Ovechkin with no missed games in the North Division

[Not My Tempo]

is one division having almost twice as many games tied at the end of regulation as the other somehow not indicative of parity?

you're kinda making the opposite point of what you think you are here....

Is there any evidence whatsoever that these these teams are going to OT because they’re close? The Sabres, Devils, and Flyers have a similar Score and venue adjusted Goals +/- to the Sens, Canucks and Flames. Same with GF% if you prefer that. I think you’d have a point if this was basketball, but hockey is a random ass sport where even Columbus and Tampa can play 8 periods in a game where 1 side was dominating.

 

[Regal]

I mean, we have no idea how things would play out if we restarted the league with the Caps in the North because variance has such an impact. Obviously Ovechkin is still capable of winning the Richard and after a slow period is back in the pack after Matthews. As things stand though, 31 to 21 is a huge gap that's absurd to explain away by competition. Matthews has been the better goalscorer this year regardless of division.

 

[Dirty Dan]

Yeah

 

[CatchyTune]

lol. the lengths some people will go. a little sad tbh

 

[kp61c]

Nope. Too old and slow.

 

[ijuka]

Obviously not?

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

The north division is crap but older players are also typically saving for playoffs.

 

[daver]

These "North Division suck" threads are for hosers.

 

[Steve]

I guess it’s possible but it seems like the question may suggest that the North just doesn’t have any quality goal scorers.

 

[shaner82]

Man there are some Americans on here that better hope the winner of the North division doesn't win that 3rd round the way it has been talked about this year

Don't worry, it's impossible. The North is the worst division in the history of sports. Whoever comes out of the North will get swept easily. Probably lose all the games by 10 goals too. Barely atom teams in that division.

Matthews and McDavid suck too. They couldn't score in any other division.

 

[BlueBaron]

I guess it’s possible but it seems like the question may suggest that the North just doesn’t have any quality goal scorers.

Dra got 50 not long ago....

 

[Cotton]

We get it everyone, the North division lets in more goals, so nothing counts in Canada this year.

It’s marginal, the difference between the North and East is only .04 - it’s when comparing the North to the Central and West where their is a bigger gap, but that gap obviously exists between them and the East too (and exists in the West because they score the least).

OP makes a lot of silly threads, but he should do a little research beforehand, it would have told him Ovechkin is already playing in a division that has an almost identical GA average. Ovechkin just isn’t what he used to be.

 

[Cotton]

That 83 people voted yes just goes to show you how saturated this site is with casual fans.