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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
I am not following. Well above this year's pace?
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What Polak said. Squiggs uses the 96-point pace because that was what it took to make the playoffs last year. Right now, the bar to make the playoffs is lower - though Minnesota is bringing it up. When I did my far less colourful look above, we were at just 89 points to make the playoffs in the west, as that was the pace of the 9th best team. Updated to today we need a pace of 92+ to remain ahead of 9th place and make the playoffs:
The Pacific/Wild card race sorted by point pace:
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Vancouver P2 96.2 + 4.8
Calgary P3 95.7 + 4.3
Winnipeg W1 95.4 + 4.0
San Jose W2 93.9 + 2.5
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Minnesota 91.4 - 2.5
Los Angeles 89.7 - 4.2
Dallas 86.6 - 7.3
Colorado 83.5 -10.4
So in just five days, Vancouver's pace has fallen back to the pack, Minnesota has pulled much closer, San Jose is fading. Winnipeg, Calgary and Los Angeles are treading water. Dallas and Colorado are falling out of the race.