I thought it was bad when we missed the playoffs every year but would have had enough points in the east to make it. Now it looks like we're setting the record for most points while missing the playoffs. The rampant tanking seems to have had an interesting effect. It pushed so many points upwards that it is helping make a record for best team to miss the playoffs. Never even considered that a possibility but I also never considered there would be a division's worth of teams playing so badly, so consistently either. I have no doubt in my mind that 92-94 points will be enough to make the playoffs next year, and we'll be there but it's really looking like there's too many factors at play working against us this year.
Also, I wonder if a team has ever missed the playoffs with a +20 goal differential before? Looks like we could have a couple really strange records by the time it's all said and done.
Sorry if this comes off negative, I am sleep deprived and coming apart at the seams. Baby. Just. Won't. Sleep.
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