, that's not .500 in my book. If it were, than 26 teams in the NHL right now are at or above .500, and it is a $&!#ty way to measure a successful team. Yep. The loser point has screwed the whole idea of being .500. used to be if you got 82 points you made the playoffs. Now you need to add ten points to that. The whole idea of being five hundred is history It also belittles getting 100 points which before the shootout we rarely were. It was a real accomplishment..Also although it will be a while, when someone passes the habs record they will need to add an asterisk to it or not count the loser points. Should just go back to ties and play 3 on 3 OT with no loser points a loss is a loss zero points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I always wanted to say (in reference to beware of the Ides of March) on this board... "Et tu, Alfie"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 There is no game on the 15th of March..... I just want to see meaningful games down the stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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189lb enforcers? Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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