nhl-standings Stories - Defending Big D
Ducks Gameday -- "Fail For Nail" Projections
New York Islanders (pretty bad) at Anaheim Ducks (really bad), 7 pmLighthouse Hockey and Anaheim Calling -- can't spell "Islander" without spelling "Slander". :) As is typical of this ever-lazy blogger, I really don't know much about the prize of this year's entry draft, Nail Yakupov, but I have...
Don't say they're .500; Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs preview
WHERE: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, OntarioWHEN: 7 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Pension Plan Puppets Look at the standings, and you get the false impression that the Bolts have gotten back to square-one. The Lightning appears...
Home time; Tampa Bay Lightning versus Philadelphia Flyers preview
WHERE: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FloridaWHEN:7:30 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Broad Street Hockey Tonight is game #35 of the NHL season for the Lightning, 21 of the first 34 games of Tampa Bay's season were played on the...
Silver Nuggets: The NHL points system
Down Goes Brown pointed out that everyone in the NHL is within two points of .500 with the exception of Columbus. While this lets a lot of fans feel like their team is not that bad, this is a ridiculous situation to me. The fact that two losses can end up almost equalling one win (almost because of...
SB Nation Western Conference Rankings: Dallas Worst Of The West?
Last week, all of the managers for SB Nation's hockey sites joined together to rank the teams in the Western Conference. Not surprising, honestly, the Dallas Stars finished in the bottom five of the West. This is a common theme this preseason for the Stars, with many prognosticators not feeling too...
Weekend Preview: Warning, Use of Tie-Breakers Ahead
The Phoenix Coyotes have still yet to clinch a berth in the playoffs in the insanely tight Western Conference. With the Stars regulation win last night over the Avs, there are still five teams competing for the final four spots heading into the final weekend. Lots of home and home match-ups ahead...
Once More Into The Abyss - Another Look At the 3 and 5 Point Systems
After yesterday's article where we looked at how the standings would differ if the NHL adopted a three or five point per game system, user renstar asked us to look at the points percentages each team was getting based on the various systems to provide a bit better context. You ask, we deliver (at...
Looking At Adjusted Standings - The 3 and 5 Point Systems
Based on yesterday's article and the comments, I took the time to chart the teams this year and see whether moving to a three-point or five-point system would actually make much of a difference in the standings. Not surprisingly, there are some differences and they are most notable in the Western...
Castaways; Lightning at Islanders preview
WHERE: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New YorkWHEN: 7 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE:Lighthouse Hockey It's already been brought up. Time and again. Again. And Again. And I'm bringing it up one more time for the sake of bringing it up one more...
Sunday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum
Taken a look at the NHL standings in the past day or so? Some interesting stuff out there: Philadelphia (FLA's next opponent; live chat Monday at 6) leads Detroit by two wins and six points (49-43 as of Sunday a.m.). Five victories in a row for the Flyers ties Colorado for the longest current...
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