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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It's remarkable that they are as close as they are with the 32nd PDO in the league.
Looking back through data this morning and it's super rare to see the team ranked last in the league in PDO not be a bottom 5 team.
07-08: Tampa - 30th PDO - 30th OV
08-09: Colorado - 30th PDO - 28th OV
09-10: Toronto - 30th PDO - 29th OV
10-11: New Jersey - 30th PDO - 24th OV
11-12: Columbus - 30th PDO - 30th OV
12-13: Florida - 30th PDO - 30th OV
13-14: Florida - 30th PDO - 29th OV
14-15: Arizona - 30th PDO - 29th OV
15-16: Toronto - 30th PDO - 30th OV
16-17: Colorado - 30th PDO - 30th OV
17-18: Buffalo - 31st PDO - 31st OV
18-19: Buffalo - 31st PDO - 27th OV
19-20: Detroit - 31st PDO - 31st OV
20-21: Philly - 31st PDO - 19th OV
21-22: Seattle - 32nd PDO - 30th OV
22-23: Calgary - 32nd PDO - 18th OV
So no team since this is tracked on NST has made the playoffs while ranking last in PDO. Philly was the closest in 20-21 and that was a 56 game season.
Generally it means you get a top 5 pick.
If the flames were shooting 9.3%, and had a .900 save percentage (both of which are still below average) they would have a 33 goal swing, and probably are 1st in the division easily.
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PDO is a dumb stat. There’s a reason you never see it anymore. Yes if the flames were better they would have more points. Adding 2 totally uncorrelated stats doesn’t indicate anything.