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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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.
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I would bet on Toronto to outperform Washington in the playoffs based on those numbers. I’ve made good money in hockey pools using goal differential as my basis for predicting winners, including the 2004 Flames.
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