Originally Posted by
twentyone
Wow how is this for a brutal back to back. Blades play in Brandon last night, have an 8 hour bus ride after the game (probably got home at about 5am) and play Edmonton tonight Arguably the best team in the league. That's got to be Brutal.
Go's to show why they say the WHL best prepares players for the NHL. Be interesting to see how the Blades come out to play tonight. I predict if the Blades can muster a character win tonight that it will set off a start to a long winning streak and shut up some cridicts.
They have 26 games left. I would say an attainable goal should be 40 wins, that should put them in no worse than 5th place in the conference. To me thats respectable. Therefore they need to go 17-9 to finish out the season and get ready for the playoffs, definitely possible. As the 5th seed I predict they will play either Red Deer or Swift (I hope not Red Deer as they seem to have the Blades number). To win a WHL championship they will have to go through Edmonton or PA so whats the difference if they meet them in the 2nd round or 3rd in my opinion. Personally as a fan I am not embarassed of this team. The last WHL team to win the league championship as the Host team was Kamloops in 1995. Last year Shawinigan lost in 2nd round to the 8th seed Chicoutimi and won the memorial cup. Come tournament time anybody can win. I am sure this Blades team will put on a good show for the tournament.
I personally will enjoy the tournament no matter what the outcome, Believe me I will not be embarassed and nor should the Blades. Some of the people on this forum are embarassing the city but not the players or organization.