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Game #79 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 Canadiens @ Capitals


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At least we know we are terrible in shootouts.

Phew.

I knew this before tonight ;)

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Just a question to you more educated people..... say we were to overtake one more team, be it Minnesotta or Toronto or another, and finish 4th bottom, what would be the implications with regards to the draft as oppossed to finishing 3rd bottom?

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Just a question to you more educated people..... say we were to overtake one more team, be it Minnesotta or Toronto or another, and finish 4th bottom, what would be the implications with regards to the draft as oppossed to finishing 3rd bottom?

A team can only fall one spot in the lottery, so it changes our odds of moving up a bit but more importantly, leaves us with a slight chance of falling down to 5th after the lottery. It may end up being inconsequential, but there are 4 forwards in the draft head and shoulders above the rest. So to end up picking 5th does jeopardize our shot at one of those. That said, Edm is considered likely to choose a D man, which would give us our top-end forward. But it'd be nice not to leave that to someone else to decide. If we finish bottom 3, we guarantee a top-end forward being available.

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Just a question to you more educated people..... say we were to overtake one more team, be it Minnesotta or Toronto or another, and finish 4th bottom, what would be the implications with regards to the draft as oppossed to finishing 3rd bottom?

If we finish 4th last we could get bumped to 5th because of the lottery. If we finish 3rd last we could get bumped to 4th. Each spot closer to #1 is a chance to pick a potentially better player. Each spot lower is the opposite plus the top 4 forwards should go in the top 4. I think the top ten after that has all defencemen. We desperately need a top forward. I think also, if we finish in the top 4 we have a slight chance at #1 overall in the lottery.

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A team can only fall one spot in the lottery, so it changes our odds of moving up a bit but more importantly, leaves us with a slight chance of falling down to 5th after the lottery. It may end up being inconsequential, but there are 4 forwards in the draft head and shoulders above the rest. So to end up picking 5th does jeopardize our shot at one of those. That said, Edm is considered likely to choose a D man, which would give us our top-end forward. But it'd be nice not to leave that to someone else to decide. If we finish bottom 3, we guarantee a top-end forward being available.

Thanks Ted that makes things a lot clearer for me. We don't want to run the risk of Edm having a change of heart!!! It's gonna be an interesting week or so.

If we finish 4th last we could get bumped to 5th because of the lottery. If we finish 3rd last we could get bumped to 4th. Each spot closer to #1 is a chance to pick a potentially better player. Each spot lower is the opposite plus the top 4 forwards should go in the top 4. I think the top ten after that has all defencemen. We desperately need a top forward. I think also, if we finish in the top 4 we have a slight chance at #1 overall in the lottery.

Thank habs 1952, fingers and toes crossed that we get what we want, and our scouts have done their jobs properly.

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Funny moment of the evening : Price decided to sit in the middle of the bench at the start of the 3rd. The guys coming out of the dressing room were like WTH are you doing there, the faces they made were hilarious. I thought he was just joking and would go back to the usual goalie spot at the end of the bench but no, he stayed there for the rest of the game and a laughing Pleki emptied half a bottle of water on his back, in his jersey. Price continued to clown around all period long and at some point Groulx went to tell him to tone it down a bit.

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Funny moment of the evening : Price decided to sit in the middle of the bench at the start of the 3rd. The guys coming out of the dressing room were like WTH are you doing there, the faces they made were hilarious. I thought he was just joking and would go back to the usual goalie spot at the end of the bench but no, he stayed there for the rest of the game and a laughing Pleki emptied half a bottle of water on his back, in his jersey. Price continued to clown around all period long and at some point Groulx went to tell him to tone it down a bit.

lmao

That's pretty awesome, haha. :)

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