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Originally Posted by transplant99
Strength of schedule matters, to argue otherwise is silly. It, like all analytics, has flaws and ways to be interpreted.
It doesn't mean the team doesn't have flaws or should be any higher in the standings or anything like that.
It is an indicator though of what should/is likely to occur moving forward.
The Sagarin ratings have been around for a long time and from what i understand are pretty steady in predicting what happens not just game to game but also as the season progresses.
Arizona has had the toughest schedule thus far, Flames 2nd and Oilers 5th.
Using his formula however, the Yotes rank 28th, the Flames 13th, the Oilers 12th.
https://sagarin.usatoday.com/2023-2/...-ratings-2023/ |
for the record, I think the Flames have been playing poorly, underperforming, and I'm not happy with almost any aspect of their play
I also conceded that SOS has probably only cost them 2-4 points
still it is fun to look at this stuff early on- I mean look at Detroits schedule as a comparison
they've already played the Ducks/Sharks/Yotes 4 times (remember whose division these teams are in),the Jackets, the Hawks, the Habs twice, the Sabres now for the2nd time (and yes the Sabres beat the Flames and looked good- or we looked horrible- in the process-you still have to win the damn games), just saying you put the Flames/Wings schedules side by side it's hard not to see a difference