Our success is fueled by by being the underdog. I’ve been sending weekly threats to various sports writers, threatening to reveal the dark secrets, if they mention in any way the the Knights are any good.
Also, we’re riding a 30 year old career backup goalie through the postseason. (no offense intended, I love LB, but I think that may have something to do with the doubt)
TheseMoviesIwant
a lot of the odds are based on what bettors are saying not real analytics. Edmonton fans are betting they win. Most people from Vegas, I lived in Vegas as well, don’t gamble. They avoid the strip at all costs. So, Edmonton is swinging this
UnhealthyCheesecake
I think Bruce summed it up pretty well
>”I think if you look at our underlying numbers, we aren’t particularly the best at anything except Wins, and that’s the only one that matters.”
We aren’t exactly analytical darlings, but the team still finds ways to win. I wouldn’t be *too* concerned to be honest, I’m pretty sure most analytics models had Colorado heavily favored against the Kraken and you all saw what just transpired. While the numbers are nice, and I myself am a big fan of analytics, they are not infallible, especially with how random our game is, and the fact that the games are played on ice and not a spreadsheet.
DonkenG
Most of our stats come from games without Stone since he was missing most of the season. It’s a different team playing now then the one from all the stats, but there is no way to update those stats based on players returning. I’m fine with 35%, that’s higher then Trump had in 2016 US President election and we know how that turned out.
eth1625
I think it’s because our pk is not very good and Edmonton’s pp is the greatest ever. Regardless of if we take the least penalties in the league we’re still gonna take them and they’ll result in 1 to 2 goals a game. Our depth is good but not quite as good as Edmonton. Edmontons offence is elite and their top end talent is best in the league. Defence is pretty even now that Edmonton has Ekholm and goaltending is even imo. Edmonton is pretty stacked and match’s up well, so it makes sense why their heavily favoured.
okalien73
I guess it’s because we’re up against the best player in the world
rattlehead42069
Vegas just ignored this season. Winnipeg was the favored to win despite being bottom seed against the west conference champions.
Articles I’ve seen even called Vegas the “top seed” in quotations like we didn’t deserve it or something. Edmonton is apparently gonna wreck us even though they couldn’t surpass us in the regular season despite being “the hottest team in the league”
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Our success is fueled by by being the underdog. I’ve been sending weekly threats to various sports writers, threatening to reveal the dark secrets, if they mention in any way the the Knights are any good.
Also, we’re riding a 30 year old career backup goalie through the postseason. (no offense intended, I love LB, but I think that may have something to do with the doubt)
a lot of the odds are based on what bettors are saying not real analytics. Edmonton fans are betting they win. Most people from Vegas, I lived in Vegas as well, don’t gamble. They avoid the strip at all costs. So, Edmonton is swinging this
I think Bruce summed it up pretty well
>”I think if you look at our underlying numbers, we aren’t particularly the best at anything except Wins, and that’s the only one that matters.”
We aren’t exactly analytical darlings, but the team still finds ways to win. I wouldn’t be *too* concerned to be honest, I’m pretty sure most analytics models had Colorado heavily favored against the Kraken and you all saw what just transpired. While the numbers are nice, and I myself am a big fan of analytics, they are not infallible, especially with how random our game is, and the fact that the games are played on ice and not a spreadsheet.
Most of our stats come from games without Stone since he was missing most of the season. It’s a different team playing now then the one from all the stats, but there is no way to update those stats based on players returning. I’m fine with 35%, that’s higher then Trump had in 2016 US President election and we know how that turned out.
I think it’s because our pk is not very good and Edmonton’s pp is the greatest ever. Regardless of if we take the least penalties in the league we’re still gonna take them and they’ll result in 1 to 2 goals a game. Our depth is good but not quite as good as Edmonton. Edmontons offence is elite and their top end talent is best in the league. Defence is pretty even now that Edmonton has Ekholm and goaltending is even imo. Edmonton is pretty stacked and match’s up well, so it makes sense why their heavily favoured.
I guess it’s because we’re up against the best player in the world
Vegas just ignored this season. Winnipeg was the favored to win despite being bottom seed against the west conference champions.
Articles I’ve seen even called Vegas the “top seed” in quotations like we didn’t deserve it or something. Edmonton is apparently gonna wreck us even though they couldn’t surpass us in the regular season despite being “the hottest team in the league”