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It’s A Parity League
by Paul on 11/21/08 at 11:12 AM ET
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from Marc Crawford of CBC at Blogs and Colums,
Six weeks into the NHL regular season and we are beginning to see a familiar trend. Everybody is OK! Not great, mind you, but definitely OK.
Yes sir, parity has arrived and is living well in the fastest league on earth. There have been some early season disappointments, like Dallas and Ottawa, but most hockey insiders believe that those two teams will right their ships.
In the Western Conference, as of Nov. 18, there is no club that is less than two games under .500. In the East, just two teams are three games under .500, and if you look at the league as a whole, there are only six clubs that are less than a game under .500.
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Yup. .500 means nothing. Average means something. .500 used to mean average, so people got them confused.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 11/21/08 at 03:08 PM ET
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Sigh… .500 doesn’t mean diddly anymore with the OT/SO loser point. .550 is closer to “average” in today’s NHL.
Posted by Forechecker from Nolensville, TN on 11/21/08 at 11:18 AM ET