Nenikoj
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- May 18, 2017
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It seems you're tailoring the argument so you don't have to admit that I have a very valid point. Did you not notice that when I first brought up this comparison I did say it was assumed that the games were all regular season NHL games. Therefore your answer is a straw man.Because sometimes a qualification is what matters.
Imagine a tournament: 2 ECHL teams, 10 amateur teams, 10 NHL teams. The ECHL teams do not play against each other, but play 61 games each against the NHL and 30 games against the amateurs. One team completed the tournament already and managed to squeeze 1 OTL against the NHL. The other only played the amateurs and beat them all, but still has 61 games against the NHLers where it's expected to go 0-61-0. The 30-60-1 team has an advantage over the 30-0-0 one.
Let's say your job is to determine under which coach your team performed better. All you have is W-L-OTL numbers, but it can be assumed that all games were regular season NHL games. Under coach A, your team went 20-25-5 and under coach B, your team went 22-0-0. And scenario #2 with a larger sample size - under coach C, your team went 30-60-1 and under coach D, your team went 30-0-0. How would you go about determining under which coach your team did better? And in each scenario, under which coach would you say your team did better?
I'll check that out on your website.The points percentage is only really insightful when combined with the Buchholz and remaining strength coefficients.
Which one is closer to qualification - 23-24-1 or 22-21-1 and how do you define "closer". Which one is closer to disqualification (or not making the playoffs)? And does that matter less than being closer to qualification? If so, why?The one that is higher placed is usually closer to qualification.
I'd think you'd figure out by now. You can't "plug in" numbers in it. But you can understand what the Buchholz and the Sonneborn-Berger coefficients are:
http://morehockeystats.com/teams/buchberg
http://morehockeystats.blogspot.com/2017/03/on-buchholz-and-sonneborn-berger.html
http://morehockeystats.blogspot.com/2017/03/on-buchholz-and-sonneborn-berger_13.html
As I said, I'll plug those records into your website and see what it reports as the better record.