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Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices
Right, except the teams ahead actually have to win those games for your oiler hating utopian scenario to take place. Could it happen? Sure. But is that likely with all these .500 teams playing? No… and in fact proven last night, as your teams went 1-3 and that doesn’t include St.Louis losing. The Oilers odds of making the playoffs went up and has likely encouraged them.
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What is likely—actually, what is virtually certain—is that the Oilers will lose ground before playing another game. That is a fact.
The Oilers woke up this morning with five teams to climb over into the playoffs instead of just four. The point here is that every team ahead of them is going to continue to win games. Some will go on runs, and with five of them ahead of you it is exceptionally difficult to gain much ground. It's much different if its only two or three teams.