West playoff standings

[Czechboy]

Since there is a break. Thought a look at the standings would be fun.

Biggest surprise is the Stars as I expected them at the top of the standings. Kings are having a great run. Oilers are about where I'd want them. I don't see this changing too much before the playoffs to be honest. Same 8 teams but maybe different spots. Maybe Utah rises up?

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[Kerberos]

Oilers will win the West.

One of the Wild or Jets will fall off into a wildcard spot.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Oilers will win the West.

One of the Wild or Jets will fall off into a wildcard spot.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

The playoff teams are set.

 

[maroon 6]

Spots will change but these are the teams that will make it

 

[Czechboy]

The playoff teams are set.

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Who do you see leaving this top 8? Who do you see entering it by April? I suggested Utah.

 

[TheStatican]

Boooooring. Not even half way through the season and the West's playoff teams are set, wake me up when the playoffs start.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

It's crazy how much better the west is than the east this year.

 

[NyQuil]

It's crazy how much better the west is than the east this year.

They do also have the Sharks, the Blackhawks, the Ducks and the Predators.

In fact, 5 of the worst 7 teams by winning percentage are in the West.

 

[Crow]

They do also have the Sharks, the Blackhawks, the Ducks and the Predators.

In fact, 5 of the worst 7 teams by winning percentage are in the West.

7 is a weird number to stop at.

The margins by which they are the worst are more important to me than the fact they are bottom 7 anyway. I don’t know what they are though. I’ll look into it in a little while.

One more thing to consider if the best teams are in the west, of course the worst teams are also there. They play each other more right?

Overall it’s tough to say which conference is better from those stats. Probably best to just look at conference v conference to decide which is best. Even that probably doesn’t say too much alone.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Who do you see leaving this top 8? Who do you see entering it by April? I suggested Utah.

The teams are set.. those are the playoff teams going forward and into the postseason. No other teams are bumping these teams out. Not even Utah..

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

At the start of the season those were the teams 90% of people would've took to make the playoffs in the west so no real surprises outside Nashville. Utah is probably the only team I can see making a run at it if one of the top 8 guys falter.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

At the start of the season those were the teams 90% of people would've took to make the playoffs in the west so no real surprises. Utah is probably the only team I can see making a run at it if one of the top 8 guys falter.

Most people had Nashville in there. Even if Nashville scored at league average, they'd still be below .500, and this is while receiving great goaltending. If both their scoring and goaltending were just average, they'd still be a bottom 10 in the league team this year.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

I could see both Utah and the Flames making it.

At some point you think the Flames will start to play Dustin Wolf’s .910 106 point pace, over Vladars .886 82 point pace, more than half the time.

Kings, Nucks or Stars could fall out

 

[Kingfan1967]

Dallas 33 games played 40 points (WC2)
-----------still in the hunt-------------
Calgary 34 games played 39 points
Utah 34 games played 38 points
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St Louis 36/36
Seattle 36/32
Anaheim 33/30
Nashville 35/29
Chicago 35/26
San Jose 37/28

The East looks very similar

Tampa Bay 32 played 40 points (WC1) should pass
Boston 36 played 42 points (A3)
Ottawa 34 games played 38 points (A5-WC2)
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Pittsburg 36 games played 37 points
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Columbus 35/34
Philadelphia 35/34
NY Rangers 34/33
NY Islanders 35/33
Montreal 34/31
Detroit 34/30
Buffalo 35/28

 

[NyQuil]

One more thing to consider if the best teams are in the west, of course the worst teams are also there. They play each other more right?

Or, if the worst teams are in the west, of course the best teams are also there.

They play each other more, right?

Overall it’s tough to say which conference is better from those stats. Probably best to just look at conference v conference to decide which is best. Even that probably doesn’t say too much alone.

The discussion happens every year and it's always a pointless exercise.

 

[Kerberos]

Looking forward to bumping yet another one of your posts at the end of the season.