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Kings vs Wild on Saturday should be awesome. I'm the first to admit(with many others) that I didn't think the Dubnyk pickup would do much. 

 

My Leafs are just fucking god-awful. Bring on the draft lottery.

 

Lol at Sabres fans cheering for Arizona winning in OT tonight. Check out this audio from earlier this year from the Sabres/Oilers - clear evidence of tanking!

 

http://bit.ly/1BPb6H8

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This is probably only interesting to me, but since the NHL adopted the shootout I've wished they would change the scoring system to one that places the same value on EVERY game (each game would be worth 3 points - none of this either 2 or 3 point game crap). Basically it would reward the best teams that take care of business in the 60 minutes, and create a bit of separation in the standings. I believe it's how some Euro leagues also work as well.

 

But it will probably never happen, because the NHL is content to have this stupid illusion of parity, and more teams bunched up as the season winds down to create the perception of a super-close playoff race for the last spots. So, if the standings reflected  3 pts win, 2 pts OT/SO win, 1 pt OT/SO loss...here's what they'd look like now. Notice that Tampa would leapfrog Montreal and be tops in the league(NYR game in hand though). Tampa actually has 3 more regulation wins(41) than any other team in the league (NYR = 38, Wild and MTL with 36).

 

At a minimum, the #DishonorForConnor battle would be even more epic than it is now.

 

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Tampa       = 138
Montreal    = 133
Detroit       = 119
Boston      = 111
Ottawa      = 108
Florida      = 106
Toronto     =   80
Buffalo      =   56
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Rangers      =  137
Pittsburgh    = 122
Islanders      = 126
Washington  = 118
Philly             =  92
Columbus      = 99
New Jersey    =  95
Carolina        =  86
*****************************
Nashvile      = 132
St Louis       = 128
Chicago       = 126
Minnesota    = 126
Winnipeg     = 111
Dallas         =  107
Colorado     =   96
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Anaheim       = 136
Vancouver    = 122
Calgary         = 113
Los Angeles  = 115
San Jose       = 111
Edmonton      =  66
Arizona          =  64

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I like the 3 point total for each game a lot more and truly does reward the better team.

 

also sucks matt :) i don't need to hear your excuses I'm glad that Talbot couldn't make a stronger case than Hank.  I'm sure they will snap back from the two games.  It's likely they beat the Jets, but the Wild game Thursday will be fun.

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