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Pre-Game Talk: MDSF: (2) New York Rangers vs. (3) Philadelphia Flyers

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Rust Heisenberg said:
Yes. Eventually, there will be a regression to the norm. The Rangers are far below the average, but their stats indicate that they should be far better. The more chances they create, the better.

Rangers are tied for 2nd in the league, with decisive wins. A decisive win is a win by more than 2 goals. The Rangers have 21 wins of this nature.

Their strategy isn't ineffective, it just reduces efficiency. Since they're not efficient, this is the next best thing. The more chances they create, the better likelihood they have of pucks going in, even if they aren't efficient in that.
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Regression to the mean, doesn't mean it'll happen in the playoffs. If they played 1,000 games maybe they'd regress to the mean, it's within the realm of possibility that the regression doesn't happen in the playoffs. BTW, that decisive win stat is shocking to me, doesn't seem like they get that many of those. Who is #1? Boston?
 
SnowblindNYR said:
Regression to the mean, doesn't mean it'll happen in the playoffs. If they played 1,000 games maybe they'd regress to the mean, it's within the realm of possibility that the regression doesn't happen in the playoffs. BTW, that decisive win stat is shocking to me, doesn't seem like they get that many of those. Who is #1? Boston?
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Boston is #1, with 24 wins of that nature.

Rangers are tied for 2nd with I believe the Blackhawks and Penguins (?), with 21.
 
Rust Heisenberg said:
Boston is #1, with 24 wins of that nature.

Rangers are tied for 2nd with I believe the Blackhawks and Penguins (?), with 21.
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All underlying numbers and trends really show that the Rangers that the Rangers are probably about 10 or so points better than their record indicates, lack of finish and all.
 
Rust Heisenberg said:
Boston is #1, with 24 wins of that nature.

Rangers are tied for 2nd with I believe the Blackhawks and Penguins (?), with 21.
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Also, I remember like 5 empty nets that we had and I don't think more than 1 of them made it a 3 goal lead from a 2 goal lead, so if we take out the empty nets I wouldn't be shocked at all if we look even better.
 
I don't think the 11 game winning streak is that important. The Rangers never used to win on Long Island but in 1990 they beat the Islanders in the playoffs.

The Rangers have always had trouble winning in Montreal but in 1996, after losing the first 2 games at home, the Rangers won 3 out of 4 on the road to win the series.

The playoffs are a different animal, I doubt the Flyers are going to take the 11 game losing streak seriously in the playoffs.

I think that 11 game winning streak is as relevant as stating the Flyers are 4-0 in their last 4 playoff games at MSG. It doesn't make a difference when the puck is dropped Thursday night.
 
Son of Steinbrenner said:
I don't think the 11 game winning streak is that important. The Rangers never used to win on Long Island but in 1990 they beat the Islanders in the playoffs.

The Rangers have always had trouble winning in Montreal but in 1996, after losing the first 2 games at home, the Rangers won 3 out of 4 on the road to win the series.

The playoffs are a different animal, I doubt the Flyers are going to take the 11 game losing streak seriously in the playoffs.

I think that 11 game winning streak is as relevant as stating the Flyers are 4-0 in their last 4 playoff games at MSG. It doesn't make a difference when the puck is dropped Thursday night.
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I'm not taking the streak into account, really.

I am taking the Flyer's first line inability to score on our 1st defensive pairing, consistently, seriously.

That's a huge source of production gone for them if they are shut down. That is what should frighten them, no matter if they are playing home or away.
 
Rust Heisenberg said:
I'm not taking the streak into account, really.

I am taking the Flyer's first line inability to score on our 1st defensive pairing, consistently, seriously.

That's a huge source of production gone for them if they are shut down. That is what should frighten them, no matter if they are playing home or away.
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I didn't think you were. I have seen a lot of Ranger fans use this winning streak as some sort of indicator on the series. The streak means nothing. The Flyers aren't spooked by MSG, many of the players on both teams are someplace else or retired.

You bring up a good point about the Flyers playing against our first pair. It's why AV should preach to the players for the next 3 days that icings need to be minimized. The Flyers can hurt us on faceoffs and have the matchups they want on the ice in that situation. Having the last change is gone when the team ice's the puck.
 
Sunday would make no sense.

Tv providers should have no say in scheduling.
 
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