Magic Number Thread!

[beLIEve]

82

[relantel]

hey, Straka wearing the C...


(From this article - doesn't identify which game photo is from but appears to be 99-00 season: http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=632737

[relantel]

By my calc, 9th in max points is 88 (TOR, NYR, CAR). Which ought to mean the MN is 77 (88 - 12 + 1)

[relantel]

I calc 9th max now as 87, a decrease of 1, combined with the win, MN should be 74 (McKee)

[relantel]

[relantel]

no change to 9th most max last night, so MN unchanged.

[beLIEve]

71

[beLIEve]

67

[relantel]

67

Find images of Paul Bissonnette in the overseas games vs OTT, as the only one other than Goligoski to wear 67*. Best I could find was an image of a hockey card. He switched to 16 on return to Pittsburgh.

*Nick Petersen was assigned 67 while he was on IR to start the 11-12 season but never played.

[relantel]

61 methinks. (Which would be Luca Caputi, or Patrick Killeen (dressed as backup but did not play)

[relantel]

58? Think Tampa is 9th max at 81.

[beLIEve]

54

[relantel]

54 was assigned to Ryan Lannon when he was called up 1-7-08, but he never dressed before being sent back down on 1-20-08. Later worn by Alexandre Picard.

[relantel]

[sprtn55]

With Tampa Bay's loss last night, MN should be down to 52.

[relantel]

With Tampa Bay's loss last night, MN should be down to 52.

Yup.

[pronovost19]

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[tfrizz]

Didn't want to start a new thread for this. http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/East ... burgh.html

According to Sports Club Stats, the Pens currently have a 97.1% chance of making playoffs, a 78% chance of winning the Atlantic Division, and a 13% chance of winning the Eastern Conference. They also predict that a 14-9-2 record guarantees a playoff spot ("In"), a 13-10-2 record virtually guarantees a spot ("100%"), and a 12-11-2 record keeps them above a 99% chance of making playoffs.

[relantel]

I have it calc'd as Orpik now, as Winnipeg is now 9th max at 73 points.

[pensfan1989]

[CERV96]

I know this is off PR topic b ut just wondering if anyone can figure out Chicago's MN. Has to be reaching single didgits no?

[psubreno14]

I know this is off PR topic b ut just wondering if anyone can figure out Chicago's MN. Has to be reaching single didgits no?

[CERV96]

Wow, I figured it would be lower than that.

[beLIEve]

Wow, I figured it would be lower than that.

They're only 13 points ahead of the pens. Add in a couple points for the bubble teams in the west being a bit higher than those in the east, and a 10 point gap between Pittsburgh and Chicago magic numbers make sense.