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Originally Posted by moon
The Leafs may have been lucky but no way were they so lucky that with average they are 2nd worst in the league.
The Leafs are a 8-10 place team that got to 6th because of some good bounces and fact they play in the pathetic Eastern conference.
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Why is that impossible? Look at where the Wild were in the standings after 48 games in 2011-12 and where eventually they ended up (which was predicted by the same advanced stats you hate). This is no different.
Teams can ride luck into the playoffs in an 82 game season. Cut that season length nearly in half and you're going to get some silly results.