Why is it always like this?! But great win today boys!
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1-2 losses can take you from top of the Metro to the bottom just like that. Makes games even more stressful
Loving that we have 1-3 games in hand on most of the division
Cursed to be in a competitive division no matter how good or bad we are
My husband and I are fans of competing metro teams and we don’t interact on game days after 7pm
Why is it like this? Because of “parity,” which has less to do with teams being equal than with the NHL’s point system, especially the OTL point which discourages teams from making much effort to win in the last 2 or 3 minutes of a tie game. The 3-2-1 point system would solve it.
We all have the same exact record.
Being a fan of a metro team is not a good idea if you already suffer from high blood pressure.
Look at the points percentage. 6th best record in the NHL and 3rd in the east. That’s good.
It is the hardest division in the NHL
There’s a reason more often than not the Metro sent 5 teams to the playoffs vs Atlantic only getting 3. This goes back to 2013/14 when they switched to 2 divisions in each Conference
The pens have a top 3 spot, what’s the problem?
If the playoffs were a 1-8 system instead of the current insanity, the Metro would be sending 7 teams.
Just a half-game back of the Caps and Canes.
Loser points skew everything
It’s gonna come down to inter division match ups.
Honestly the entire eastern conference is pretty even lol
This is the lifelong dream of Gary Bettman. In his ideal world, no team would be out of the playoff picture until the last game or two. This season is truly playing out as his dream of parity.
Even though it’s still early, being in the thick of a playoff picture is remarkable given that the Pens were predicted to finish dead last in the Eastern Conference and third worst team overall after San Jose and Chicago. At least it makes the season enjoyable to watch at the time being.
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1-2 losses can take you from top of the Metro to the bottom just like that. Makes games even more stressful
Loving that we have 1-3 games in hand on most of the division
Cursed to be in a competitive division no matter how good or bad we are
My husband and I are fans of competing metro teams and we don’t interact on game days after 7pm
Why is it like this? Because of “parity,” which has less to do with teams being equal than with the NHL’s point system, especially the OTL point which discourages teams from making much effort to win in the last 2 or 3 minutes of a tie game. The 3-2-1 point system would solve it.
We all have the same exact record.
Being a fan of a metro team is not a good idea if you already suffer from high blood pressure.
Look at the points percentage. 6th best record in the NHL and 3rd in the east. That’s good.
It is the hardest division in the NHL
There’s a reason more often than not the Metro sent 5 teams to the playoffs vs Atlantic only getting 3. This goes back to 2013/14 when they switched to 2 divisions in each Conference
The pens have a top 3 spot, what’s the problem?
If the playoffs were a 1-8 system instead of the current insanity, the Metro would be sending 7 teams.
Just a half-game back of the Caps and Canes.
Loser points skew everything
It’s gonna come down to inter division match ups.
Honestly the entire eastern conference is pretty even lol
This is the lifelong dream of Gary Bettman. In his ideal world, no team would be out of the playoff picture until the last game or two. This season is truly playing out as his dream of parity.
Even though it’s still early, being in the thick of a playoff picture is remarkable given that the Pens were predicted to finish dead last in the Eastern Conference and third worst team overall after San Jose and Chicago. At least it makes the season enjoyable to watch at the time being.