Diversification
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As was just shown a few posts back, we played those exact same teams last year and only managed 33% of the possible points, worst in the entire group.
Are we better than last year? Are the other teams much worse? We need a lot of movement in both directions for us to double that point percentage to finish top 4.
I understand that. And I think the argument carries some weight with our record against divisional opponents - EDM and CGY (2-2 with the Oilers and 1-2 with the Flames; 0-2 with WPG, the other Western team)
Less so with Eastern teams because the sample size is smaller and it's often in the context of a road trip or an afternoon game. The other factor to consider is that games will be played often back-to-back-to-back with the same opponent. This is why I think match ups will be key and in that regard, we're not badly matched up against any of them style-wise.
Anyways, I guess we'll see soon enough.