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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I guess the question we need to ask is, "Does regular season record against top ten teams have any kind of significance come playoff time?".
I just did a quick look at the finalists from last season.
Oilers went 3-1 vs Vegas in the reg season.
Panthers went 1-3 vs Toronto and 1-2 vs Carolina.
You know which teams won these series.
Vegas was 10W-14L against top ten teams during the 22/23 regular season.
Florida was 8W-19L.
Last year showed zero correlation between regular season Win % vs top ten teams and playoff success for the finalists.
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Those numbers are too incomplete to be worth anything.
What was the average record of those top 10 teams? A long way above .500, which means most teams had losing records against them.
How did the other playoff teams do against the top 10?
You haven't done a correlation. You've looked up a couple of data points and then presented them as if they were conclusions.