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"Life of Russian hockey veterans is very hard," said Soviet hockey star Sergei Makarov. "Most of them don't have enough to eat these days. These old players are Russian legends."
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Too early to be talking playoffs. Look around the league and there are a handful of teams including the Flames still working to get their feet under them (Flyers, Rangers, Canucks all come to mind right away). Although, it would be fair to say a prolonged losing streak like 5 games or so is certainly the closest thing to a season killer you can have in this short season. If the Flames win tonight and/or Saturday I hope we can keep the playoff (or early golf tee time) talk away for another ten games or so because things can change pretty quick and trying to call it so soon is just going to do harm to our blood pressure.
Too early to be talking playoffs. Look around the league and there are a handful of teams including the Flames still working to get their feet under them (Flyers, Rangers, Canucks all come to mind right away). Although, it would be fair to say a prolonged losing streak like 5 games or so is certainly the closest thing to a season killer you can have in this short season. If the Flames win tonight and/or Saturday I hope we can keep the playoff (or early golf tee time) talk away for another ten games or so because things can change pretty quick and trying to call it so soon is just going to do harm to our blood pressure.
It should also be noted that the 1995 New Jersey Devils started their season 0-3-1 and had another 0-3-1 streak right at the end of their season. To be fair there wasn't nearly the same level of league parity in those days (3 teams made the playoffs with sub-.500 records), but it does show that all is not lost yet.
That said, the Flames need to start accumulating wins right now if they want a chance as every win and loss is magnified in a shortened season.
Wow. I clearly do not understand complex math formulas. I don't see how 0-2 gives you a 30.7% chance.
Since we haven't played a divisional opponent yet it's probably giving us that chance based on the ability to win our division. Vancouver is 0-1-1, Edmonton is 1-1, Colorado is 1-1, and Minnesota is 2-1.
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I think things are going to be very unpredictable this year because of the shortened season. Some teams are going to be giving up points on the second game of back to backs, due to fatigue. I'm sure the standing on the final day are going to look a lot different from the past few years.
I really think the Flames chances rest on Kipper, and goaltenders around the league.
Wow. I clearly do not understand complex math formulas. I don't see how 0-2 gives you a 30.7% chance.
I believe it's on trends & tendencies. Start of the season everyone's 50/50 (even odds), Flames have lowered that tendency/likelihood of a win with 2 losses thus far... 2 losses doesn't mean they're likely to go 0-48. The system is also built on only needing to do better than 7 other teams. Right now, there are a few winless teams, a few that are 1-1, etc... It just means they're 30.7% likely (right now) to pass 7 other teams to get a playoff spot.
It should also be noted that the 1995 New Jersey Devils started their season 0-3-1 and had another 0-3-1 streak right at the end of their season. To be fair there wasn't nearly the same level of league parity in those days (3 teams made the playoffs with sub-.500 records), but it does show that all is not lost yet.
That said, the Flames need to start accumulating wins right now if they want a chance as every win and loss is magnified in a shortened season.
and the Flames in 1987-88, under a new coach, won the Presidents Trophy for the first time started their season 2-5
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As of right now, our odds of making the playoffs are 3 percent lower than Sean Connery's chances of successfully delivering the Red October to the Americans.
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Statistically, I'd argue that since the season is so new, that it would be more accurate to use the 50/50 variant, instead of the weighted version. That says the Flames are at 40%.
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