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Originally Posted by Jay Random
So far this year, the average points percentage of the 32 teams in the NHL is .560.
The Flames have played 17 teams in their first 19 games. As of today, the average points percentage of their opponents (weighted by number of games played, so the Rangers and Philly count twice) is .556. So the Flames' schedule has been just about exactly average in terms of the strength of their opponents.
However, 13 of their 19 games have been played on the road, which increases the difficulty.
Sagarin rates them as having had the 5th most difficult schedule in the league so far.
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Who is Sagarin, if you don’t mind explaining?
Road hockey is “tougher “ objectively but it’s not like football or basketball. The home crowd on those sports are a different animal than in hockey IMO.
Hockey is based a lot on puck luck. How many flames squads have we seen outwork teams and have better Corsi or advanced stats but still lose the game.
I just don’t value the same metrics as you Jay in regards to the definitions of difficult. Agree to disagree I suppose.