LabattBlue Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Earning 6 out of 8 points on a 4 game road trip doesn't mean jack, if the Sabres can't beat the Capitals who are out of the playoffs and the Leafs who are hanging on by a thread at home this week. Hopefully the poor play that the Sabres exhibited during the last homestand is a distant memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Enabler Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Earning 6 out of 8 points on a 4 game road trip doesn't mean jack, if the Sabres can't beat the Capitals who are out of the playoffs and the Leafs who are hanging on by a thread at home this week. Hopefully the poor play that the Sabres exhibited during the last homestand is a distant memory. Enough of this playing for one point crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Earning 6 out of 8 points on a 4 game road trip doesn't mean jack, if the Sabres can't beat the Capitals who are out of the playoffs and the Leafs who are hanging on by a thread at home this week. Hopefully the poor play that the Sabres exhibited during the last homestand is a distant memory. Zubrus scores a hat trick... Mark it down... You heard it hear first :lol: Capitals have righted a sinking ship. They had lost 9 straight but now have won last two. They whacked Tampa yesterday. Tampa probably was hung over from playing Buffalo. Time to play a decent home game in front of the fans... Toronto has a tough week Devils, Sabres, Sabres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fronz1103 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Well here is a thought: If the Sabs are gonna have home ice basically throughout the play-offs they need to start playing alot tougher at home and if a team is going to beat them, that team better have damn well have gone through hell to do so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Looking at number of games remaining and the standings, the Sabres are in control of their own destiny with respect to the President's trophy. If they win out, it's theirs. Remember, they won 10 games to start the season; winning their last 10 is not totally unrealistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabregoats Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 i only care that they have enough gas in the tank to win 16 more after these next ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas4BOC Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'd just as let one of those overrated Western conference leaders get the President's Trophy. History has shown it will be a top tier team in the President's Trophy standings to win the SC, I'm not even sure when the last time the PT leader actually ended up winning the SC. Let's get the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I'd just as let one of those overrated Western conference leaders get the President's Trophy. History has shown it will be a top tier team in the President's Trophy standings to win the SC, I'm not even sure when the last time the PT leader actually ended up winning the SC. Let's get the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference and go from there. Actually, BTP did a real good breakdown of how many teams won the Cup based on where they finished in overall. Bottom line was that the President's Trophy winner has won the most Cups of any of the playoff positions in the last 20 years. BTW, last President's Trophy winner than went on to win the Cup: 2001-02 Detroit. There's a flaw in this logic ... yeah, it's only 6 out of 19 (one year no Cup)... but there are 16 slots, and the #1 spot wins 30% of the time ... so that means the other 15 spots wins 70% of the time COMBINED ... It's easy to say you want to be part of the 70%, but you only get to be one small part of that. Because I am bored, I looked it up ... 6 out of 19 is the best ANY seed did ... here are the number of Cups won by other overall seeds since 1987: 2 - 1 Cup 3 - 4 Cups 4 - 2 Cups 5 - 2 Cups 6 - 2 Cups 7 - 1 Cup 8 - 0 Cups 9 - 1 Cup 10 or lower - 0 Cups So ... You don't want to finish first overall? Pick another seed ... ANY other seed, and you are DECREASING you chances of winning it all by AT LEAST 50%, and that's for the 3 seed which has won 4 times. If you finish in ANY other spot, you are at least 3 times less likely to win. The odds of winning it all are against you no matter what. Being the one team with a 30% chance in a 16-team field is pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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