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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I agree.
Soccer fans have told me that the idea of giving 3 points for a win is to encourage more scoring and fewer ties. If so, it sure doesn't seem to be accomplishing much.
By the way, I love that you brought up the coefficient of variation. This is the kind of analysis that should be going on in a multi-billion-dollar business, but the people making the decisions appear to be too cool for school and can't bother their heads about any number unless it has a dollar sign in front.
I'm sure the NHL employs people who actually do run these sorts of pertinent numbers. Trouble is, they keep them locked in the basement, right next to the cast of The IT Crowd.
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Thanks, friend!
I'd like to think they also run these fairly simple bivariate analyses before trotting Bettman out to talk about "an increase in competitive games" which...don't actually exist.
If 16/21 teams make the playoffs...then 16/32...then 16/64 someday...teams will act upon their incentive.