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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 9, 2019 23:34:12 GMT -4
BC(98 points in 65 games) and Halifax 95 points in 64 games) are locks for the top 2 spots. Likely 1-Bc and 2-Hal but could still change.
Rimouski is pretty much locked into the 3rd seed.
4th to 7th is still interchangeable.
Quebec is locked into 8th(66 points in 65 games)
Here is the race for 4th and 5th...
4th-Charlottetown...83 pts in 65 games...vs Bat vs Mon at Hal
5th-Cape Breton...80 pts in 65 games...vs SJ at Bat at Bat
6th-Moncton...79 pts in 64 games...vs Bat at Hal at Cha vs SJ
7th-Chicoutimi...79 pts in 65 games...vs Dru vs Sha at Que
My prediction is...4-Cha 87, 5-CB 86, 6-Mon 85(vs Rim), 7-Chi 83(vs Hal)
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Post by jimmy on Mar 11, 2019 7:22:35 GMT -4
Don't look now, but the Cats are 10-2-2 in their last 14 ... including wins over Halifax and Rimouski, and two wins and an OTL against Cape Breton. Only regulation losses against Drummondville and Charlottetown.
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Post by lirette on Mar 11, 2019 7:56:49 GMT -4
Don't look now, but the Cats are 10-2-2 in their last 14 ... including wins over Halifax and Rimouski, and two wins and an OTL against Cape Breton. Only regulation losses against Drummondville and Charlottetown. Torchetti was quoted as saying he'd have things turned around by game#20. He's there now I give him a lot of credit when it comes to the way Sylvestre has looked the last few weeks. He's really stepped up physically and has minimized a lot of his turnovers. De Jong has looked much better as well & on the forward side Pelletier has been unstoppable and Seitz has shown a big improvement offensively. Huntley has also looked much more comfortable over the past few weeks, he looked lost in January. |
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Post by pinkbeaver on Mar 11, 2019 7:56:50 GMT -4
Don't look now, but the Cats are 10-2-2 in their last 14 ... including wins over Halifax and Rimouski, and two wins and an OTL against Cape Breton. Only regulation losses against Drummondville and Charlottetown. The big thing I've noticed during this run is the secondary scoring is back like it was when they were hot in October/November. Every line chipped in yesterday, and they get contributions from 3 lines most nights of late.
Good time of the year to get hot. Pelletier impresses me more every time I see him play. I think the team that decides to draft him will be glad they did.
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Post by Doublesnipers on Mar 11, 2019 9:01:43 GMT -4
Don't look now, but the Cats are 10-2-2 in their last 14 ... including wins over Halifax and Rimouski, and two wins and an OTL against Cape Breton. Only regulation losses against Drummondville and Charlottetown. Torchetti was quoted as saying he'd have things turned around by game#20. He's there now I give him a lot of credit when it comes to the way Sylvestre has looked the last few weeks. He's really stepped up physically and has minimized a lot of his turnovers. De Jong has looked much better as well & on the forward side Pelletier has been unstoppable and Seitz has shown a big improvement offensively. Huntley has also looked much more comfortable over the past few weeks, he looked lost in January. I said the exact same thing last game. Sylvester's game is night and day since Torchetti has taken over (hell I will go as far as to say since he was acquired from Shawinigan. He is physical, defensively repsonsible, strong steady, make the simple play defensive defenceman he was suppose to be. Very pleased. |
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Post by Arnold Slick on Mar 11, 2019 9:02:00 GMT -4
Anyone know how tiebreakers work?
For example if Moncton loses in OT/SO to Halifax and then win against Charlottetown and SJ in regulation or OT that would give them 86 pts, 35 ROW. CB will finish with 86 pts, 35 ROW barring something completely coming off the rails for them.
Who would finish ahead of who in this scenario?
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Post by Penguins23® on Mar 11, 2019 9:08:54 GMT -4
Anyone know how tiebreakers work? For example if Moncton loses in OT/SO to Halifax and then win against Charlottetown and SJ in regulation or OT that would give them 86 pts, 35 ROW. CB will finish with 86 pts, 35 ROW barring something completely coming off the rails for them. Who would finish ahead of who in this scenario? Goal differential and with yesterday's blow out win, the Cats have just passed CB in that department. |
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Post by switchback on Mar 11, 2019 9:58:01 GMT -4
So who do you guys think you will play? Yas thinking both CB and Moncton will pass the Isles?
