{"id":837800,"date":"2025-03-30T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/to-make-the-series-the-canadian-will-have-to-become-the-capitals-the-best-club-in-the-east\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:12:15","slug":"to-make-the-series-the-canadian-will-have-to-become-the-capitals-the-best-club-in-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/to-make-the-series-the-canadian-will-have-to-become-the-capitals-the-best-club-in-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"To make the series, the Canadian will have to become the Capitals (the best club in the East)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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12.8% chance of making the playoffs: welcome to Montreal.<\/p>\n

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Right now, even if the Canadiens are very close to the playoffs as such when looking at the standings (one point), we all understand that it won\u2019t be simple.<\/p>\n

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Because as I said mathematically, the Canadiens have about one chance in eight of making the playoffs<\/a> at the moment.<\/p>\n

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It may seem small when looking at the gap with Columbus, but we must not forget that two teams need to be overtaken to qualify and that it\u2019s not just the last playoff spot that is accessible at the moment.<\/p>\n

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After all, the Senators have a good lead over everyone.<\/p>\n

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But we must also remember that, as journalist Kevin Dub\u00e9 mentioned<\/a>, qualifying for the playoffs in the East with 91 points under the new playoff format is very rare, happening only once in the last decade. Only the Capitals did it last year.<\/em><\/p>\n

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So if it takes at least 92 points to make the playoffs, that means the Canadiens need 23 points in 17 games. We\u2019re talking about playing at a .676 pace over the next 17 games, a rhythm that no team in the East has maintained this season \u2013 except the Capitals, ironically. <\/p>\n

(Credit: NHL.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The chances of this happening are slim. Can the Canadiens, with their lack of depth, become the best team in the East in a month? We have our doubts, let\u2019s say.<\/p>\n

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But is it impossible? No, it\u2019s not impossible. After all, when Patrik Laine (when he was productive), Alexandre Carrier, and Jakub Dobes arrived in December, the Canadiens were winning often.<\/em><\/p>\n

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So over a short period, it\u2019s possible. But it\u2019s not likely. This explains the \u201cone chance in eight\u201d from the beginning.<\/em><\/p>\n

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But the Canadiens shouldn\u2019t worry about it. After all, as long as the team wins and stays close to the pack in the standings, the chances won\u2019t drop to zero. And that\u2019s what Martin St-Louis, who recently said the playoffs have already started for the Canadiens, should focus on.<\/p>\n

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in a nutshell<\/h2>\n

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\u2013 The Canadiens will practice at noon.<\/p>\n

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Canadiens will practise at noon today at CN Sports Complex in Brossard ahead of Saturday\u2019s game against Florida Panthers at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SNE, City, TVA Sports) #Habs<\/a> #HabsIO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vg7d8121Xq<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/inj-p>\u2014 Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) March 14, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2013 If the Canadiens miss the playoffs by one point, we\u2019ll have to remember the overtime loss in Anaheim. [TVAS<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\u2013 The Sharks\u2019 rebuild is going slowly, according to Marc-\u00c9douard Vlasic. [98.5 Sports<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\u2013 Ouch.<\/p>\n

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Il est vraiment amoch\u00e9. https:\/\/t.co\/CbTQ9Qi3i1<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/inj-p>\u2014 Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) March 14, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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12.8% chance of making the playoffs: welcome to Montreal. Right now, even if the Canadiens are very close to the playoffs as such when looking at the standings (one point), we all understand that it won\u2019t be simple. Because as I said mathematically, the Canadiens have about one chance in eight of making the playoffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22265,1614],"tags":[9997,5512],"class_list":{"0":"post-837800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canadian","8":"category-series","9":"tag-canadian","10":"tag-series"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}