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no we have a really good chance of making the playoffs. and we are third in the Atlantic division and are only 4 points away from 2nd and 5 points away from first

« Last edited by mr.cheater556 on Jan 11th 2008 »

On 11-Jan-2008 mr.cheater556 said:

no we have a really good chance of making the playoffs. and we are third in the Atlantic division and are only 4 points away from 2nd and 5 points away from first

Division standings mean nothing unless your in top place. All that matters in conference standings where Philly ranks 6th. 12 points out of top place and 3 points above 9th place. You have to take into account that Buffalo is injured pretty badly right now and once they get their players back they will take a spot in the play-offs, also the Rangers and Atlanta also have a great chance at making the play-offs. Atlanta has the best scorer in the league with Kovalchuk and the Rangers have the best goalie in the East after Brodeur, Lundqvist.

I'm going to the flyers game on the 12th. they are playing the Boston Bruins. It should be a good physical game. because of when randy jones hit bergeron into the boards.

Phoenix beat Vancouver 4-3 but the best of the matches was the Islanders v Flames. It was a very close game, 5-4, but I actually thought the Flames would win it.

I was hoping that vancouver would win...but without luango they dont seem to do that alot.

Today is a huge game

Detroit Redwings VS Ottawa Sentators
the two best teams in the league face to face
I hope that the sens win

The Oilers have had a good comeback since 2008.
They are 4-1 since the new year, and they are so far 3-0 in their since they started thier home games.

Gerber will start for Ottawa, hopefully he can keep hold off Datsyuk and Zetterberg.

Ottawa won 3-2. the Flyers lost 4-3

« Last edited by mr.cheater556 on Jan 12th 2008 »

Emery was actually in net, even though Gerber was announced as the starter by Paddock a coupel days before the game.

hey im a caps fan and im not rly a hocky guy(wanna change that).can some1 explain the offside rule?all i know about it is that a player cant enter the atcking zone before the puck arrives in the atack zone.

For what I know about it:
If a player has the puck and goes over the attacking blue line, he can't go back behind and across it again for as long as he controls the puck.

Hopefully I got that right.

On 13-Jan-2008 constantin 9 said:

hey im a caps fan and im not rly a hocky guy(wanna change that).can some1 explain the offside rule?all i know about it is that a player cant enter the atcking zone before the puck arrives in the atack zone.

Standings as of January 13th, (I'll try to post them every week.)

2007-2008 Regular Season Standings (as of Jan 13, 2008)

Eastern Conference

ATLANTIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away L10
New Jersey Devils 44 26 15 3 55 110 101 13-5-0 13-10-3 8-2-0
Pittsburgh Penguins 44 25 16 3 53 129 119 12-8-2 13-8-1 8-1-1
Philadelphia Flyers 42 22 15 5 49 131 117 8-5-5 14-10-0 6-2-2
New York Islanders 43 21 17 5 47 105 121 13-7-2 8-10-3 5-2-3
New York Rangers 45 21 19 5 47 111 116 14-10-0 7-9-5 4-5-1

NORTHEAST GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away L10
Ottawa Senators 43 29 10 4 62 154 120 15-6-2 14-4-2 7-2-1
Montr�al Canadiens 44 22 14 8 52 136 126 8-7-5 14-7-3 5-2-3
Boston Bruins 44 22 18 4 48 114 117 11-8-2 11-10-2 4-6-0
Buffalo Sabres 43 19 18 6 44 125 125 11-8-2 8-10-4 1-4-5
Toronto Maple Leafs 45 16 21 8 40 124 149 8-8-5 8-13-3 2-7-1

SOUTHEAST GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away L10
Carolina Hurricanes 47 22 21 4 48 140 150 10-10-2 12-11-2 3-6-1
Atlanta Thrashers 46 22 22 2 46 130 151 12-11-1 10-11-1 4-5-1
Florida Panthers 45 20 22 3 43 111 125 9-11-2 11-11-1 3-6-1
Washington Capitals 43 18 20 5 41 119 132 9-10-1 9-10-4 5-2-3
Tampa Bay Lightning 45 17 23 5 39 132 154 12-9-2 5-14-3 2-6-2

