To be fair, we dominated Detroit for half of that game. Mrazek was great and won that game for them. 9 times out of 10, we win that game.not_a_wings_fan wrote:You want to get excited about meeting expectations?dmiles2186 wrote:Nowhere did I ask for a celebration. Rather, some positivity regarding winning 6 of 7 (gaining a point in the 1 loss) would be nice, however. That's my point.theohall wrote:It was the Leafs. A team currently not in the Eastern Conference playoff picture which has been playing so poorly, they recently fired their coach. The Blues had better dominate and shutout a crappy team like the Leafs.dmiles2186 wrote:... Blues dominate the Leafs,...KrustyKevo wrote:Don't you worry. They'll be back next time we lose.dmiles2186 wrote:These GDT's are a lot quieter since the Blues have been winning again and there aren't people coming in demanding we trade and fire everyone.
Either way, Steen's goal and his assist on Oshie's were definite highlights of the night. Keep it rollin', boys. Good stretch here into the final game before out 9 day sabbatical.
I'm on board with the whole - let's start beating top 5 teams in each conference before celebrating anything.
It's not the 6/7 thing, it's the teams they beat. This is a complete dead zone in the schedule. The only reasonable teams in this stretch were SJ and Detroit. SJ has been struggling and we kept them there - very good. Detroit beat us in our barn - fail.
If you are just trying to get out of the West, we are 4-7-1 against CHI, ANA, LA, and Nash - we will play one of these teams in the first round most likely. This team is very good - clearly one of the best in the league - but the expectation is a cup and we aren't showing anything that would lead me to believe that we have that mythical "extra gear" to win big in the post season.
Chicago's record against ANA, LA, NSH, & STL: 6-3-0
Anaheim's record against CHI, NSH, LA, & STL: 6-2-1
LA's record against CHI, ANA, NSH, & STL: 3-2-4
Nashville's records agianst CHI, ANA, LA & STL: 6-2-3
We're a few points behind all of those teams when it comes to head to head points earned...but in the standings we're also 10 pts. ahead of LA, 4 pts. ahead of Chicago, only 2 pts. behind Nashville and 4 pts. behind the Ducks.
If the season were to end today, Los Angeles wouldn't even be in the playoffs...which is what they always do during the season.
Going into this season, we knew that the West was going to be a beast...and it is. Now...with that said, a lot of people feel Nashville will fade as the season goes on. But we'll see on that.
I don't think anyone can say with any amount of certainty who will come out of the West. It could be any of the big boys. I'm not concerned with our record so far against those teams. There is a lot of season left and who knows how teams will be playing at that time, who will be healthy, etc?