Taro T Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I am curious, and maybe this has been discussed before... Do you have a program that programmatically pulls the current NHL standings from the website each night? Seems like the whole thing could be automated, and would be pretty fun to set up. You could likewise pull the stats from sportsclubstats. That is only the case because the Sabres are at so close to 100%. It'd be more interesting for those teams with a more distributed row at the sportsclubstats lottery chart; again: http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHLlottery.html I assume they calculate the odds of winning every remaining game on the schedule based on all previous results this season. It explains "Weighted" here (as opposed to viewing their charts using "50/50" link on the left): http://www.sportsclubstats.com/WhatIsThis.html... don't have time to read now haha. No doubt it wouldn't be too difficult to set up, but I'm not currently pulling the stats automatically. I actually usually just update them by hand; but I do have a spreadsheet set up a looooooong time ago (from early '90's) to track clinching PT, conferences, divisions, and playoffs, and reordering teams, and a coupke other things. Would probably use that as the starting point. The odds just get skewed slightly for teams w/ only 1 lottery ticket, but if as the trade deadline approaches and some team(s) get additional cracks at it; we can reflect their individualized odds pretty easily. It's not too much extra to reflect the more accurate odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thei robviously still going to screw this up. :lol: He's been reverse jinxing us this whole time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In the CHL shouldn't Games in Hand be Games out of Hand? Everything is backwards in the CHL, and the potential of winning in the NHL and dropping a spot in the standings in the CHL is not a positive, but a negative, so games in hand is a positive reference in the NHL, but should be considered a negative in the CHL. So right now the Sabers have 2 games out of hand to the Oilers, in CHL speak, right? I hope I didn't waste one of my brain cells thinking of this, that other wise could have been used for making sure my Vodka drinks made it to my mouth during tonight's game, I'm sure not many are left and I don't want to waste them. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In the CHL shouldn't Games in Hand be Games out of Hand? Everything is backwards in the CHL, and the potential of winning in the NHL and dropping a spot in the standings in the CHL is not a positive, but a negative, so games in hand is a positive reference in the NHL, but should be considered a negative in the CHL. So right now the Sabers have 2 games out of hand to the Oilers, in CHL speak, right? I hope I didn't waste one of my brain cells thinking of this, that other wise could have been used for making sure my Vodka drinks made it to my mouth during tonight's game, I'm sure not many are left and I don't want to waste them. :doh: I love the idea, but you have it backwards: the 2.71s have two games out of hand on the Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) You both know this got out of hand a long time ago. Edited February 19, 2015 by dudacek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In the CHL shouldn't Games in Hand be Games out of Hand? Everything is backwards in the CHL, and the potential of winning in the NHL and dropping a spot in the standings in the CHL is not a positive, but a negative, so games in hand is a positive reference in the NHL, but should be considered a negative in the CHL. So right now the Sabers have 2 games out of hand to the Oilers, in CHL speak, right? I hope I didn't waste one of my brain cells thinking of this, that other wise could have been used for making sure my Vodka drinks made it to my mouth during tonight's game, I'm sure not many are left and I don't want to waste them. :doh: Like the NHL, in the CHL you can only "gain" points by playing a game. So game's in hand is a good thing... it's just that you want the team to win instead of lose those game's in hand. Or lose instead of win, not sure, yeah that it's.... you want the team to lose, no wait... you want them to win instead of.... awwww it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 You both know this got out of hand a long time ago. You mean in hand? durrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Like the NHL, in the CHL you can only "gain" points by playing a game. So game's in hand is a good thing... it's just that you want the team to win instead of lose those game's in hand. Or lose instead of win, not sure, yeah that it's.... you want the team to lose, no wait... you want them to win instead of.... awwww ###### it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_adaptation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calti Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 a couple sabre wins here and this race is nearly out of the bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 a couple sabre wins here and this race is nearly out of the bag. *In the bag. The term still applies. Not everything is upside down in our bizarro world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calti Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 *In the bag. The term still applies. Not everything is upside down in our bizarro world. got it. didn't feel write when I pushed POST..but went with it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 This game isn't looking so good so far. The Sabres are up 2-1 in Philly and seem to be having a good time enjoying themselves so far tonight. Look out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Might be looking at a blowout loss in the Carrion league tonight... We've all been waiting for it to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calti Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 back on track thanks girgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Looking like a second straight game with at least a point lost... Argh. The deal of Enroth was supposed to stop this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Looking like a second straight game with at least a point lost... Argh. The deal of Enroth was supposed to stop this. Neuvirth will be gone in 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Neuvirth will be gone in 10 days. To stop the bleeding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) It's tied for our toughest stretch of games from here on out. We play Arizona twice with Colorado and Dallas at the end of March Edited February 20, 2015 by WildCard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) ######... Can't win em all I guess. Current magic numbers through 2/19:Nashville - 3 NY Islanders, Montreal - 8 St. Louis, Tampa Bay - 9Anaheim - 10Chicago - 12 Detroit, NY Rangers, Washington - 13Pittsburgh - 14Winnipeg - 17 Vancouver - 18 Calgary - 19 San Jose - 19Los Angeles - 21Boston, Minnesota - 22 Florida - 23Dallas - 25Colorado, Philadelphia - 28Ottawa - 31 Columbus - 32New Jersey - 34Toronto - 36Carolina - 40Arizona - 41Edmonton - 43 Edited February 20, 2015 by Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 At least it's against Philly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Good way to waste a big loss for the Oilers the day before... At least it's against Philly There are no moral victories in the Carrion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 No one ever said this was gonna be easy. However, BUF has an easy schedule to close out Feb. They'll solidify their roster come March 2nd by moving Stewart and Neuvirth as they make a run for The Shart. I'm feeling a Shart Fever coming on... Who's with me!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 SO Loss and a goalie with a .950 Save Percentage over his last three starts, we are not doing this again right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Good way to waste a big loss for the Oilers the day before... There are no moral victories in the Carrion. Dude. I'm as big of a tank supporter as anyone but you gotta enjoy the wins every once in a while. We weren't going to go 25-0 the rest of the season. We still have a comfortable lead on EDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabresFuture Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 This is going to be a stressful end to the season. I was so confident when we traded Enroth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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