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A Look At The Thrashers
by Paul on 12/09/08 at 10:11 AM ET
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from the ICEMAN Bloggeth at the AJC,
The Thrashers’ overall record of 9-14-3 for 21 points means they have a .404 winning percentage, (based on points won versus points available). If you want to put that into the perspective of what it might take to land a playoff spot this coming spring…stop laughing…well, let’s look at it this way.
Last season, Ottawa and Boston entered the post-season as the 7th and 8th seeds in the East with 94 points. (Yes, I know Nashville was the 8-seed in the West with 91…but I’m using the model in the east since that is the conference Atlanta plays in). Anyway, in order to get to 94 points, the Thrashers would have to earn 73 of the remaining 112 available to them over the last 56 games. That would be a points winning percentage of .652.
To date, the teams that are playing at or above a .653 points winning % are San Jose, (.852 pnts. %)…Boston, (.778 pnts. %)…Detroit, (.769 pnts. %)…Montreal, (.673 pnts. %).
So, if the Thrashers can play… from this points on… at the same level of the Sharks, Red Wings, Bruins, and/or Habs…then they can make the playoffs.
more on Atlanta…
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Let’s face it..Atlanta is NOT making the playoffs. Unfortunately, it looks like nnly Buffalo and Carolina will fight for the last spot. The rest of the Eastern also ran teams are simply out of it which is bad for the NHL since its only December…
Posted by kevin from boston on 12/09/08 at 12:31 PM ET
Let’s face it..Atlanta is NOT making the playoffs.
I know the guy. He seriously does not believe the team will make the playoffs. However, a few of his readership does believe it. Hence why he posts how the Thrashers will have to do from now to the end of the season.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 12/09/08 at 01:08 PM ET
@Garth: Or save a whole lot of semantic nitpicking by calling it “points percentage,” as I’ve been doing for years.
Posted by Doogie2K from Calgary on 12/09/08 at 01:17 PM ET
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I know I’m probably being nitpicky, but I wish people would stop using the phrase “winning percentage” when talking about records like this, or saying that a team is .500 when the team’s record is 8-8-4.
Actually, now that I consider it, I don’t think it’s being nitpicky at all. If you’re saying “winning percentage”, USE winning percentage. Even if you’re going to qualify it and recognize that you’re using “points won versus points available”, just use that instead of winning percentage. PLEASE.
Posted by Garth on 12/09/08 at 12:01 PM ET