(EDIT: Thanks to whichever mod stickied this thread!)
It's hard to believe that this is my 4th season of doing the magic numbers and elimination numbers from around the league. But it's that time of the year, and so it begins again.
Updated through end of season
EASTERN CONFERENCE MAGIC NUMBER NY Rangers - clinched playoff spot; clinched Atlantic Division; clinched Eastern Conference and #1 seed Boston - clinched playoff spot; clinched Northeast Division Florida - clinched playoff spot; clinched Southeast Division Pittsburgh - clinched playoff spot Philadelphia - clinched playoff spot New Jersey - clinched playoff spot Ottawa - clinched playoff spot Washington - clinched playoff spot
ELIMINATION NUMBER Montreal - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Toronto - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Carolina - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race NY Islanders - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Tampa Bay - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Winnipeg - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Buffalo - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race
WESTERN CONFERENCE MAGIC NUMBER Vancouver - clinched playoff spot; clinched Northwest Division; clinched Western Conference and #1 seed St. Louis - clinched playoff spot; clinched Central Division Phoenix - clinched playoff spot; clinched Pacific Division Nashville - clinched playoff spot Detroit - clinched playoff spot Chicago - clinched playoff spot Los Angeles - clinched playoff spot San Jose - clinched playoff spot
ELIMINATION NUMBER Columbus - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from divison race Edmonton - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Minnesota - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Anaheim - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Calgary - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Colorado - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race Dallas - eliminated from playoff race; eliminated from division race
Presidents' Trophy Race (all teams still alive)
Line to break - 109 points Vancouver- clinched Presidents' Trophy
Playoff seedings: EASTERN CONFERENCE #1 - NY Rangers (clinched #1 seed) #2 - Boston (clinched #2 seed) #3 - Florida (clinched #3 seed) #4 - Pittsburgh #5 - Philadelphia #6 - New Jersey #7 - Washington #8 - Ottawa
First Round NY Rangers v Ottawa Boston v Washington Florida v New Jersey Pittsburgh v Philadelphia
WESTERN CONFERENCE #1 - Vancouver #2 - St. Louis #3 - Phoenix #4 - Nashville #5 - Detroit #6 - Chicago #7 - San Jose #8 - Los Angeles
First Round Vancouver v Los Angeles St. Louis v San Jose Phoenix v Chicago Nashville v Detroit
Everything below will only update after teams start clinching positions Draft positions (pending lottery)
#1 - Columbus
#2 - Edmonton
#3 - Montreal
#4 - NY Islanders
#5 - Toronto
#6 - Anaheim
#7 - Minnesota
#8 - Carolina
#9 - Winnipeg
#10 - Tampa Bay
#11 - Colorado
#12 - Buffalo
#13 - Dallas
#14 - Calgary
(pending playoff results; Cup winner will pick #30, runner-up #29, conference finalists will pick 27 and 28, then division winners who didn't make the conference finals, then wild cards who didn't make the conference finals)
#15 - Ottawa
#16 - Washington
#17 - Los Angeles
#18 - San Jose
#19 - Chicago
#20 - New Jersey
#21 - Detroit
#22 - Philadelphia
#23 - Nashville
#24 - Pittsburgh
#25 - Florida
#26 - Phoenix
#27 - Boston
#28 - St. Louis
#29 - NY Rangers
#30 - Vancouver
Wait, the Red Wings are only 2 behind the Canucks with the same amount of games played and the Bruins are 7 behind the Rangers with the same amount of games player yet the Canucks need fewer points to clinch the west, than the Rangers the east? Does it have something to do with the western pair playing 3 more games and thus leaving less time for Detroit to catch up?
Wait, the Red Wings are only 2 behind the Canucks with the same amount of games played and the Bruins are 7 behind the Rangers with the same amount of games player yet the Canucks need fewer points to clinch the west, than the Rangers the east? Does it have something to do with the western pair playing 3 more games and thus leaving less time for Detroit to catch up?
Yes that's exactly it.
Detroit/St. Louis peak out at 123 points meaning the Nucks need 37 to eclipse that. They have 19 games to accomplish it
Boston peaks out at 121 points. The Rags need 38 to get above that. They have 22 games to accomplish that.
Damn I hoped you forgot to do it this year. I wanted to take over.
Well great job as always.
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Sorry the Canucks points to clinch a playoff spot should be equal to the amount needed to clinch the division as thats the lower number.
Reading the full post is usually a good idea:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayor Bee
Occasionally I make errors. I ask you to gently point them out so that they may be corrected as soon as possible. Some of how I do things is arbitrary; I could go a couple of days without updating, then start updating after every game the next day. There are also cases where the number to clinch a playoff spot (breaking above 8th) is actually higher than the number to clinch the division; I usually keep both numbers going. I don't know why, but I do.
Does it have something to do with the western pair playing 3 more games and thus leaving less time for Detroit to catch up?
