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Stauff Nation... Take 2 said 02/18, 02:31 PM
Try using periods when you finish sentences.

First of all the amount of all-stars you have on your team doesn't mean anything. Just because the Islanders dont have any doesn't mean they'll be in last place. That just means they don't have any studs on their team.

Secondly, the Atlantic is the 2nd closest division in the league. 10 points seperate last place Islanders from your 1st place NJ Devils, so nothing is guarenteed in that division. They still have half a season to make a move towards the top, and chances are they could easily move ahead of somebody.

DiPierto was on the Allstar team

Plus-the Devils had no allstars. They're tied for first place. The Flyers and in 4th and they had two all stars (Richards and Timonen) Shows how All-Stars really dont mean anything.

Stauff Nation... Take 2 said 02/18, 03:13 PM
That stat you just gave is irrelevant. The Islanders have the least amount of points between their top 3 scorers and they're in last place in the division, but the Devils had the 2nd least and they're tied for first. Obviously that stat doesn't account for much.

Also, the Rangers and Flyers have been playing almost as bad as the Islanders have. Pittsburg and the Devils are only 10 points ahead, so none of them are really playing stellar hockey right now. Just mediocre or slightly above mediocre. Who's to say that the Islanders can't make up a 4 point deficit with half a season remaining? The Division could end up in a totally different way at the end of the season for all we know. With such a close race on our hands it defidently could be.

Unless you point out some real evidence to show that Islanders will stay in that spot until playoff time comes around, I don't see how you can say they will. Unless you're just speculating, of course. Then again, speculating doesn't get you far in a TD, does it?

My point is that the Islanders could easily end up last in the Atlantic, but they could also end up in 3rd place just as easily. It's too close of a race to call.

Stauff Nation... Take 2 said 02/18, 03:31 PM
Well I know they're not a non-playoff team. I never said they were. Islanders in the playoffs? haha.

You brought up a good point saying that they won't improve unless they bring in a star player or something like that, but both that and your stats just helped my arguement in saying that the division is so close that its wayyyyy to early to say that any one of these teams is going to win or lose the division. 10 point difference is just too close. Plus if the Islanders did pick up a good player they could improve, thus proving my point saying that you can't label them as last place in the division until the end of the season.

You can NEVER say halfway through a season whos going to win and whos going to lose a division, because a lotta things can change in the course of half a season. You could maybe say if it's obvious who will win, but in such a close race, its foolish to say what the standings will look like in a few months from now with any form of certainty.

Good TD.