Comments on: Regular Seasons of Cup Winners (plus this year’s Kings and Devils)

By: Quisp

Quisp — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:40:00 +0000

In order to get the columns to sort properly (i.e. with 1,2,3,4 at the top when sorting in ascending order) I give all blank fields a default value of “99″. That way, when sorted in ascending order, all the rows with no value in that column go to the bottom, not the top. Otherwise, the chart treats the blank fields as “0″ and puts them first. And that’s ugly and annoying.

(I’m sure there’s a better way to achieve this, but I’m self-taught.) The reason you don’t see the 99s is that I format them all “color:#000000″ (i.e. white). But I used find/replace to grab all the 99s and format them accordingly, forgetting that there were a handful of teams that finished with 99 points. (You can see the 99s if you “select” the blank fields. But normally they’re invisible.)

By: Garrett79

Garrett79 — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:55:00 +0000

What happened??

By: Quisp

Quisp — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:05:00 +0000

Fixed.

By: Quisp

Quisp — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:55:00 +0000

Ah, funny. I know what happened there. See if you can figure it out before I fix it.

By: Doughty99

Doughty99 — Mon, 28 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Looks like the Kings have to win it next year too, before they finally get their due.

By: Garrett79

Garrett79 — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:45:00 +0000

Some moron on NPR was saying that the top seeds don’t really get an advantage in the playoffs and that they should start with 2-0 leads in the series.

Guess what, shithead, the Kings could have spotted the Canucks a 2-0 lead and still taken that series. Same goes for the Blues and the Coyotes. This Kings team has been one of the most dominant playoff teams ever. If you look at their overall record now including regular season and playoffs, they are 52-29-15. Anybody gonna tell me that that record isn’t impressive?

Also, if you look at the playoff records of all the Stanley Cup-winning teams over the past 25 years you see that the Kings (and to a lesser extent, New Jersey), have mighty impressive numbers. If the Kings win the Cup, the worst their playoff record could be is 16-5, which ties for the 3rd best mark in the 25 years of requiring 16 wins to get the Cup. And when you consider that the competition they have faced are those teams who were supposedly the best, it’s even more striking.

Fuck anyone who think the Kings don’t deserve where they are. These people are ignorant.

By: Garrett79

Garrett79 — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:38:00 +0000

How come the 2009 Pens don’t have a point total?

By: Garrett79

Garrett79 — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:38:00 +0000

Ditto, 1970 Bruins

By: Quisp

Quisp — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:49:00 +0000

That’s a good point. I will try on your point of view, see how it fits me.

By: uvgt2bkdnme

uvgt2bkdnme — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:25:00 +0000

personally, i see it as a remarkable accomplishment, to become the first 6th seed in the case of the Devils or 8th seed in the case of the Kings to win the Stanley Cup, depending on who ultimately wins it. but i get where you’re coming from when you see read it elsewhere.