McKeen’s magazine has made projections in the last two seasons since the end of the lock-out. It has faired pretty well, in it’s projection on teams that would make the playoffs.
In 2005-06,It projected that,Ottawa,Philadelphia,Tampa, Boston,Montreal,Atlanta,New Jersey and Toronto. The Leafs, Trashers and Bruins did not make it. McKeen’s gets a score of 5 out of 8.
In the West, they pegged Calgary,San Jose,Nashville,Vancouver,Edmonton,Detroit,Colorado and Chicago to make it. Vancouver and Chicago did not. A score of 6 ou of 8. Total for the season, 11 out 16.
In 2006-07, McKeen’s projected Buffalo,Rangers,Carolina,Ottawa,New Jersey,Philadelphia,
Florida and Montreal to be part of the Stanley cup tournament. Only the teams in italic made it. A score of 4/8.
In the West, they chose, San Jose,Nashville,Calgary,Anaheim,Dallas,Detroit,Edmonton and Minnesota. Edmonton did not make it. A score of 7 out of 8. Total for the season, 11 out 16. A grand total of 22 out of 32, which comes up to 69%, a good average.
If you look at the scores they got in the West, it seems easier to pick the teams in that conference than in Eastern, where they got 9 out of 16 compared to the West, where they scored 13 out of 16. Would this mean that, parity is more obvisious in the East than in the West ? I will leave it up to you to decide.
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