Wanted to share something I built inspired by the snake - I have been following the thread for some time and really like the concept so thanks for the idea, Squiggs! I basically decided to automate the snake and once I got started, expanded it to all 30 teams and added a couple of other things. Check it out at
http://fd44.yyc.cybera.ca/
A couple of notes:
- The site checks hockey-reference.com once an hour for standings updates. So it’ll update when they update their standings
- The lower panel shows the difference to the snake so you can see how far above/below the snake the team is
- The second radio button on the left will show you a slightly different snake called ‘Strength of opponent snake.’ I calculated it by looking at each opponent and how many points they had last year. For example, if the team is playing Washington, the snake moves up less, since you expect to have a lower chance of winning that game compared to, for example, when you play Arizona. The season total for that snake still adds up to 96 points