And it took 4 of the 6 - Col, SJ, Phi, and Bos - some crazy runs to help them move into a spot. I can't remember if Minni and Anaheim did as well or not.
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And it took 4 of the 6 - Col, SJ, Phi, and Bos - some crazy runs to help them move into a spot. I can't remember if Minni and Anaheim did as well or not.
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What about Detroit? It looks like they were in third place (playoff position) and they didn't end up there.
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by a point, with 2 games in hand over Boston, in a horrible division.
not much of a nosedive needed there...
I think it was a case they looked at their prospects even if they made the playoffs and calculated they needed to get something of value out of this season after trading 2 1sts for Schenn
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Man Buffalo was so close. If the season was 2 weeks longer I think they had a chance.
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Other than STL, were any of the teams that jumped in or fell out of the playoffs more than 2 points away?
And damn that sucks for STL.
And damn that sucks for STL.
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MN didn't have any crazy runs this year. A 5 game win streak, a couple of 4 game win streaks. The longest losing streak was 3 games; it happened once and was before Thanksgiving. Colye, Granny, Nino, and Parise all being injured at the same time early in the season set them back a little.
Around the middle of January the max standing points they could have gotten was 126. Tied with Chicago for last in the Central, but it was a very tight race (4 teams within 1p). They just plodded their way into the Playoffs using the old Detroit model of 6p for every 5 games (lots of win 3, lose 2 hockey). I don't think they've iced an ideal lineup more than 3 games this year.
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Wow, looking at the standings from American Thanksgiving and it's crazy to see how few times the top teams have lost outright since then. The Preds only lost in regulation a dozen times since then.
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Above someone posted that 11 of 16 (68.75%) made it that were in by US Thanksgiving. That's below the long term trend, but you're going to have some season to season variation. So 5 of 15 teams that were out made it by the end of the season instead of the usual 3 to 4.
Anyway the Oil was out by US Thanksgiving and they were at the end of the season.
Anyway the Oil was out by US Thanksgiving and they were at the end of the season.
It has nothing to do with American gluttony day. It’s always a good indicator at the 1/3 mark (approximately) of the season to see which way a team is headed - the playoffs or the golf course.
To think us Sens looked like a playoff hopeful at this point;
Not sure who took more of a dive, us or Buffalo
Not sure who took more of a dive, us or Buffalo
Buffalo played decently in small parts of December and January. The rest of the season was soul crushing ex. Ryan O'ReillyTo think us Sens looked like a playoff hopeful at this point;
Not sure who took more of a dive, us or Buffalo
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No ground can be made up after Thanksgiving because turkey has tryptohan. It makes you sleepy.
I think Florida shot a pretty big hole in this theory too ... heck they were OUT of it at what? Valentine's Day? Still only ended up missing by a hair. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
No, they didn’t. The amount of teams that fell out and got in after Thanksgiving is right in line with the average given natural variation. No single team can blow a hole in the stat that the majority of the teams remain the same.
