Don't say they're .500; Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs preview
Overtime and shootout losses are still losses, and while the Lightning have reached 17-17-3, that leaves them 3 games below .500. This, and some notes in our game day preview
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My rewrite of the tie-breaker rules
After several weeks contemplating the vagaries of the current tie-breaker rules, I've come up with a new, improved version. This is the better way: Standings should be determined by w...
Calling OCD hockey fans: it's Tie-Breaker Story Problem #1
This is the first of six scenarios I have been mulling over regarding the potential impending tie-breaker cluster****. I'll put one up every day, or maybe every other day, or maybe all of them...
The Logjam in the West: who wins the head-to-head-to-head-to-head-to-head tie-breaker?
I'm in the middle of a bigger post on tie-breakers -- and still waiting for someone to definitively answer my tie-breaker questions -- but I thought I would post this fun little grid a few days...
I have a question or three about tie-breakers
We coming down to the wire, and it's at least possible that we'll see a three- or even four-way tie in the West. For that reason, I have been working on an excel chart to track the different...
