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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I'm trying to be polite here but it's hard to do around here sometimes.
So if the season ended today, LA would finish third in the Pacific.
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The thing is that the season cannot possibly end today, because not all teams have played equal numbers of games. If for some reason the NHL had to cut the season short, they would have to come up with some ad-hoc rule to compensate for different numbers of games played – and that rule probably would not be the current tie-breakers for standings in mid-season. If it were, they would be opening themselves up to seven-figure lawsuits from teams that did not get a fair chance at playoff berths because of the unequal schedule.
Which pretty much takes out ‘if the season ended today’ as a valid argument.