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Originally Posted by polak
Actually, my whole point was I hate the idea of completely artificial goal posts like "96 points".
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There's nothing artificial about 96 points. No team has ever finished with 96 points and missed the playoffs, which makes it a pretty safe target to aim for. I recall various coaches saying the same thing over the years.
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Originally Posted by 1stLand
I think the Flames will need 100 points to get in.
The way all of the bubble teams are playing......they just aren't losing.....at all.
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That isn't going to continue for a solid month. The longest winning streak in NHL history is 17 games, by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins. Say what you like about the Canucks, Kings, Jets, and Wild, the '92 Penguins they're not.
In fact, since every one of those teams has at least two regulation losses in its last 10 games, it isn't even true that they are not losing at all.