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Little easier to read: 5v5 goals for Winnipeg t-5th Buffalo t-5th Columbus t-5th Ottawa 8th 5v5 goals against Winnipeg 1st Buffalo 23rd Ottawa 28th Columbus 31st Points % Winnipeg (1st) Buffalo (26th) Columbus (28th) Ottawa (29th)

Columbus (28th) and Buffalo (26th) are tied for 5th (with Winnipeg (1st)) in 5 v 5 scoring. Ottawa (29th), is next. It doesn’t really seem to correlate to anything on its own, the defensive variable seems to MORE than offset it. Pretty interesting, tbh. Defensive ranks, 5 v 5 goals against? Winnipeg 1st Buffalo 23rd Ottawa 28th Columbus 31st If you had to guess the standings from a metric, take the inverse of goals against

This is the sort of thinking that’s unfortunately, almost subconsciously part of exceedingly low expectations being ingrained. There are assuredly multiple factors contributing to why the season has been a failure thus far: to try and boil it down to one factor and act like it’s “problem identified” would be a colossal mis-assessment. That’s where the low expectations come in. Our goals against is ranked 20th league wide. That’s not an issue? I guess it’s not, when if you get the perfect result you need from every position, you’ll finish 16th…which is sort of how we operate. If everything goes perfectly to plan and 6 players have career years at once, everything will be fine. It’s overall team D. It’s the power play. It’s even strength scoring (not specifically 5 V 5), it was the goaltending for the first 41 games..it’s the coaching..the record is reflective of several factors Multiple factors is how you get a 13 year streak when the odds are theoretically 50/50 every year

Will never forget my 8th grade social studies teacher who’d talk about interesting world events at start of every class (best teacher I had): ”It looks like Gore is going to win it.” It was actually that race that got me into US politics as a hobby

BREAKING I’m hearing word the race has been called and we have a projection for 13:

I’ll go with..after this season. That’s 4 seasons. I know we don’t want to go with 3 seasons because..then Botterill and Murray would need to be referred to as experienced GMs and somehow I don’t think they fit the desired connotation

44 points amassed in 46 games. We need 50 in the final 36.

Cackling Duff

Right. Score effects, especially in the 3rd. They just sat on it

I don’t know that I’ve seen my team enter a third period down by a goal and not told myself, “oh we can absolutely come back, just like Carolina”, since 2006 😐

Ray commenting on how slow Dylan’s shot was. I’m counting it

With Tampa’s clogging D, we’ll need: 1) a pp goal 2) a softie from Jonas

It’s the number 1 bullet point on KA’s “There and Running it Back Again: A GM’s Tale by Kevyn Adams” list for next year

Lightning aren’t even a playoff team by points %

That was the league’s best PP?

Need a big kill here. Trying to come back vs TBay’s D from 2 goals is hard enough

Well, ya me too

All Sabres fans are going through a continual-life crisis

Oops

Well said. “No” to the question about Comrie though

Remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. We’re only about half way through the season - we’ll see where we are after the full 12k