Around the NHL 2024/25

[Thechozen1]

I was gonna say, after people's talk about the Jets' being chokers in the playoffs. THIS is shaping up to be the year where a 1st round loss would be a real choke. Not to the Avs who had essentially the same number of points, or coming in as the 2nd Wild Card against the 1st seed Golden Knights.

An epic collapse indeed against the Flames led by a rookie goaltender or the Canucks after all their internal turmoil this season.

 

[robertocarlos]

How aboot Bennington to the Oilers?

 

[Buffdog]

An epic collapse indeed against the Flames led by a rookie goaltender or the Canucks after all their internal turmoil this season.

Honestly, getting goalied by ANYONE is my biggest fear. There's not much you can do... Wolf proved it last time he played us

That said, the odds of it happening over a stretch of four games is low, but not impossible if someone really finds a groove. The upside is that Helle should be able to almost match any hot goalie we see

 

[robertocarlos]

The Ducks vs. the Jets would be great.

 

[Romang67]

I suspect the Oilers will end overpaying for a goalie before the deadline. Skinner and Pickard are out there losing them games.

 

[Thechozen1]

I think the Oilers blindly believe in Skinner after last year’s run to game #7 of the Cup Final. And I hope after these playoffs he proves them wrong by faltering in the first or 2nd round.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

No, not important at all.
It just doesn't matter at all to me one way or the other.
Not many President's trophy winners go on to win the cup.

So .... not many SC winners managed to win the Presidents Trophy.

 

[10Ducky10]

So .... not many SC winners managed to win the Presidents Trophy.

I'd rather have the SC, you can have the President's trophy.

Not many non president's trophy winners win the cup, either

BS, since the Jets entered the league, 1 trophy winner won the cup and 12 did not.

 

[Buffdog]

I'd rather have the SC, you can have the President's trophy.


BS, since the Jets entered the league, 1 trophy winner won the cup and 12 did not.

How many 2nd place teams?
How many 3rd place teams?
How many 4th place teams?

In your example, one finishing position (out of 32, or 3% of the total teams) makes up 8% of the winners

If each team has a 1/32 chance of winning the cup at the start of the year, winning the president's trophy triples (or 3X's)that teams chances of winning the cup

 

[10Ducky10]

How many 2nd place teams?
How many 3rd place teams?
How many 4th place teams?

In your example, one finishing position (out of 32, or 3% of the total teams) makes up 8% of the winners

If each team has a 1/32 chance of winning the cup at the start of the year, winning the president's trophy triples (or 3X's)that teams chances of winning the cup

1 out of 13 have won the cup.
That is less than an 8% chance of winning the cup.
16 teams make the playoffs so that is a 6.25% of winning the cup,
Configure the numbers all you want, 1 out of 13 since the Jets entered the league have gone on to win the cup.

Over 92% of cup winners didn't win the cup.
The long and short of it is that the trophy winners don't win the cup very much at all.
You can have the PT banner, I'll take the SC banner.
It is more important to go into the playoffs healthy and playing good hockey than trying to win the PT.