Last season, if you discount the 8-game losing streak, we went 45-23-6 for 96 of a possible 148 points, or a .648 pace.
With 4 points after 9 games, we need 93 of the remaining 146 points to get back to 97 and have a shot at squeaking into the playoffs again. That's a .636 pace, just slightly less than what we played at for most of last year.
It's not absolutely as grim as I thought it would be at this point with the record that we have, but we need to reel off at least four wins in a row, or like six-of-eight. I felt that we needed to be 4-6 after 10 games to have a shot at the playoffs and I think we're boned, but I'll give us until game 15 before I decide if I'm climbing aboard the Auston Matthews tankwagon for the season.
If we've got 6 or more wins by game 15, I'll be hoping for a phenomenal run and a gutsy come-from-behind playoff berth.
5 or fewer by game 15 and all you'll hear from me all season is how we should tank.
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