Western Conference

CENTRAL GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away L10
Detroit Red Wings 46 33 9 4 70 159 99 18-3-2 15-6-2 7-2-1
St Louis Blues 42 22 15 5 49 111 108 14-7-3 8-8-2 4-3-3
Columbus Blue Jackets 45 21 18 6 48 114 113 15-6-4 6-12-2 6-4-0
Nashville Predators 43 21 19 3 45 122 124 12-7-1 9-12-2 6-3-1
Chicago Blackhawks 44 19 21 4 42 124 134 12-12-1 7-9-3 2-6-2

NORTHWEST GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away L10
Minnesota Wild 44 25 17 2 52 122 124 14-7-0 11-10-2 5-5-0
Vancouver Canucks 44 24 16 4 52 115 102 13-7-2 11-9-2 6-4-0
Calgary Flames 45 22 15 8 52 134 134 10-8-7 12-7-1 5-2-3
Colorado Avalanche 44 23 18 3 49 125 125 16-6-0 7-12-3 4-5-1
Edmonton Oilers 45 20 21 4 44 120 133 11-11-1 9-10-3 4-5-1

PACIFIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away L10
San Jose Sharks 43 25 12 6 56 111 97 9-9-4 16-3-2 7-1-2
Dallas Stars 47 25 17 5 55 137 123 13-7-2 12-10-3 4-5-1
Anaheim Ducks 46 23 17 6 52 117 119 14-6-4 9-11-2 7-2-1
Phoenix Coyotes 43 23 19 1 47 115 116 8-10-1 15-9-0 6-3-1
Los Angeles Kings 46 17 27 2 36 132 155 11-15-1 6-12-1 5-5-0

x - clinched playoff spot y - clinched division z - clinched conference
p - clinched Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

GP - Games Played W - Wins
L - Losses OT - OT/Shootout losses (worth one point)
PTS - Points
GF - Goals For GA - Goals Against
HOME - Home Record AWAY - Road Record
L10 - Record in last ten games

Offsides is when any player on the team with puck possession crosses the blue line into the offensive zone before the puck has entered the zone.

The Senators won! No surprise though.
I really hope that the Oilers win this game against Calgary. We really need the 2 points, we are close to getting 8th.

On 13-Jan-2008 gangsta_leb284 said:

The Senators won! No surprise though.
I really hope that the Oilers win this game against Calgary. We really need the 2 points, we are close to getting 8th.

How was it not a surprise? Detroit has the best "big" line in the NHL with Zetterberg, Holmstrom, and Datsyuk, they have have a better goaltender with Hasek and they have some of the best defensemen in the league. Ottawa dropped to the Islanders 3-1 last night, but it was expected as we played Detroit the night before.

Flyers 6
Capitals 4

Avalanche 4
Panthers 3

Canucks 4
Blues 3

Coyotes 1
Wild 4

Islanders 3
Senators 1

Blackhawks 3
Predators 2

Flames 1
Oilers 2

Ducks 4
Sharks 3

it wasnt a surprise because ottawa is better than detroit.
maby the points dont show it, but ottawas playyoff games last season, and the games this season showed it.

Oilers won calgary 2-1
if they beat LA today, they will get tied with Columbus (if Vancouver can beat them) for 10th.

I think that they are going to make it to the playoffs again.

Canadiens 3
Islanders 1

Senators 2
Capitals 4

Canucks 2
Blue Jackets 3

Hurricanes 3
Maple Leafs 4

Avalanche 3
Lightning 0

Thrashers 5
Red Wings 1

Flames 0
Predators 3

Kings 3
Oilers 1

Sharks 3
Coyotes 5

Stars 2
Ducks 4

On 15-Jan-2008 gangsta_leb284 said:

it wasnt a surprise because ottawa is better than detroit.
maby the points dont show it, but ottawas playyoff games last season, and the games this season showed it.

Oilers won calgary 2-1
if they beat LA today, they will get tied with Columbus (if Vancouver can beat them) for 10th.

I think that they are going to make it to the playoffs again.

How is Ottawa better? Please explain that to me? Your playoff example is useless since Detroit has won the cup with basically the same personnel and are always the top 3 of their conference, something my Sens can't say. Also Detroit has been better than Ottawa this year easily, just look at the records.

Also. Heatley is out for 6 weeks with a dislocated shoulder, this sucks hard. We lose our best pure scorer.

Islanders 3
Devils 1

Sabres 1
Rangers 2

Panthers 3
Flyers 5

Flames 3
Wild 2

Blues 1
Blackhawks 6

I'm looking forward to the Canadiens v Thrashers game as well as Canucks v Red Wings and Stars v Sharks