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Originally Posted by Boreal
Can anyone explain the Oiler navel gazing notion that it will take fewer points to make the playoffs in the western conference this year when the bottom 4 teams in the league are in the western conference? Last year only 3 out of the bottom 4 were in the west.
Are all the bottom 4 teams going to get better like the Oilers and steal points from prospective playoff teams?
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It doesn't much matter where the bottom teams are. What matters is the wild-card race.
Right now, Carolina has the 8th best points percentage in the East at .579. Arizona is 8th in the West at .500. Even if both conferences perform equally from here on out, those points are already lost, which will make it slightly easier to make the playoffs in the West.
Not that this can save the Oilers, because as we all know, nothing can save the Oilers.