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Originally Posted by dino7c
That would be the highest point total required in the history of the league
Three eastern conference teams have missed the playoffs with 96 points
2nd half has more conference and divisional games...every team won't keep up their pace or improve. Maybe the Flames are the team that doesn't, but if they do get there (I will give you 96 for snake) they are in like 99% of the time when you play this out.
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96 points have missed the playoffs 3-4 times in the last 8 years.
I don't think it's crazy to think that 97 or 98 points might be required this year - especially since the West doesn't really have a dominant team this year, and the West has the potential for some historically bad teams in the cap era.
Anaheim, Chicago, and Arizona all have points percentage below .375. That would put all three as one of the worst 20 seasons since the 05 lockout. San Jose isn't much better either.
All play in one conference, all are going to start tanking even hard for Bedard. I would have to take a harder look but I doubt there are many years where one conference has 4 teams with a point percentage below .400 - so it's a bit unprecedented.