03-11-2015, 08:20 AM
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#901
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I don't think anyone's really punched their ticket, although the Sharks could punch a ticket to the links pretty soon. Without San Jose in the mix, it'll still be five teams fighting for four spots and will be for a little while yet.
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03-11-2015, 09:09 AM
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#903
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In the Sin Bin
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Damn. Another night with almost no help (thank God the Jets lost).
I wish we weren't playing the ducks tonight. They're going to come out flying after losing 2 in a row.
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03-11-2015, 09:23 AM
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#904
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Originally Posted by DJones
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This is the best Calgary one for me.
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03-11-2015, 09:28 AM
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#905
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This is the best Calgary one for me.
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Yes, we know you think the object of the game of hockey is to direct shots towards the net when the score is close.
What a pity that the Flames keep performing adequately in irrelevant minor stats like goal differential and games won.
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03-11-2015, 09:29 AM
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#906
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Originally Posted by polak
Damn. Another night with almost no help (thank God the Jets lost).
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Our opponents will probably win 60% of the time. We just have to do the same.
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03-11-2015, 09:32 AM
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#907
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Northern Crater
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Nobody's punched anything yet. A 3 game winning/losing streak by the right teams changes everything again. And there's 16 games left, lots of time for an ill timed (depending on your perspective) extended losing/winning streak to totally change things. For all we know San Jose could go 8-1-1 in their next 10 and Vancouver could go 4-6. This living and dying with the OOT scoreboard is hilarious.
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03-11-2015, 09:39 AM
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#908
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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OOT is not relevant, except in cases where teams in the race play each other, like the 3 Kings/Canucks games where 9 points could be split.
Barring too many results like that, get 19 points in 16 games and the Flames are in.
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03-11-2015, 09:52 AM
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#909
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Yes, we know you think the object of the game of hockey is to direct shots towards the net when the score is close. What a pity that the Flames keep performing adequately in irrelevant minor stats like goal differential and games won.
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If I give you a list in advance of all the threads I intend to post in, will it make your jihad easier?
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03-11-2015, 09:54 AM
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#910
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Franchise Player
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Not sure if this has already been posted, but it's a very good playoff tracker IMO.
Shows how many back to backs are left and games within the division as well. Gives an idea of who has the toughest schedules remaining. Updated daily with all the upcoming games underneath.
http://flames.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=103861
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03-11-2015, 09:57 AM
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#911
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If I give you a list in advance of all the threads I intend to post in, will it make your jihad easier?
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I'm not on a jihad. You're on a vendetta against the Flames.
If you're not, then explain to me just how you think a GIF of a guy falling down stairs is symbolic of anything that's going on in that organization.
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03-11-2015, 10:00 AM
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#912
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
Yes, we know you think the object of the game of hockey is to direct shots towards the net when the score is close.
What a pity that the Flames keep performing adequately in irrelevant minor stats like goal differential and games won.
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That gif is a perfect representation of the Ottawa game. Got up and walked away with head held high
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03-11-2015, 10:03 AM
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#913
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Hahaha. Man, I'm just posting numbers. Numbers don't have a vendetta. If, for the final sixteen games of the season, the Flames post a FF% of 60, I'll think hard about picking them to win the cup. Like everyone else I want them to make the playoffs, I'm just trying to be reasonable about what I think is likely to happen, and I'm not prepared to bet that they are (or aren't, for that matter).
You're going to ignore the numbers anyway (at least until they turn in the Flames' favour), so I don't know why you put so much emotional energy into them. There's an ignore feature here, you know. Might lower your blood pressure a bit if you used it.
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That gif is a perfect representation of the Ottawa game. Got up and walked away with head held high
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That's just one example obviously, but it's a good one. Complete bumblefata of a game but somehow they just get up and keep on going.
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03-11-2015, 10:03 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Assuming CGY beats TOR, EDM and PHO, the Flames only need to go something like 6-7-0 in the remaining games.
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03-11-2015, 10:03 AM
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#915
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
That gif is a perfect representation of the Ottawa game. Got up and walked away with head held high
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Actually, it's more like a representation of Ottawa's play in that game. Blew a 4-0 lead, but saved the two points by winning the tiddlywinks competition at the end.
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03-11-2015, 10:06 AM
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#916
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
Actually, it's more like a representation of Ottawa's play in that game. Blew a 4-0 lead, but saved the two points by winning the tiddlywinks competition at the end.
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??? Calgary "fell" through the first two periods, then got up and left like nothing has happened. It fits fine, you're being too sensitive.
How is CorsiHockeyLeague being anti-flames there?
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03-11-2015, 10:12 AM
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#917
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Hahaha. Man, I'm just posting numbers. Numbers don't have a vendetta.
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You're posting one particular set of numbers as if Fenwick close and Corsi close were the reason why hockey is played.
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If, for the final sixteen games of the season, the Flames post a FF% of 60, I'll think hard about picking them to win the cup.
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And if the team that wins the Cup fails to get a FF% of 60, no doubt you will construct an elaborate pseudo-statistical argument to prove that they should not have won.
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Like everyone else I want them to make the playoffs,
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That's not the impression you are giving. What it looks like to most of us is that you want them to miss the playoffs and prove you were right all along.
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I'm just trying to be reasonable about what I think is likely to happen,
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Unfortunately, by hanging everything on Fenwick, you are not being reasonable in how you arrive at that belief.
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You're going to ignore the numbers anyway (at least until they turn in the Flames' favour),
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Fenwick and Corsi are not ‘the numbers’. Fenwick and Corsi are two numbers that are not dispositive to the outcome of any game.
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so I don't know why you put so much emotional energy into them.
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This is not emotional energy. This is me getting mighty tired of you (and a handful of other posters, and a whole chorus of voices in the blogosphere and media) making the same point over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over, all season long. Yes, we get it. It's inevitable that the Flames will fail because Fenwick and Corsi are the only things that ever matter in a hockey game. Only they haven't failed yet, and you haven't got the nous to step back and re-evaluate whether your pet metric has the predictive power that you think it has.
As John Maynard Keynes said: ‘When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?’
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There's an ignore feature here, you know. Might lower your blood pressure a bit if you used it.
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My blood pressure is fine. How's yours?
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03-11-2015, 10:15 AM
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#918
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How is CorsiHockeyLeague being anti-flames there?
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It's my understanding that he is not using that GIF to represent the Ottawa game, but the performance of the team as a whole this season.
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03-11-2015, 10:16 AM
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#919
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
That gif is a perfect representation of the Ottawa game. Got up and walked away with head held high
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Man, that gif is a representation of half our games this year. Fumble around, get down by a goal or two (or three or four), then walk out like a boss.
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03-11-2015, 10:17 AM
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#920
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
It's my understanding that he is not using that GIF to represent the Ottawa game, but the performance of the team as a whole this season.
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Maybe that is, but that's not how it reads:
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This is the best Calgary one for me.
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