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Originally Posted by jayswin
No, you can't do the math like that. That makes us a 112 point team, the clear presidents trophy winners. 
First of all, improvement points based on various players/changes will have overlap. So Huberdeau's extra 4 points and Kylington's extra 3 points could be the same games, and THEN those points would have gotten us to less overtime/shootouts, so they'd overlap with some of your extra points for evening out the shootout wins/losses. |
I think the point is that with the team Treliving assembled this season, almost everything went historically wrong, and yet a few extra saves or a few extra goals and the team is comfortably in the playoffs.
A 37-27-17 record, with 30 1 goals losses could have easily been a 44-24-13 record.
Markstrom being career average changes everything.
Not to mention new guys not gelling in Sutters system.
Treliving did everything he could to keep this team competitive when it could have easily been a bottom feeder after our 2 best players wanted out, and I think he did a good job of it.
I think Treliving should get another year, or two at least to see where it goes.
Fire Sutter, try to move Markstrom or buy him out, and run it back next year with some more youth and skill.