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Originally Posted by Macho0978
But you are saying 95 might not get you in. I picked 95 as the # for a reason. Most years it gets you in, but things look like they may be different this year. 96 to 98 is possible when a guy like Bedard is available and no team in the west is running away with it.
The Stars and the Jets are on pace for 107 points and are in 1st. It's not often 107 gets you 1st in the conference either.
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Well Mary gave Lloyd Christmas a chance but it wasn't a very good one
I'm not saying its impossible but when you look at it are 9 teams really going to play at that high a level for the rest of the season? Nobody of 9 teams is going to have catastrophic injuries? And if they do are they not beating each other?
If Calgary has 95-97 points that means they beat a lot of these teams down the stretch.
Chicago is the worst team in the league but they already beat Calgary, Seattle, and Colorado...just off the top of my head. Everyone assumes free wins against the bottom teams but it doesn't actually play out like that...players don't tank they are have careers and contracts to think about. Nashville had a 4 goal 3rd period lead against Arizona on the final game of the season last year to avoid the Avs and they lost in regulation.
Also, even if I am agreeing with the oddsmakers and saying the Flames have a 75% chance or whatever that is still a 25% chance they won't make it