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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
This means virtually nothing considering how often this team rises to the occasion against better teams.
I'd be more concerned if they had a line up of down and out clubs playing out the string.
Good opponents will keep them engaged.
Wolf also seems to relish facing superstars and top teams.
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I wanted to test this statement, so I went back and counted the wins and losses against the top 10 teams, bottom 10 teams and middle 11 teams in the league as of todays standings. ( for simplicities sake I just counted the Flames 7 OTLs as losses, since that's that they would be in the playoffs).
The Flames have played 15 games against
top 10 opponents.
They've won 6 and lost 9.
A win percentage of
0.400% which is fine, but two of those wins were against slumping Florida and Edmonton earlier in the year. If you eliminate those games from the tally they are at a win percentage of 0.307% (4/13)
results against the
middle 11 teams.
they've won 8 and lost 9 or
0.470%
If you look at games against the
bottom 10 teams.
The Flames have won 12 and lost 9, with a win percentage of
0.571% against bottom 10 teams.
To me the Flames success hasn't come from beating the good teams, its from consistently beating the bad teams.
That said, I agree it's not an exact science, and doesn't have any real baring on how the Flames will perform in their 11 games remaining against top 10 teams. Or in the playoffs for that matter.
It's just interesting to look back on the season.