GDT: Anaheim at Columbus -placeholder edition

major major

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I read it and can't follow.

They are saying there is a 17% chance we draft 2nd how is that possible to be lower than 20%?

I mean if we win the 20/100 balls it's 100% sure we'll be drafting in top 3 (e'd be first).

But if we lost first one w still get 20 balls on second attempt - and that would have to be greater than 20%.

Maybe this is why I'm an accountant instead of a statistician. I must be missing something.

(20/92)*.8 = 17%

You're missing the .8. It's the probability that we make it to the second draw, because there is a .2 chance we win the first draw.
 

EspenK

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(20/92)*.8 = 17%

You're missing the .8. It's the probability that we make it to the second draw, because there is a .2 chance we win the first draw.


If we don't make it to the second draw who cares? :laugh:

We're not talking about the probability of making the second or third round we are talking about the probability of winning one of them.

We have no worse than a 20% chance to win the first draw and no better than a 26.7% to win the third.

I'm still guessing that our overall chance of being in the top three is somewhere between 20 & 26.7 %. The draws are independent events and the odds for each will be determined independently right before the drawing. There is no cumulative winning chance imo.
 

major major

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If we don't make it to the second draw who cares? :laugh:

We're not talking about the probability of making the second or third round we are talking about the probability of winning one of them.

We have no worse than a 20% chance to win the first draw and no better than a 26.7% to win the third.

I'm still guessing that our overall chance of being in the top three is somewhere between 20 & 26.7 %. The draws are independent events and the odds for each will be determined independently right before the drawing. There is no cumulative winning chance imo.

I don't know how to explain it any better than I already have. We can just table this until the draft when there will assuredly be some articles that explain it better.
 

JacketsDavid

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I don't know how to explain it any better than I already have. We can just table this until the draft when there will assuredly be some articles that explain it better.

Yeah I think we'll have to, I'm not following. Thanks for trying though :)
 

SuperGenius

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I'm not sure I can remember a guy that significantly injured two different players in different altercations quite like this. Since 2000 anyway. Scott Stevens probably did it, but still...man, if Prout can manage to be a 3rd pairing guy with some consistency, he would add some much needed size and strength to the CBJ.
 

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