Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
5 days later I finally reply lol
Like I said, due to several Eastern teams having a great season. That year was a bit special because the 8th place team made the playoffs with 98 pts. The years before it was either 92 or 93 pts. Heck, the Habs and Flyers even made the playoffs with 88 pts in 2009-10
I know what you mean and you're right, I worded that very poorly, they were farther than "not too far" from a playoffs spot. I was more trying to nuance the "That 2015 team spent most of the year the basement" part of your post, saying that playing around 0.500 usually won't get you in the basement, so you still have the chance to go on a winning streak and get back in the playoffs picture (like they did). And they had to win a lot to make the playoffs because the parity was even higher than years of past.
No idea, probably one of the greatest comebacks of course, we all know that. But that's not the point I was making (see my post above). My fault as I didn't mention what part I was quoting and also worded my post very poorly in general.
I tried to find the standings at the lowest point of their season (20-22-9, 49 pts in 51 games) but couldn't. I have a hard time believing that a ~0.500 record brings you to 27th OA on 30 teams, particularly since many teams were doing great, which is why I didn't think basement was the appropriate term. But crazier things have happened, so I could be wrong. But couldn't find the standings at that point in time.
Anyway it strangely reminds me of 2006-07, the year they went to the SCF
6-10-1 on November 13th and then 17-18-1 on December 21st
It's never too late until the later part of the season to turn it around but with 26 games left like you said, it was getting very unlikely for them to make the playoffs, especially with such a strong competition that year. That comeback run was one of the best stretches we lived as fans since the SCF, with the 2013 series vs the Habs and of course the ECF run last year.
Like I said, due to several Eastern teams having a great season. That year was a bit special because the 8th place team made the playoffs with 98 pts. The years before it was either 92 or 93 pts. Heck, the Habs and Flyers even made the playoffs with 88 pts in 2009-10
I know what you mean and you're right, I worded that very poorly, they were farther than "not too far" from a playoffs spot. I was more trying to nuance the "That 2015 team spent most of the year the basement" part of your post, saying that playing around 0.500 usually won't get you in the basement, so you still have the chance to go on a winning streak and get back in the playoffs picture (like they did). And they had to win a lot to make the playoffs because the parity was even higher than years of past.
No idea, probably one of the greatest comebacks of course, we all know that. But that's not the point I was making (see my post above). My fault as I didn't mention what part I was quoting and also worded my post very poorly in general.
I tried to find the standings at the lowest point of their season (20-22-9, 49 pts in 51 games) but couldn't. I have a hard time believing that a ~0.500 record brings you to 27th OA on 30 teams, particularly since many teams were doing great, which is why I didn't think basement was the appropriate term. But crazier things have happened, so I could be wrong. But couldn't find the standings at that point in time.
Anyway it strangely reminds me of 2006-07, the year they went to the SCF
6-10-1 on November 13th and then 17-18-1 on December 21st
It's never too late until the later part of the season to turn it around but with 26 games left like you said, it was getting very unlikely for them to make the playoffs, especially with such a strong competition that year. That comeback run was one of the best stretches we lived as fans since the SCF, with the 2013 series vs the Habs and of course the ECF run last year.
