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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
Tell that to Dallas and Colorado who had a better winning percentage than the Stanley Cup champions and still didn't make the playoffs last year. Points matter more than wins so your 'convention' is flawed.
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That's not what he is saying. Points are obviously more important than wins.
But being at .500 points wise means nothing. You might as well be happy about being .300 or .400. Being .500 points wise is actually less than average, so shouldn't be a benchmark.
Being .500 wins wise actually means something and is a basis of measuring your performance against other teams, as about 50% of teams will be doing better than you and about 50% of teams will be doing worse than you.