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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Winning % .500 is really the only way to use the term accurately IMO. All those "oh, well it's not a 0.500 record if you count OTL" arguments are meaningless in the end. A team can statistically go 0-0-82 and end up with the exact same number of points as a team going 41-41-0. So why is one team considered 0.500 and the other team not?
And yes, I do realize the 41-41-0 team would win the tie breaker, but the tie breaker is outside of the .500 metric.
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BUT, there are extra points floating around out there that wouldn't be in the system with the overtime wins. In a typical win 2 points is awarded to a winning team. in an overtime win game 3 points is awarded in the game. That extra points is kicking around out there, it didn't just disappear. You now need more points to make the playoffs, you can't just be a loser's .500 and think you have a good chance.
If you OTL all the way through the season, which is a loser's .500 If you go and get a winner's .500 split wins and losses you get in playoffs over the other team even though the points are the same. Although, likely both teams don't make the playoff unless you're in the East Conference.
