Marek & Friedman: Playoff Hockey Starts Now?

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Jeff and Elliotte focus in on the teams gearing up for playoff hockey early, the increase in cross-checks of late, and the recent changes at the top of the Flyers' organization. They move on to chat about Washington’s playoff chances, the questions surrounding Peter Laviolette, and which players on the Caps could be looking for new homes (16:31). Jeff and Elliotte wrap up wondering if Florida’s next game is a must-win, before discussing Brady Tkachuk’s ability to police the game and Calgary finally putting pen to paper with Matt Coronato (22:12). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

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0:00.0	So three weeks left to the regular season does it feel yet like playoff time to you
0:08.1	because it does to me and when I start to feel this way I want to rewind to
0:11.6	Saturday in Tampa in Boston in a couple of moments
0:14.4	but when it gets around this time of year that we're under a month away as I mentioned
0:18.8	three weeks left from the regular season I start to do things on a consistent basis like wonder who looks good
0:24.2	wonder who I should be talking about more which teams are legit which teams are
0:31.2	fool's gold and how do you judge that now one of the easiest ways and this has always been an interesting predictor is just simply at the end of the season or at any time during the season if you want to get an accurate snapshot
0:46.4	snapshot of how a team is doing have a look at regulation wins
0:56.3	this will give you an indication generally as well. This is a wide brush statement of how a team is going to perform in the post season because as we know in the
1:01.3	post season there is no three on three over time take
1:04.9	those stats throw them away there is no shootout take those stats throw them away
1:10.3	what are you left with? Regulation wins. So a couple of interesting things. No
1:16.5	surprise at all around the NHL, which team is number one in regulation wins with 49 everybody knows this right so Boston
1:25.0	Bruins and another great weekend for the Boston Bruins we'll get there in a couple of
1:28.7	moments we've got 49 regulation wins.
1:33.0	Also in the Eastern Conference, second by way of regulation wins.
1:37.2	Again, throw away the three on three, throw away the shootout.
1:40.4	That doesn't exist.
1:41.4	Number two, the tronomy beliefs with 37, followed by the new
1:47.1	the Carolina hurricanes and then a couple of teams are tied with 34 the New Jersey
1:52.1	devils congratulations on clinching a playoff spot. tied with 34, the New Jersey Devils.
1:52.5	Congratulations on clinching a playoff spot
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