This model looks worse than Dom’s!HockeyViz does NOT have much faith in the Blues this season:
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Here's their full season preview:
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That would mean we burned them 2x in one offseason.
This model looks worse than Dom’s!HockeyViz does NOT have much faith in the Blues this season:
View attachment 911098
Here's their full season preview:
Season Preview 24-25
That would mean we burned them 2x in one offseason.
I welcome stuff like this.HockeyViz does NOT have much faith in the Blues this season:
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Here's their full season preview:
Season Preview 24-25
That would mean we burned them 2x in one offseason.
I would sort of chuckle if Edmonton plucked Alexandrov off waivers.
HockeyViz does NOT have much faith in the Blues this season:
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Here's their full season preview:
Season Preview 24-25
That would mean we burned them 2x in one offseason.
Exactly!That would mean we burned them 2x in one offseason.
It's really not that much. If Broberg isn't an NHL player, Neighbours shoots under 10%, and Binnington is just average we're close. Throw in any real injury to the top 3 forwards and that's really all that needs to happen. You scoring depth is tremendously thin and Parayko is our only top pairing D.I'm trying to imagine all of the things that would have to happen for us to end up in last place.
Agreed. I don’t expect us to make playoffs, but expecting us to be worst team in league is odd. Even more odd than projecting Canes as top team in league.I'm trying to imagine all of the things that would have to happen for us to end up in last place.
His dislike for the Blues started when we won the Cup, his model had the Bruins at ~75%, with them winning in 5 as the most likely outcome. Then it's gotten worse as the team has fairly regularly outperformed his model.Its kind of weird. Almost all the analytics guys are picking us to finish in bottom 5. Meanwhile I have listened to way too many standings prediction hockey podcast the past month and the consensus is that we are a stronger team than we were last season. We barely missed the playoffs last season. The truth is nobody really seems to have a strong read on this team. I think it was the Spittin Chicklets podcast where someone said they would be surprised to see the Blues win the central but wouldn't be surprised to see us land anywhere from 2nd or 3rd all the way to dead last.
Edit: I will also point out that the Blues have consistently outperformed advanced statistic models the past few years, whether it be standings or playoff matchups. I am convinced it is why Dom from The Athletic hates us. I remember when we beat the Wild in the first round a few years back and Dom was flabbergasted as to how because his model had something like 96% chance for the Wild to win.
Those things bring us to the bottom 10 but nowhere close to last.It's really not that much. If Broberg isn't an NHL player, Neighbours shoots under 10%, and Binnington is just average we're close. Throw in any real injury to the top 3 forwards and that's really all that needs to happen. You scoring depth is tremendously thin and Parayko is our only top pairing D.
I think one of those things brings us to bottom 10. Hell we could be bottom 10 with none of those things happening. Last is a stretch, but it's within the realm of possible outcomes without anything drastic happening.Those things bring us to the bottom 10 but nowhere close to last.