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 11, 2019 19:22:31 GMT -4
Don't look now, but the Cats are 10-2-2 in their last 14 ... including wins over Halifax and Rimouski, and two wins and an OTL against Cape Breton. Only regulation losses against Drummondville and Charlottetown. Torchetti was quoted as saying he'd have things turned around by game#20. He's there now I give him a lot of credit when it comes to the way Sylvestre has looked the last few weeks. He's really stepped up physically and has minimized a lot of his turnovers. De Jong has looked much better as well & on the forward side Pelletier has been unstoppable and Seitz has shown a big improvement offensively. Huntley has also looked much more comfortable over the past few weeks, he looked lost in January. They are playing a more structured game than Rumble had them playing. I'm definitely impressed with those adjustments. Trying to wrap my head around why he is trying to burn out Leclerc. You can play a flawless game but if you goalie shits the bed in the playoffs, you're not going far. |
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Post by lirette on Mar 11, 2019 19:31:41 GMT -4
Torchetti was quoted as saying he'd have things turned around by game#20. He's there now I give him a lot of credit when it comes to the way Sylvestre has looked the last few weeks. He's really stepped up physically and has minimized a lot of his turnovers. De Jong has looked much better as well & on the forward side Pelletier has been unstoppable and Seitz has shown a big improvement offensively. Huntley has also looked much more comfortable over the past few weeks, he looked lost in January. They are playing a more structured game than Rumble had them playing. I'm definitely impressed with those adjustments. Trying to wrap my head around why he is trying to burn out Leclerc. You can play a flawless game but if you goalie shits the bed in the playoffs, you're not going far. I'm sure Leclerc is going to be fine, if he hasn't shown any signs of up to now I doubt another week of games is going to matter. He'll have a week off to rest before playoffs start. I remember when the concern was Spence getting tired that hasn't happened either in fact he's gotten better. I fully agree Lavallee should play more especially after his performance in Rimouski but its been beaten to death at this point. |
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Post by Arnold Slick on Mar 12, 2019 9:42:47 GMT -4
Anyone know how tiebreakers work? For example if Moncton loses in OT/SO to Halifax and then win against Charlottetown and SJ in regulation or OT that would give them 86 pts, 35 ROW. CB will finish with 86 pts, 35 ROW barring something completely coming off the rails for them. Who would finish ahead of who in this scenario? Goal differential and with yesterday's blow out win, the Cats have just passed CB in that department. Thanks! I would be quite surprised if the Cats still had that edge after the next three games. I think we can safely assume CB is going to win all three of their remaining games and I’ll make a second assumption in saying they won’t need a shootout to win any of them. In that case… Charlottetown needs to win their next two games to clinch 4th OR lose to the Cats in OT/SO and win in any fashion against Bathurst & Halifax. Moncton needs to win out to finish 4th and it MUST be a regulation win against Charlottetown or they will need Halifax to beat the Islanders on the final day. CB needs Moncton to lose one of their remaining three games and Charlottetown to lose two of their remaining three games. The Moncton loss can likely be in OT/SO if we assume the Eagles blowout SJ & Bathurst. One Charlottetown loss can be in OT/SO but not both. If I’m missing anything or have something wrong anyone can please feel free to correct. |
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Post by SteveUL on Mar 12, 2019 13:20:41 GMT -4
Here is the remaining schedules ... copied from another thread
For CB
vs. Saint John (0.241)
@ Acadie-Bathurst (0.155)
@ Acadie-Bathurst (0.155)
Islanders
vs. Acadie-Bathurst (0.155)
vs. Moncton (0.602)
@ Halifax (0.767)
Wildcats
@ Halifax (0.767)
@ Charlottetown (0.612)
vs. Saint John (0.241)
Chicoutimi
Vs. Drum
Vs. Shaw
@ Que
I see CB getting 6 pts to finish, Char getting 4-5 pts, Moncton getting 3-4 pts, and Chic getting 3-4 pts.
CB or Char will finish 4th and the other 5th, and they'll play each other in Rd 1 ... Char has the lead now and probably holds onto it. We'll finish 6th and face Rimouski. Or if we let Chic overtake us (not sure where the tie breakers will fall), then we'd face Hal or BC depending on how that one pans out. We'd be out in 4 vs BC but might make it interesting vs Hal. I'd actually rather face Halifax and Rimouski than Charlottetown. We don't watch up well vs a team that can out hustle us ... and Charlottetown does that every game. Halifax and Rimouski are not hard working teams and rely heavily on their abundance of skill.
So if we beat Halifax on Wednesday, then that game vs Char could allow us to finish 4th. CB can only get to 86 pts and I assume they will ... if we beat Char then they can only get to 87. If we can beat Halifax and then Charlottetown, assuming we beat Saint John to close out the season we'd also be at 87, but would hold the first tie-breaker over Charlottetown (ROW). Our ROW is 33, while CB is at 32, and Char is at 31. Chicoutimi is also at 33, and can't be counted out, but they have to play Drummondville still who are still trying to clinch 2nd overall (probably key for Rd 3 match-ups).
If we lose to Halifax on Wednesday then I think we will finish 6th or 7th at best. CB is going to finish with 86 pts and if we lose to Halifax in regulation we can only get to 85 pts. Assuming SJ and Bat lose their final 3 regular season games in regulation time, CB will get 6 pts more, and Moncton and Charlottetown will each get 2 pts more minimum. That could make the Mon/Char game for 5th ... unless Char can get at least a point from Halifax on their final game. If Char loses to us in OT/SO then they'll get to at least 86 which we'd need at least a point from Halifax to be able to tie. Of course if Bathurst and Saint John pull any upsets over the final week, then that could change a lot.
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Post by Arnold Slick on Mar 13, 2019 22:00:40 GMT -4
Terrible night for the Cats. Went from being very much in the hunt for home ice with a 2-0 lead after 20 to now needing help to not finish 7th.
Moncton can’t catch Charlottetown if the Isles get 1 point, can’t catch CB if they win out and can’t catch Chicoutimi if they win out in regulation/overtime.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 13, 2019 22:31:15 GMT -4
Terrible night for the Cats. Went from being very much in the hunt for home ice with a 2-0 lead after 20 to now needing help to not finish 7th. Moncton can’t catch Charlottetown if the Isles get 1 point, can’t catch CB if they win out and can’t catch Chicoutimi if they win out in regulation/overtime. It's starting to look like a Halifax Moncton 1st round. Only chance for the Wc is Gravel shitting the bed. |
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Post by scotiahockey on Mar 14, 2019 4:10:15 GMT -4
I would not want to face Chicoutimi in Round 1 if I’m the unlucky team that draws them. I think they very well could upset whatever team they play.
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