Despite the CBJ having the night off, the Western Conference Playoff race continues at full speed. Games to watch for tonight: Vancouver at Colorado — Colorado is at home, which provides some hope, and Vancouver has been awful on the road. A Colorado win would get Vancouver muttering to itself. New Jersey at Chicago – Chicago [...]
March 27th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "cbj"
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 Math — Another Magic Number
Another day, another 5,000 views, statistics, omens and other indicia of who will make the playoffs, when the CBJ will clinch, etc. etc. In keeping with the spirit of service to my loyal readership, I humbly offer yet another statistical way to evaluate the crazy Western Conference Playoff Race (henceforth referred to simply as the [...]
March 25th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Updated Playoff Chart
Newest version of the playoff chart can be found here. Jackets end up picking up a point on Edmonton, who gave up two late goals to Detroit, while their margin over 8th remained the same. With Anaheim winning, the margin over 9th reduced by one. Dallas and Minnesota are now in desperate situations. St. Louis [...]
March 25th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Rooting Guide For Tonight
Almost forgot–for all of you scoreboard watchers out there, set your voodoo dolls as follows:New Jersey over PhoenixNew York Rangers over NashvilleSan Jose over St. LouisCarolina over DallasColorado over MinnesotaAtlanta over EdmontonAnd, of course, the CBJ over Pittsburgh! A win tonight gives us 76 points with 14 games left, which means that .500 hockey gets [...]
March 12th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Playoff Update
Here is the most recent playoff update, through the games of yesterday. This is based on every team playing at their overall pace for the remainder of the year, so that this takes ups and downs along the way into account. Division winners get top 3 seeds. 1. San Jose 120 points2. Detroit 117 points3. [...]
March 9th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Kings Preview/Random Notes
With all of the speculation and anticipation surrounding the trade deadline in 23 hours, folks have almost lost sight of the fact that the CBJ have a hockey game to play tonight. Before turning to that, for trade junkies, here are the latest updates: 1. Sean Avery claimed by New York Rangers off waivers — [...]
March 3rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Going For The Season Sweep!
Tonight, the CBJ go for the season sweep over the Vancouver Canucks in British Columbia. Not an easy task, but one the Jackets should be up to if they continue the caliber of play they displayed against Edmonton. The teams are not far apart statistically. Vancouver has an edge in Goals Per Game, ranked 12th [...]
March 2nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Time To Clip The Wings
The Red Wings have been schizophrenic over recent weeks. On the one hand, they are undefeated in February, winning 6 in a row. On the other, they lost 5 in a row ending January, making them just 1 game over .500 in their last 11. Everybody already knows all of the things the Red Wings [...]
February 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 1 comment | Continued
Rooting Guide For Tonight
As a public service to my loyal readership (both of you) , I offer the following NHL Viewing and Rooting Guide for tonight, since your CBJ are not in action. Please utilize all means necessary (beads, voodoo dolls, simple prayer, etc.) to root tonight for the following results: Phoenix over Dallas Calgary over Anaheim Colorado [...]
February 11th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
Sometimes Stuff Just Happens . . .
Mama always said there would be days like this . . . The CBJ had just about everything go wrong tonight that could go wrong, and dropped a 7 – 3 decision to the Dallas Stars, further tightening the Western Conference playoff race. The tone was set early when Dallas gets three goals on 8 [...]
February 1st, 2009 | Jeff Little | 5 comments | Continued
THN Lauds Jackets' Giant Slayer Ability
Check out this blog at THN — noting that the CBJ are among the playoff contenders with the best knack for knocking off division leaders this year.
January 28th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
Fans Dominate Avs Blog/Ottawa Rumors Pick Up
Just a couple of quick items to get the day started:– CBJ fans have been doing a great job of representing on the Colorado Av’s blog referenced here yesterday! Nicely done. For those who have not had a chance to visit, here is the link.– My sources from Ottawa and Quebec (yes, I really have [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
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