Reply With QuoteI just can't buy Anaheim missing the playoffs, their division is a joke. They will get hot eventually and make the playoffs, Vancouver will drop out.
Playoff predictions
http://www.tsn.ca/early-playoff-peek-1.400219
Rest easy, Ottawa and Vancouver.
Over the past decade, an average of three NHL teams per season have gone on to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs after holding a spot on American Thanksgiving.
The Senators and Canucks won't be those teams this season, according to a predictive model from Halifax-based mathematician Micah Blake McCurdy, who runs HockeyViz.com.
According to McCurdy's model, nicknamed "Oscar," Pittsburgh and Detroit are the only two current teams situated in playoff position predicted to fall out. The numbers say will be replaced by New Jersey and Tampa Bay.
McCurdy's math sees the Western Conference shaping up almost exactly as it is currently setup on Thursday, the day Americans plan to nap and gobble turkey. That's good news for the Canucks, who would make for three Canadian playoff teams one year after five qualified.
The Leafs are currently projected to finish in seventh place in the Atlantic with 83 points, marking a 15-point improvement under Mike Babcock. With 80 points apiece, Calgary and Edmonton were both lottery-bound in Thursday's projections.
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I just can't buy Anaheim missing the playoffs, their division is a joke. They will get hot eventually and make the playoffs, Vancouver will drop out.
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montreal wins its first stanley cup since 92-93. Price gets the conn smythe.
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BUMP.
I was looking for over/under picks on NHL teams this summer (still looking) and found this thread.
In fairness to the author's source (a statistician), Carey Price did play on November 25th... his last game of the season.
The article, pegging Montreal 1st overall in the East, was posted on November 26th.
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