Hockey 2010-2011

[smc]

Originally Posted by shadows

Yeah, but Ottawa didn't do either of our teams a favour today as they lost 6-4 to Buffalo. Anderson picked a fine time to suck ass, especially since Buffalo was using their backup goalie for this game!

Now Toronto is 6 points back again and New Jersey 8 points back.

Hey, don't knock sucking ass until you've tried it!

[transjen]

Originally Posted by smc

Hey, don't knock sucking ass until you've tried it!

AHH no thanks i'll pass on that one

Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

AHH no thanks i'll pass on that one

Flyersfan Jen

What happened with the Flyers last night? They had a lead and then seemed to fall apart in the third period(giving up 4 goals!) before losing in OT.

[dauls]

A great 4-2 victory for the Devils after trailing the Thrashers 2-0 late in the first period.

...only 6pts behind 8th in the East.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by smc

Hey, don't knock sucking ass until you've tried it!

I will admit that I have never tried it, but that doesn't change the fact that Ottawa did not do what they were supposed to do.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by shadows

I will admit that I have never tried it, but that doesn't change the fact that Ottawa did not do what they were supposed to do.

Like i said the Flyers are playing wearing the Devils uniform and the Flyers got stuck with the players from the Devils

At least they beat the Panthers tonight
Flyersfan Jen

[dauls]

Damn! Devils suffer a second loss to Ottawa in nine days.

...still only 6pts behind 8th in the East.

[dauls]

Lost 3-0 to the Caps even though we outshot them 33-12.

...still 6pts behind 8th in the East.

[ila]

Originally Posted by dauls

Lost 3-0 to the Caps even though we outshot them 33-12.

...still 6pts behind 8th in the East.

I really don't like the Caps at all. And they beat Montreal just a couple of nights ago. Your news isn't making that loss any better, dauls.

[Captn Sacto]

I have compiled attendance figures for the 2010-2011 season. The list is complete through yesterday?s games. The numbers do not include the opening week games played in Europe. The figures are from the ESPN website which list attendance and per cent of capacity.

Eleven teams have sold out all of their home games. Five of the six Canadian teams and six of the twenty-four US teams. The Senator?s are the lone Canadian team and have averaged 98.1% of capacity. The six US teams that have sold out every game are the Blackhawks, Blues, Bruins, Capitals, Penguins and the Sharks. Even though the Flyers have not sold out every game, they are still averaging over 100% capacity. Not sure how they figured out capacity. The Blackhawk?s have been as much as 12% over capacity. The fire marshal here would never let that happen. The other odd situation was with the Kings. 27 of there 34 games have exactly the same attendance of 18,118 people, which is 97.9% capacity. I would think they wouldn?t have the same figure all the time unless that was all they could seat.

As far as average attendance the top 5 are:
1) Blackhawks - 21,370
2) Canadians ? 21,273
3) Flames ? 19,783
4) Flyers ? 19,685
5) Red Wings ? 19,541

At the other end of the spectrum, three teams have average less than 70% capacity. The Islanders, Coyotes and Thrashers. The only other team below 80% is the Blue Jackets.

The bottom 5 teams in average attendance are:
1) Islanders ? 10,352
2) Coyotes ? 11,622
3) Thrashers ? 12,892
4) Blue Jackets ? 13,450
5) Devils ? 14,507

The Ducks, Stars and Avalanche are all just barely above the Devils and also less than 15,000.

Considering the fact that the Coyotes and Thrashers are both fighting for play-off spots while the Islanders have been pretty bad all year, I would consider them as the two teams with the least hometown support. The one team I was most surprised about is New Jersey. I thought they would have more support. Although it has been better the last 10 games where they are averaging almost 16,000.

FYI ? here are the southern teams:
Stars - 80.4%
Panthers ? 81.0%
Lightning ? 86.0%
Hurricanes ? 86.6%
Predators ? 93.2%

So if I were running the league I would move the Coyotes and Thrashers to Winnipeg and Hamilton. If the Islanders don?t get their attendance up, I would move them or the Blue Jackets to Quebec City.

I wouldn?t mind eliminating or moving the Stars, Panthers and Ducks. LA doesn?t need two teams and the Kings have much better supported. Heck, give Halifax a shot.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

Lost 3-0 to the Caps even though we outshot them 33-12.

...still 6pts behind 8th in the East.

It is 7 points now(with Buffalo getting a point today, and New Jersey getting two).

Toronto's only 5 points out, but I don't like our chances of getting in. Unfortunately the Rangers are pretty much out of reach(8 points ahead of Toronto/10 points ahead of the Devils), so the 8th spot is pretty much the only slot attainable. New Jersey has a game on hand against the Rangers, but even with that it will be very hard to reach them.

[dauls]

Shutout #115 for Brodeur -- it's made easier when he only needs to save 13 shots.

Originally Posted by shadows

It is 7 points now(with Buffalo getting a point today, and New Jersey getting two).

Toronto's only 5 points out, but I don't like our chances of getting in. Unfortunately the Rangers are pretty much out of reach(8 points ahead of Toronto/10 points ahead of the Devils), so the 8th spot is pretty much the only slot attainable. New Jersey has a game on hand against the Rangers, but even with that it will be very hard to reach them.

Damn Buffalo with an OT loss today, following on from their 8-2 thrashing of Atlanta last night.

Unfortunately for us, the Rangers and Sabres have found a bit of good form this month.

...ten games left and only 7pts behind 8th in the East.