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[Hockeytown0001]

http://www.sportsclu...est/Flames.html

However, Colorado needs to pick it up. Flames are 4 points back of the Avs, but 8 behind Detroit.

[CanadaBoy]

Detroit Red Wings Playoff Chances:
Beat Oilers 5-4, playoff odds up 0.4 to 99.7%

Edited by CanadaBoy, 31 March 2010 - 11:13 AM.

[Hockeytown0001]

Detroit Red Wings Playoff Chances:
Beat Oilers 5-4, playoff odds up 0.4 to 99.7%

[edicius]

And if you look at that, even if we lost the remaining 6 games of the season, we'd still have a 66% chance of making the playoffs. A far cry from the 34% we were at a little over a month ago.

[mindfly]

And if you look at that, even if we lost the remaining 6 games of the season, we'd still have a 66% chance of making the playoffs. A far cry from the 34% we were at a little over a month ago.

Hush hush don't even think about it

[cusimano_brothers]

No playoffs, no more Sutters in Calgary?

[puffy]

That's what you get for grabbing a bunch of Toronto Maple Leafs in order to make the playoffs.

[GMRwings1983]

These stats dont' make any sense.

They're only 2 games behind Colorado. How can their chances be 3%? It'd be more like 25% when you think about it with common sense.

For instance, if they win tonight and Calgary loses, then that'll make the 3% look silly all of a sudden.

[kylee]

These stats dont' make any sense.

that's what i was thinking earlier.

the wings have a 0% chance at catching the blackhawks? sure, it's awfully unlikely after the hawks W tonight, but were the guys at yahoo sports just grabbing numbers out of the air or what?

[GMRwings1983]

that's what i was thinking earlier.

the wings have a 0% chance at catching the blackhawks? sure, it's awfully unlikely after the hawks W tonight, but were the guys at yahoo sports just grabbing numbers out of the air or what?

3% is just such a small number.

I mean I probably have a 3% chance of marrying some famous chick, but I think Calgary's chances of winning two in a row with Colorado losing two in a row have to be better.

[adubs]

That's what you get for grabbing a bunch of Toronto Maple Leafs in order to make the playoffs.

Yeah... well except, you know... they've been better since those trades.

[Drake_Marcus]

No playoffs, no more Sutters in Calgary?

One would assume so but who knows- it's not like they're riding on recent success right now.

[Hockeytown0001]

That 3.9% had to have gone up now after tonight's win.

[soultrain]

I mean I probably have a 3% chance of marrying some famous chick, but I think Calgary's chances of winning two in a row with Colorado losing two in a row have to be better.

dude your chances will go up at least 10% when you hit 10,000 posts!

[Drake_Marcus]

3% is just such a small number.

I mean I probably have a 3% chance of marrying some famous chick, but I think Calgary's chances of winning two in a row with Colorado losing two in a row have to be better.

Dude-- that Cali guy is right. 10,000 posts? I'm simultaneously sickened and jealous. Here's the kicker... how many were about toughness, grit, hitting or fighting?

[swiss_fan]

These totally stupids stats flourish everywhere, i have seen them on HFboards also. I just don't understand where they come from and since when there is a possibility to predict the future so. Totally stupid as we see it now: the flames chances are much higher than 3%...

[dat's sick]

Calgary has a 50% chance of making the playoffs.

Either they do or they don't. Pretty simple math.

[stormboy]

Calgary has a 50% chance of making the playoffs.

Either they do or they don't. Pretty simple math.

i'm not sure if you're joking or not. i know a guy who gets really irritated with weather people because when they say "there's a thirty seven percent chance of rain," he's all, "there's a fifty-fifty chance--either it's raining or it's not!" that doesn't stand to reason. there are two choices, yes, but that doesn't mean that each one of them is equally likely. like i said, not sure if you're joking or not...that's sort of a pet peeve of mine, so if you were kidding, congrats on successful trolling (intentional or otherwise)!

[Batigol2k]

I am wondering what program they use for their calculation...perhaps Microsoft Excel?

It might be possible...but I am not giving it a try...

Edited by Batigol2k, 01 April 2010 - 06:05 AM.

[P. Marlowe]

i'm not sure if you're joking or not. i know a guy who gets really irritated with weather people because when they say "there's a thirty seven percent chance of rain," he's all, "there's a fifty-fifty chance--either it's raining or it's not!" that doesn't stand to reason. there are two choices, yes, but that doesn't mean that each one of them is equally likely. like i said, not sure if you're joking or not...that's sort of a pet peeve of mine, so if you were kidding, congrats on successful trolling (intentional or otherwise)!

There's a 50-50 chance. Either he's kidding or he's not.