Fair enough. Point is it didn't deviate us from the ranking we had. We saw alot of progress and development from the majority of our future core despite the bad record. Just like tonight's game. Hopefully this continues to a 5th overall spot.
when Jacques Martin implements MSL's systemless-system
| Opponents | Expected Result | Actual Result |
| NSH; CAR; TOR | W; L; L | W; L; L |
| CBJ; BOS; CGY | W; L; OTL | W; OTL; L |
| EDM; VAN | L; L | OTL; L |
| SEA; COL; PHI; CAR | OTL; L; OTL; L | |
| FLA; TB; TOR | L; OTL; L | |
| NYR; PHI; NYI; OTT | L; OTL; OTL; W | |
| DET; DET | W; L | |
| Expected Points | Actual Points | |
| 5 pts | 6 pts |
Note shootout losses and 3 on 3 losses mean we tied the actual hockey game and lost the gimmick.
And it's not mutually exclusive that we win half the remaining games and still fall behind teams Arizona or Ottawa and draft 5th. But when that's brought up you say no no no we have to lose to maximize our odds, but when it's deciding what's more important better development of the guys in the NHL or getting a slightly better pick it's never about the odds anymore it's just head in the sand they aren't mutually exclusive so I refuse to answer.
Well ideally we can agree that the best case scenario is Suzuki, Cole, Slaf, etc... produce as much as possible, we win as much as possible, but because Ottawa, Columbus, and Arizona all also win a lot, we still finish 4th or 5th last.
It's also unlikely that our young core plays well and we just start losing more for no reason and out tank those other teams. So if we are sticking to likely scenarios instead of best case scenarios then it becomes a choice of what you'd rather see a better draft pick or better play from our young NHL core.
Our young core can play well and still not produce. As a one line team, it's hard to produce.
And Ottawa and Arizona can go on hot streaks as they have before. So hopefully we win a bunch of games but still get passed.
It's not likely for Columbus to pass us, but it is possible. They need two more wins than us. It's a small sample size, 13 games left. Over any 4 game sequence, we could easily go 0-4, and Columbus 2-2, for example. The Ducks for example are 2-8 in their last 10. But I was someone who was in favor of trading Savard to help us go on that kind of streak.
So when it's the thing you want all that matters is that it's possible even if it's unlikely, but when it's not what you want then being possible isn't enough and we should ignore it anything that is unlikely. How flexible of you.
I think it's more realistic for Columbus to go 2-2 at some point in the remaining 13 games while we go 0-4, and then the other games are pretty much the same, than for us to win a lot of games and Columbus to win so many more games that they pass us.
And how realistic is it for us our core players to all play well but for our record to take a nose dive? You think that's not a pipe dream?
As MSL says, sometimes the wins don't indicate how well we play. Yes, I think it is possible for us to go on a losing streak for 4 games, but our young players still play well over the final 14 games as a whole.
