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From: absary@water.UUCP (Al Sary)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Re: out in the cold of Adams division
Message-ID: <210@water.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 16:03:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 16:03:16 1986
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References: <838@decwrl.DEC.COM> <653@steinmetz.UUCP>
Reply-To: absary@water.UUCP (Al Sary)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <653@steinmetz.UUCP> hammond@steinmetz.UUCP (Steve Hammond) writes:

>night.  :-)  I think that Hartford will be left out which
>is a shame when there are teams like Detroit and NJ that
>are really bad but have a chance to make the playoffs.
>

New Jersey?  You got to be joking.  They have no chance of making the playoffs,
being second to last (or around there) in the NHL, and having .500 teams to
catch.

On the other hand, how about Vancouver, LA, and Winnipeg from the Smythe.
Two of those teams will make the playoffs, with currently Vancouver being
waaaaay ahead (by 2 points) in the fight for last place in the division, and
they are -11 currently.  The current playoff format isn't perfect; with the
old format, one of the three would still make the playoffs, quickly
ousted by the Oilers in the first round.

A comment to the original postings; I also think that Hartford will be the one
left out of the playoffs from the Adams division, and that they need a
different difision to ever do make the playoffs.  Also, the Rangers will make
it and Pittsburgh won't.

-- 

Al Sary, CS Dep., U. of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1

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