Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
I've heard the Thanksgiving thing as well.
They are currently sitting in the third spot in the Atlantic.
I am not sure how it played out last year, but for YEARS, the standings at US Thanksgiving has been a fairly good indication of what you will have in mid-April.
Not sure if that will hold up at this point seeing the parity in the league, but wanted to put it out there.
the leafs aren't making the playoffs unless this coaching change did something radical. the panelists on sportscentre laid it out on the weekend. it took 93 points to finish 8th and make the playoffs last year in the eastern conference. if that same number of points is required this year, the leafs will need to play something like .640 hockey for the entire rest of the season (and this was before they lost on tuesday), but since last christmas they've been just barely over .500.
it could happen, but it'll be very tough and only if this new coach is as good as people are saying he has the potential to be. not sending the fourth line out every single time your team scores might be a start.
The NHL can fuck right off with this:
https://www.nhl.com/news/game-of-the-decade-boston-stuns-toronto-game-7-2013-playoffs/c-313998466
Looks like a fine choice to me.
yeah game 7 of the 2011 finals or game 7 of last year's finals were bigger games essentially by definition. it makes no sense why they'd pick a game from a first round series as the "game of the decade". also that 2011 final was the year boston beat vancouver so even saying it must be a bruins fan making the choice isn't an explanation.