Around the NHL Part VII

[Don Chytil]

Why would we want CLB to gain any ground on the Rangers? To stay ahead of WSH for the wildcard?

Yeah I don't get that either. It's gotta just be because he doesn't want to play WSH (which is fair, I'd rather play pretty much anyone else just for entertainment's sake). But in terms of the Rangers playoff chances, we should be rooting for CBJ to lose to PIT in regulation.

 

[McRanger]

This isn't "he has 10 goals this year." Nor is it 1+1 = 2. The website you guys are using takes into account assumptions, which, like it or not, do not make it fully objective. IN fact, their calculations are based on SUBJECTIVE data.

The sentiment of it i agree with. But in this case, the "statistics" are more of an educated guess (a very good one) then an actual fact, like many of you are presenting it to be.

It's somewhat pathetic that you guys would act like I'm an idiot because I don't feel as safe based on "assumed statistics."

These are calculated , not based on factual data, but on the "assumptions" that the Rangers will win the games against lower teams. Sure, it's a fair assumption to make, but these algorithms are based around these assumptions as facts. And as we've seen over the course of the year, the Rangers can certainly lose to teams like EDM, CAL, VAN, etc.

Again, I think their chances of making the playoffs are very high, but not a given.

I don't understand your beef.

There is an extremely finite amount of possible outcomes to these remaining games. Simulations are run using all possible scenarios and the percentages are derived from that data.

 

[GFiP*]

Not sure if rooting for philly or toronto

 

[McRanger]

Not sure if rooting for philly or toronto

Definitely Toronto.

 

[Don Chytil]

Not sure if rooting for philly or toronto

Philly win gives us a better shot at the playoffs. Toronto win gives us a better shot at home ice advantage.

Overtime would pretty much suck for us either way.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

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