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Originally Posted by dino7c
I'm talking about the Wild Card races...unless you are living under a rock the wild card race in the west has been a ####ing joke.
Most years 93 (very optimistic) won't get you in.
WC2 is likely to be high 80s low 90s in the West
WC2 will be much higher in the East
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Point total of the 8th seed in the Western Conference during the wild card era
17-18 - 95
16-17 - 94
15-16 - 87!
14-15 - 99 (although Calgary had 97 but were 3 seed in the Pacific)
13-14 - 91
What's actually surprising this year is the glut of mediocre teams that are going to make the playoffs in the West.
In 15-16 - Minnesota had 87, but everyone else had 96 or above
In 13-14 - Dallas had 91, but everyone else was 98 points or above
This year you could easily have 4 teams with less than 95 points in the playoffs. And its not outside the realm of possibilities that the 9th seed in the East could have more points than the 5th seed in the West.