win %

brooklynhabfan · Guru

win %

NorthwindNS · Veteran Member

brooklynhabfan wrote:

Anyone else wish they would put the standings in order of win percentage? (like in baseball)

I am not familiar with the baseball win percentage system of standings. Personally, I like the points system. I realize you have to take into consideration the number of games played by each team, ect. But, the percentage sounds like a good idea, but it is unlikely that the NHL will ever use it.

brooklynhabfan · Guru

you'd still have points, but a % stat would just be "total potential points divided by actual points"

Nil d · Guru

brooklynhabfan wrote:

you'd still have points, but a % stat would just be "total potential points divided by actual points"

Or even simpler, Percentage = actual points/(games X 2)

brooklynhabfan · Guru

Nil d wrote:

Or even simpler, Percentage = actual points/(games X 2)

Yes, you got it right, I was backward on that. There might have been beer involved. Or a general dismal failure in the math department. Or both.

Nil d · Guru

brooklynhabfan wrote:

Nil d wrote: Or even simpler, Percentage = actual points/(games X 2) Yes, you got it right, I was backward on that. There might have been beer involved. Or a general dismal failure in the math department. Or both. [img]

Actually I hadn't noticed that you had it upside down. You should have said Actual points divided by Potential points.

-- Edited by Nil d at 19:22, 2005-11-06