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Originally Posted by Vinny01
So the team had a top 10 record over the last 4 months. They are 2pts out of home ice through the first 2 rounds and they are going to sell off and tank for a couple of second round picks and prospects that maybe get a cup of coffee in the league?
I am not sure how many of the STH base would think that is acceptable? There definitely are some that would be okay with that. If this season was out of reach completely it would be another story but considering they are this close I would be furious and feel my money was wasted. That coupled with how impossible it is the resell tickets I think they would be risking a fair number of cancellations.
If the season ends poorly they can still say the things you are stating and make huge organizational changes over the summer
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Well hopefully they play well for the rest of the season because that top 10 record was helped by a real easy schedule over that period of time. They played 17 games against teams who have won more games than they lost and 20 games against teams who have lost more games than they have won.
For the rest of the season they play 14 games against teams above .500 and 7 games against teams below .500.
Of those 14 games against teams above .500. - two are against the best team in the NHL. Two are against the second best team in the NHL. Two are against the 9th best team in the NHL. 20 percent of their remaining games are against two teams that win a combined 64 percent of their games.
Even their ####ty teams are decent half the time including Nashville, Arizona, and Columbus. Of their remaining 21 games they have 4 easy games (detroit, New Jersey, Anaheim and San Jose). The other 17 are pretty tough matchups.