Guest Jason Report post Posted March 9, 2007 Can anyone explain why the Wings are ranked #4 in the western conference and not second. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PolskAltima 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 division leaders are always 1-3 seeds... then comes everyone else... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown Red Wings 245 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 Because division leaders automatically get the top 3 spots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aflac9262 211 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 #1 (Best Division Leader) [Most Points among top 3 division leaders] #2 (Second Best Division Leader) #3 (Third Best Division Leader) #4 - #8 = Non-Division leaders ranked among points Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HomeNugget 2 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 the division leaders are ranked 1-3. the wings are second to nashville in the central. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lfd250 1 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 and when we're tied with Nashville the tie breaker is wins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LivingtheDream Report post Posted March 9, 2007 For once can't we be happy to not be #1 or even close? I say give it a try this year. After all it didn't hurt the Oilers last season or the Ducks under Babcock!Being number 1 only helped us one year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetter is Better 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) I hate the NHL ranking system. Its so stupid. Maybe eleminate divisions? and only have confrences Edited March 9, 2007 by Zetter is Better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrazyGangsta 79 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 you know what i dont like when its tied ... they check the wins ... they should check the games won or loss against the team your tied Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kozac 10 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 Nashville's record is so overly-inflated by beating up the weak division this year Yes i kind of hope Nashville takes the presidents trophy so this comment can go to them this time around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Covenant 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 Nashville's record is so overly-inflated by beating up the weak division this year Yes i kind of hope Nashville takes the presidents trophy so this comment can go to them this time around. I couldn't agree more. As long as we have home ice for Round One, I'm secretly happy that we don't have that moniker of "Best in the NHL during the regular season" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingslogo19 281 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 Because division leaders automatically get the top 3 spots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 I've always thought it was silly that the division leaders should be ranked 1-3 and then by points after that, rather than just ranking the entire conference by points. However, I think there is some logic to it in that if you have 2 strong teams in a division with 3 very weak teams, you could argue that their points would be inflated and the #2 team in that division "maybe" has more points than they would have if they played in a different division. I know that's a difficult argument to make, but I'm looking for some logic to it. I guess the other logic is that you could theoretically have a divsion winner finish with less points than the top 8 in the conference and therefore miss the playoffs, which would basically mean that divisions are pointless and in that case, you should just get rid of the divisions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites