St. Louis has just defeated Colorado, 1 -0, which means they assume the 6th place slot, and we take 7th, due to St. Louis winning the head-to-head series with the CBJ. St. Louis is off to Vancouver, while we will travel to Detroit. Anaheim will battle San Jose, and Chicago will go up against Calgary. [...]
April 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 21 comments | Continued2009 Western Conference Playoffs
Not What We Wanted . . .
Tonight was certainly a mixed bag of emotions for local hockey fans. First, the CBJ came out of the box firing on all cylinders, with Nash scoring his 40th and Boll his 4th to put up a 2 -0 lead on Minnesota after 1, and it seemed like all we needed to do is check [...]
April 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Thanks, Blackhawks!!! (Reprise)
Chicago has just defeated Nashville, 4 – 2 in Nashville’s home finale!!! The Jackets now just need one OTL or better over their final three games to clinch their first playoff spot in history! Nashville can only reach 90 points if they win their last two games, and the CBJ already have 90. If Nashville [...]
April 8th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Winning In the West . . .
Time once again to take advantage of an “off night” and do some serious rooting for teams we might not otherwise care about: Chicago over Nashville — Nashville is at home, last home game, and clawing for a playoff spot. Chicago is striving to hold onto the 4th slot, and gain the home ice advantage [...]
April 7th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Playoff Math — Revisited
Upon further review, some of my statements about playoff possibilities were incorrect, due to my failure to account for the number of wins each team might have. That is the first “real” tiebreaker, assuming all teams have played the same number of games. My bad. Here is the “real” scoop (honest!): 1 win and 1 [...]
April 6th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
The Frozen Water Torture . . .
Somebody needs to ask Scott Howson if the player contracts have incentive clauses that kick in if we can delay clinching the playoffs as long as possible. Tonight’s 1 – 0 OT loss to the Chicago Blackhawks was a playoff caliber affair, a defensive struggle highlighted by the goaltending of Steve Mason and Nikolai Khabibulin. [...]
April 6th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Sunday Morning Sanity Check
With 8 days left in the regular season, time to take stock of where things stand in this insane playoff race. The Tracker at the right has been updated through the games of last night, so you can view some of this there. But to summarize: CBJ hold 6th place with 89 points. We have [...]
April 5th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Missouri Musings
Getting ready to suit up and head out for pre-game festivities, and thought I would share some miscellaneous rambling, some hockey related, some not: St. Louis Transit: With the weather being less than optimal, we have been using the Metro Link system to get around St. Louis, and it has been fantastic. Station right across [...]
March 28th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Playoff Update for Friday
The 5 -0 thrashing of Calgary tonight not only gets the Flames muttering to themselves — it helps us along the merry path to the playoffs. Here is the updated spreadsheet, reflecting each team’s progress through Thursday night’s games.As is evident, Nashville and St. Louis helped themselves with nice wins tonight. They are far from [...]
March 27th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Playoff Updates
I know that Aaron Portzline has already “called” the Jackets as being in the playoffs, but for those of us requiring a bit more analysis, I offer the following updates. First, here is the latest incarnation of playoff projections for the West, based upon each team continuing to play at the pace they have played [...]
March 23rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 4 comments | Continued
Put The Coffee On . . .
For all of you out there monitoring the playoff chase via Center Ice or NHL Network, tonight will keep you up late again (at least for those who stayed up to catch the end result of the Anaheim – Nashville game last night). Here are the games, times (EDT) and desired results for the evening’s [...]
March 19th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Playoff Follies
Coming off of a fantastic week for Bluejacket hockey, last night notwithstanding, and with 12 games to go (the Dirty Dozen), it is an appropriate time to revisit where things stand in the playoff hunt. First, let’s look at the projected standings, based upon every team playing at the same pace they have played from [...]
March 16th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 4 comments | Continued
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