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Re: Game day thread 22 Sept 2016

From: (Anonymous)
ayrt

I think you're right, that actually seems most likely. I just hope he, like, realizes what the actual error was at some point? He doesn't sound like he does, but then again, I wouldn't fess up to the press about that either.

I totally agree with you on that last bit from a fan point of view, because I definitely thought I'd worked out all the scenarios, then second guessed myself and had to count out each scenario's goal diff. But for a staff full of coaches it's insupportable. They also basically did what you said, except they played for OT sort-of-on-purpose, misinterpreted the unfamiliar rule wrong and surprise, they're probably going home when they didn't have to. But I do get that it's different, because that sort of aggressiveness feels risky -- and not only is the culture generally risk-averse, I feel like normal league play definitely rewards trying for the loser point over going aggressively for the win. In this case, it was just a total miscalculation of what the risk was, in a situation where what's normally the "risky" play becomes actually probably the safest one.

(Sorry, I'm totally one of the nerds who loves working out every single scenario for playoff clinches/eliminations without "looking at the answers" because I think it's fun.)

Re: Game day thread 22 Sept 2016

From: (Anonymous)
DA (Do you follow NCAA DI men's hockey? If not, you might have fun starting in mid-January and February figuring out who's going to the NCAA playoffs in positions roughly 12-16, although personally I don't know anyone who can do it without "cheating" and using the Pairwise calculator at some point.)