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Originally Posted by shotinthebacklund
That stat is 100% useless under the new conference arrangement.
You just gotta have faith.
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It's also useless because it's only taking into account the first 13 games. Why isolate only the first 13? Plenty of teams have come from >10pts back at various points in the season to make the playoffs. Wild last season are a good example. Every season at least a couple times come rocketing from near the bottom of the conference to snag a playoff spot by season's end. One long winning/losing stream can change everything.
The NHL sure has some weird obsession with stats to start the season (fastest to 50 goals to start the season, longest winning streak to start a season, etc).