It's not up to me to prove the teams that have won more in less game are better. If you disagree, state your reasoning, but I'll use a better record as mine.
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It's not up to me to prove the teams that have won more in less game are better. If you disagree, state your reasoning, but I'll use a better record as mine.
You can't predict that they'll be better because of having a few less points in a few less games. The Sharks had a horrible start to their season and are now on fire, Calgary is proven to be a legit top contender and Vegas is strong as hell. Just assuming those 3 teams will be better is foolish, all 3 of them could go on losing streaks while the pacific teams continue to win. Saying "because theyre better lol" isn't a reason it's an opinion. What if the Leafs lose Andersen for an extended period? What if Ovi goes cold for a month?
Duffalufagus
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Flames 4-1 against the Jets and Preds this year. But we'll take your word for it...
Sharks have beaten Nashville twice and lost to Winnipeg in one of their best games played this year. But we're all trash.
So? Leafs swept the bruins last year during the season and got smoked in the playoffs. That means nothing. Flames are not as good as the Jets or the Predators and pretty much everyone on here who isn't a flames fan will agree
That went to a game 7.. smoked? I hate the Flames but they are legit. Just because you say something doesn't make it true.
Flames have more fire power than the Jets. Flames are faster and have the better goalie. Bring it on i hope Flames play the Jets in the playoffs.
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Out of curiosity, what do you mean "balance of power is tilting." Generally speaking, the Pacific always had better teams than the central division for as long as I can remember (not counting the Chicago cup teams)
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I don't know about better goalie but the Flames are playing great this year. I'd love to see a Flames/Jets series though.
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I would disagree with all 3 of those statements. Jets are better in every way shape and form.
Not to piss on the resurgence but the Anaheim Ducks are basically the John Gibsons of Anaheim. They're still really bad and are on a fat losing streak right now.
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He's such a good goalie, hopefully they don't lose out on his prime years
You also disagree with the results when they actually played each other too so why should we value your opinion in this discussion?
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Meh, maybe they will, maybe they won’t.
Vegas and San Jose have gotten stronger as the season has gone on. The Knights have a lot of home games in the second half of the schedule and far fewer back-to-backs. And since Nate Schmidt came back only Tampa has a higher winning percentage. With the Sharks Karlsson has been on fire after a slow start. Calgary has shown they can beat anyone recently and with Vegas and San Jose heating up they are still in a tie for first (with fewer games played than Vegas and San Jose).
The reason why this thread was started was the Pacific teams got off to a slow start.
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I thought this would be the year the Pacific falls apart, I was wrong.
Crazy how this division has been the strongest in the NHL for well over a decade.
Crazy how this division has been the strongest in the NHL for well over a decade.
yea because it doesn't matter. Flames lost to the canucks last week, jets have beat the canucks twice. does that mean that the canucks are better than the flames?
when two teams have similar point totals you usually defer to head to head next
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But the Canucks barely won that game when they beat the Flames 3-2 in OT. They have not shown they are better than the Flames in the head to head matchups.
The Canucks also beat the flames 5-2 earlier in the year and are 2-1 against them this season so by your logic Canucks > Flames
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