Those Darned Chicago Blackhawks

by Scott Reynolds on Jul 17, 2010 8:46 PM MDT

Did you know that the Edmonton Oilers had the best playoff winning percentage since the lockout at the start of last season? Crazy, eh? Well, not any more! Those darned Chicago Blackhawks have taken over first place. First Khabibulin, now this! Here's hoping those jerks get knocked out in the first round next Spring. Since the Oilers probably aren't going to make the playoffs, that should be enough to put Edmonton back on top. The full list of playoff win-loss records and winning percentages after the jump, but for those who like trivia, try to guess the twelve teams with more playoff wins than the Oilers' total of fifteen.

Poor Nashville. That's a lot of playoffs with not much success. Only the Calgary Flames have played more playoff games without at least one series victory... :) :) :) ... As for Edmonton's current futility, the two teams at the bottom of this chart prove that things can always be worse.

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The irony for Flames fans is the common refrain around town for years was Sutter is always trying to build a “playoff ready” team by grabbing guys who were theoretically “more useful” in the post season (Grit! Character! Etc!).

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by Kent Wilson on Jul 18, 2010 12:26 PM MDT reply actions

Do you know who was fucking terrific in the playoffs? Fernando Pisani.

OH CHRIST OH CHRIST OH CHRIST

by Benjamin Massey on Jul 18, 2010 1:13 PM MDT up reply actions

At one point, I was going to go through every playoff team since the lockout and find out exactly how much Stanley Cup final experience they had as a way of saying that this, “we need more guys who’ve been there before/won before” thing is a load of horseshit. Well, I can already say it, but that would be pretty nice evidence to disprove it, all things considered.

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by Doogie2K on Jul 19, 2010 7:19 AM MDT up reply actions

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Northwest Standings

	GP	W	L	OTL	PT
Vancouver Nucks Misconduct	53	33	15	5	71
Minnesota Hockey Wilderness	53	25	20	8	58
Calgary Matchsticks and Gasoline	54	25	22	7	57
Colorado Mile High Hockey	55	27	25	3	57
Edmonton The Copper & Blue	54	21	28	5	47

(updated 2.9.2012 at 7:25 AM MST)

21 - 28 - 5

Streak: Lost 2

Oilers Schedule

Next 5 Games

@ Ottawa Silver Seven	Sat 02/11	12:00 PM MST
Toronto Pension Plan Puppets	Wed 02/15	8:00 PM MST
Colorado Mile High Hockey	Fri 02/17	7:30 PM MST
Vancouver Nucks Misconduct	Sun 02/19	7:00 PM MST
@ Calgary Matchsticks and Gasoline	Tue 02/21	7:00 PM MST

Last 5 Games

@ Detroit Winging It In Motown	Wed 02/08	L 2 - 4
@ Toronto Pension Plan Puppets	Mon 02/06	L 3 - 6
Detroit Winging It In Motown	Sat 02/04	SO - W 5 - 4
Chicago Second City Hockey	Thu 02/02	W 8 - 4
Colorado Mile High Hockey	Tue 01/31	W 3 - 2