Most Wins guarantees nothing

[Chardo]

The record holder for most wins in a season, in all 4 major sports, did not win their championship.

1995-96 Detroit Red Wings / 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning
2015-16 Golden State Warriors
2001 Seattle Mariners / 1906 Chicago Cubs
2007 New England Patriots

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[Karl Eriksson]

Guarantees incredible pressure to succeed.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

As a Wings fan, I was already painfully aware of this. But is it really a shock to most people?

Being consistently good in the grind of an 82 game season does not mean you'll be great at beating the same opponent 4 times in 7 games. Especially when all the penalty rules effectively change.

 

[Panteras]

they do in other sports with a strictly league format lol

 

[JoeSakic13]

It should guarantee at least one playoff win though

 

[StreetHawk]

As a Wings fan, I was already painfully aware of this. But is it really a shock to most people?

Being consistently good in the grind of an 82 game season does not mean you'll be great at beating the same opponent 4 times in 7 games. Especially when all the penalty rules effectively change.

Playoffs are a different animal. You lose to Tb in the regular season you can make up the points lost against another opponent.

In the playoffs if you want to advance you have to beat Tb. So the players have to execute the game plan of the coaching staff. Everyone has to buy in to get it done. And players have to win one on one battles for the puck.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Most Wins In Playoffs guarantees something.

 

[SotasicA]

Guaranteed.

 

[Loosie]

It guarantees you home ice advantage through the playoffs. (Of course you have to reach those rounds for it to mean anything)

 

[tmg]

Guaranteed.

Not even. The team with the most wins is not guaranteed to be the team with the most points and thus the President's Trophy.

Hell, we don't even have to look back any further than last season to see this demonstrated. In 2017-18, Tampa finished with 54 wins and 113 points. Nashville's 53 wins and 117 points claimed the President's Trophy without having the greatest number of wins.

 

[HanSolo]

Guarantees incredible pressure to succeed.

Probably a bit more fatigue than the rest of the pack as well.

 

[Name Nameless]

Ottawa would have won the Stanley Cup if they had been given an extra wild-card.

 

[Newsworthy]

If this was Futbol or Football (Soccer)TB would be crowned champions.

 

[tntkid]

It gets you a fancy banner to hang.

 

[SouthGeorge]

If this was Futbol or Football (Soccer)TB would be crowned champions.

Yeah for some league nobody cares about. CL or bust.

 

[josra33]

It’s almost as if the game is played on the ice and not on paper... what a concept!

 

[Fuzzy D]

Not even. The team with the most wins is not guaranteed to be the team with the most points and thus the President's Trophy.

Hell, we don't even have to look back any further than last season to see this demonstrated. In 2017-18, Tampa finished with 54 wins and 113 points. Nashville's 53 wins and 117 points claimed the President's Trophy without having the greatest number of wins.

Ovetime loss point (STUPID) sneaks up on everyone. Jackets were only the 8 seed because of a low number of overtime losses. People just assume they were the worst team in the post season this year because of their seed and history. They had more wins than NINE teams in these playoffs.

 

[c9777666]

Will they ever shelve the presidents trophy?

First place overall teams oddly lost fewer 1st round series in the years before that trophy was introduced

 

[HabsQC]

You should become a detective

 

[Spirit of 67]

That's pretty interesting.

You'd think that one of the teams would've won.

 

[WingsFan95]

NBA is certainly different though in terms of winning a lot of games in regular season:

73: Warriors lost in 7 Games NBA Finals
72: Bulls won
69: Lakers and Bulls won
68: 76ers won, Celtics lost in Conf Final in 7 Games
67: Out of 7 teams, 5 won, 1 lost to the team with the most wins (2016 Spurs to 2016 Warriors), the 07 Mavs lost in 6 Games in 1st Round

So out of the 13 winning-est teams in NBA regular season, 9 won, 1 of the 4 that didn't faced the #1 team so both of them couldn't win that year, 1 lost in 7 games in the final.

 

[chauron]

Most wins in the playoff finals however do count