The ‘24-‘25 boredom thread..

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I’m sure F1 was on a tape delay, being on the other side of the world. I did catch the end of Moto GP, from Australia. They are supposed to be in Austin next weekend.

[Mickstix]

I'd definitely watch a MotoGP race if I saw it on! Marc Marquez!! I remember when he first came on the scene.. Bad mofo!! Is he still competitive? I used to watch pretty religiously.. Back when they had that bad crash that killed a rider? He wrecked then I believe got run over and decapitated.. (not physically, but medically) Crazy shit. Those guys are complete nuts racing those bikes!

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(checks watch)

It is game day, with a normal start time

 


(checks calendar)
(goes back to making corned beef and cabbage)

[richkrt99]

well that itchy redneck fella would have been all over you by noon had it been a game day for sure. 

[Mickstix]

 

[richkrt99]

For God's sake man...you had a whole extra day! 

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It’s the morning after St Patrick’s day, quit yelling.

[richkrt99]

Caps need 6 more standings pts to guarantee a playoff birth.

There.  I said it.

Prepare for the sky falling

[Mickstix]

Jimminy Christmas bro.. That's a 2 game loosing streak, minimum.. 

[BlackIce]

Caps need 6 more standings pts to guarantee a playoff birth.

There.  I said it.

Prepare for the sky falling

   


Hmm .... I have it at 3 standings points.  The bottom 2 teams in the Metro are already eliminated from catching the Caps.  The Rangers can accumulate no more than 98 standings points, so their next loss, even after regulation, or the Caps' next point eliminates them from catching the Caps.  Columbus and NYI have a max of 100 standings points, so the Caps can eliminate each of them from catching them with any combination of the Caps getting 3 more points/they lose out on 3 points.  Once the Caps make sure those 3 teams can't catch them, they are guaranteed a top 3 spot in the Metro, which gets them in the playoffs.   


Montreal can still accumulate 103 standings points as the 5th team from the other Division, but it is actually easier for the Caps to clinch top 3 in the Metro than it is for them to clinch one of the top 8 standings points spots.   


After tonight, a tough stretch coming up - FLA to finish the homestead, then WIN/MINN on the road.

[richkrt99]

You right BlackIce...i was only looking at total pts for Montreal...


(don't tell Mick...that'd take us to a 3-4 game losing streak)

[Beaglefan2]

It looks like right now if the season ending we would be playing Ottawa - which is that last team I want them to start with. Ottawa has played us really tough and they got better at the trade deadline. I know that bit about "it doesn't matter - you have to play them sooner or later" - but I don't want the Caps to get knocked out in the first round. I would much rather play the Rags, or even the Devils.

[richkrt99]

It looks like right now if the season ending we would be playing Ottawa - which is that last team I want them to start with. Ottawa has played us really tough and they got better at the trade deadline. I know that bit about "it doesn't matter - you have to play them sooner or later" - but I don't want the Caps to get knocked out in the first round. I would much rather play the Rags, or even the Devils.

agreed.  I wouldn't want to really play Florida either, but yeah Ottawa seems to have our number this year

wouldn't we draw the 8th seed.... Montreal?

[BlackIce]

It looks like right now if the season ending we would be playing Ottawa - which is that last team I want them to start with. Ottawa has played us really tough and they got better at the trade deadline. I know that bit about "it doesn't matter - you have to play them sooner or later" - but I don't want the Caps to get knocked out in the first round. I would much rather play the Rags, or even the Devils.

   




Beagle, I'm confused.  By my reckoning, it would take an extremely specific and unlikely set of circumstances for us to start the playoffs with Ottawa.  Others can correct me if I'm wrong.


If both Divisions in the conference send 4 teams to the playoffs, then the first two playoff rounds are interdivisional, as I understand it.  So the only way that the Caps could ever play Ottawa is if both won the first two rounds and met in the Conference finals.  If the Metro sends 5 teams to the playoffs, the lowest team would cross over to play the Atlantic Division champ.  That isn't going to involve the Caps.  If the Atlantic sends 5 teams to the playoffs, the lowest team would cross over the play the Metro winner, which is the Caps at this point.  So Ottawa COULD play the Caps in the first round if Montreal passed them, but Ottawa still finished well enough to be the 5th Atlantic Division team to qualify, and the Caps ended up winning the Metro.   


The Caps could avoid Ottawa by letting Carolina pass them!!

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Each division sends the top three teams of record. The two wildcard slots are the best of what’s left in the conference, for a total of eight teams per conference.

3 top teams from the Metro division
3 top teams from  the Atlantic
2 top teams from the rest of the Eastern conference

same for the Western

[waynerivers]

 

   




Beagle, I'm confused.  By my reckoning, it would take an extremely specific and unlikely set of circumstances for us to start the playoffs with Ottawa.  Others can correct me if I'm wrong.


If both Divisions in the conference send 4 teams to the playoffs, then the first two playoff rounds are interdivisional, as I understand it.  So the only way that the Caps could ever play Ottawa is if both won the first two rounds and met in the Conference finals.  If the Metro sends 5 teams to the playoffs, the lowest team would cross over to play the Atlantic Division champ.  That isn't going to involve the Caps.  If the Atlantic sends 5 teams to the playoffs, the lowest team would cross over the play the Metro winner, which is the Caps at this point.  So Ottawa COULD play the Caps in the first round if Montreal passed them, but Ottawa still finished well enough to be the 5th Atlantic Division team to qualify, and the Caps ended up winning the Metro.   


The Caps could avoid Ottawa by letting Carolina pass them!!

 The Caps played Florida in Round 1 in 2022 even though both divisions had 4 teams make the playoffs and the two WC teams were from different divisions. (WSH, BOS).  I think the #1 will play the #8 no matter what.  Joe Beninatti was talking about the Caps possibly playing Detroit the other night.

[Beaglefan2]

I got the Ottawa matchup from some website and it didn't make sense to me either - so my bad on trusting a dumb website.   There is always discussion of the seeding process and how about letting the top 2 teams in each division choose who they play in the first round.  Now that would create some controversy!

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found a video of Micks fishing rig

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Njbp_ZPBnj4




 

[Mickstix]

  That video was supposed to be private! 

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I like the “motors”