[Classic_Sniper]

Originally Posted by zamler

Go here and sort by goal differential, notice the playoff teams versus not and said goal differential.

I already agreed to this. Maybe you need to read what I wrote again as I said goal differential is "Naturally a marker of success as wins and losses are defined by your ability to score more goals than you give up."

But I don't take it as gospel because it doesn't automatically mean you're better. Just look at Toronto and Washington, +43 vs +18, that's a 25 goal differential, yet they have the exact same record with 103 points. Or how about Detroit and Boston in 2016. Detroit was a -13 and Boston was a +10, a 23 goal difference yet Detroit made the playoffs and Boston didn't. That's why it's not gospel to me.