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Drury18 · 04-10-2014, 11:29 PM

It's close because between 7th and 12th, it's only 6 points and some teams playing each other. Charlotte is in the worst position with 73 games played.

Also, I was looking at that and the schedule of the teams:

Rochester faces Toronto, Hamilton and Lake Erie this weekend. They just beat Toronto last night and have the season series tied 4-4. Rochester leads Hamilton in the season series 5-2. Lake Erie leads their season series 4-5. Those games could go anyway, I'm guessing probably a 1-2 scenario for the weekend as Rochester isn't that good and technically out anyway.

Rockford faces Milwaukee, Iowa and Chicago this weekend. Milwaukee is going to just annihilate them, that's a loss. The series with Iowa is 5-4, that is probably a win as Iowa is a terrible team. Their series with Chicago is tied 5-5 and both teams are on a bit of a slide. Plus, Chicago will also play 3/3 with the exact same teams. I think Rockford comes out of this one 2-1 as Chicago has a playoff spot and won't have the same sort of fight in them.

Charlotte has Grand Rapids this weekend only. They beat them yesterday 3-0 and lead the series 2-1. Again a case of GR not really having the same fight as they have a comfy spot and Charlotte turning it up as of late. I think Charlotte might take this too.

tl:dr - We beat the Barons, we eliminate them. The teams around them will take more wins then losses this weekend because they have been playing stronger then OKC as of late. Additionally, with the Oilers loss of Ference and Gagner, there might be callups to fill out the roster. I know Horak was owed one but got injured when they needed him. He's only gotten one game this year, they might give him a couple more to decided what they want to do with him over the summer. If not, he ends up in the record books as the first player to only play a single game with 2 NHL teams in one season. They could also take Arcobello as he was on the list and also got injured when they wanted him. Both would be a huge offensive loss.

Edit: If it goes how I think, OKC drops from 7th to 10th. I suppose not technically mathematically eliminated but close:

7 Charlotte Checkers 74 38 33 1 2 79
8 Rockford IceHogs 74 35 30 5 4 79
9 Rochester Americans 73 34 28 6 4 78
10 Oklahoma City Barons 73 33 29 2 9 77

They are then in a spot where they have to win against Texas and Iowa the next 3 games to get in. Couple that with the last few games (after this weekend) many of the bubble teams will play each other or teams so high in the standings it won't matter to them, it doesn't look good.

(I've put far too much time into showing how we will eliminate the baby Oilers...)

04-10-2014, 11:29 PM	#5
Drury18 Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Exp:	It's close because between 7th and 12th, it's only 6 points and some teams playing each other. Charlotte is in the worst position with 73 games played. Also, I was looking at that and the schedule of the teams: Rochester faces Toronto, Hamilton and Lake Erie this weekend. They just beat Toronto last night and have the season series tied 4-4. Rochester leads Hamilton in the season series 5-2. Lake Erie leads their season series 4-5. Those games could go anyway, I'm guessing probably a 1-2 scenario for the weekend as Rochester isn't that good and technically out anyway. Rockford faces Milwaukee, Iowa and Chicago this weekend. Milwaukee is going to just annihilate them, that's a loss. The series with Iowa is 5-4, that is probably a win as Iowa is a terrible team. Their series with Chicago is tied 5-5 and both teams are on a bit of a slide. Plus, Chicago will also play 3/3 with the exact same teams. I think Rockford comes out of this one 2-1 as Chicago has a playoff spot and won't have the same sort of fight in them. Charlotte has Grand Rapids this weekend only. They beat them yesterday 3-0 and lead the series 2-1. Again a case of GR not really having the same fight as they have a comfy spot and Charlotte turning it up as of late. I think Charlotte might take this too. tl:dr - We beat the Barons, we eliminate them. The teams around them will take more wins then losses this weekend because they have been playing stronger then OKC as of late. Additionally, with the Oilers loss of Ference and Gagner, there might be callups to fill out the roster. I know Horak was owed one but got injured when they needed him. He's only gotten one game this year, they might give him a couple more to decided what they want to do with him over the summer. If not, he ends up in the record books as the first player to only play a single game with 2 NHL teams in one season. They could also take Arcobello as he was on the list and also got injured when they wanted him. Both would be a huge offensive loss. Edit: If it goes how I think, OKC drops from 7th to 10th. I suppose not technically mathematically eliminated but close: 7 Charlotte Checkers 74 38 33 1 2 79 8 Rockford IceHogs 74 35 30 5 4 79 9 Rochester Americans 73 34 28 6 4 78 10 Oklahoma City Barons 73 33 29 2 9 77 They are then in a spot where they have to win against Texas and Iowa the next 3 games to get in. Couple that with the last few games (after this weekend) many of the bubble teams will play each other or teams so high in the standings it won't matter to them, it doesn't look good. (I've put far too much time into showing how we will eliminate the baby Oilers...) Last edited by Drury18; 04-10-2014 at 11:53 PM.