This game was over 21 seconds into it when this happened:
You all saw it, it was brutal, but its part of the game. Colton Orr sent a message that I am SURE every team in the league got. Mess with us, get the plastic surgeon ready. Seriously though, Colton is a very good fighter, and once he gets his balance issues straightened out, and learns to throw them with his left, he’ll be up there with the best fighters in the league.
The real story tonight, in my opinion is Henrik Lundqvist. Did you guys see the graphic they showed on MSGNY? Henriks GAA since the allstar break is an UNREAL 1.75. Thats sick folks, goalies just shouldnt be able to put up those kind of number in this post lockout world.
Theres really not much else to say, except that Sean Avery has a role as an A or a C on this team in the future, and Ryan Callahan has likely played his last game in the AHL.
Projections:
How this works:
Basically what I do, is to take the points a team has managed till now, divide it by the games played, then multiply it by 82. That should accurately project what the team should finish like, unless there is an extreme streak one way or the other. I will no longer be including the points per game column because lets face it, you don’t care how many points per game!
| Current Rank |
Team | Games Played | Points | Projected Final Points |
Projected Rank |
| 6 | Tampa Bay | 74 | 84 | 94 | 6 |
| 7 | NY Rangers | 74 | 83 | 92 | 7 |
| 8 | Carolina | 73 | 80 | 90 | 8 |
| 9 | Toronto | 73 | 80 | 90 | 10 |
| 10 | Montreal | 74 | 80 | 89 | 11 |
| 11 | NY Islanders | 72 | 79 | 90 | 9 |
As you can see, according to tonights calculations, I project the Rangers as MAKING the playoffs. Therefore using these numbers we can project what the Rangers would have to go over the remaining 8 games in order to secure the projected 91 points needed to secure the final playoff spot:
4-4-0
3-3-2
2-2-4
1-1-6
0-0-8
-Inferno