[second_sight_kyle]

Actually, I'm doing just fine without your condescending reading suggestions, thanks. Saying the season series is a better gauge than a single game is pretty meaningless because it still doesn't really answer any questions. The better team makes it through the PLAYOFFS. Ottawa handled buffalo in the regular season last year, and what did it get them? nothing. And by the way, Einstein, add up the goals for and against in buf vs ottawa last year. If i remember correctly, one game alone ottawa beat buffalo 10-4. Ottawa dominated the season series last year, everyone but you seems to know this.

And since apparently I have to spell everything out for you, let me rephrase: the regular season means nothing compared to the postseason. Is that easier for you to understand? Once the postseason starts, who beat whom in the regular season means absolutely nothing, as evidenced by the countless examples of teams getting thrashed by teams they owned in the regular season. Obviously the regular season is meaningful in determining who is in the playoffs, where they're seeded, etc but beyond that it doesnt mean anything once it's over. Is that more clear for you? Seriously, I didnt think this extent of an explanation was neccesary, but then again, according to you, I am the one who doesn't know hockey. Anyone who bothers to hang their hat on the outcome of a season series or really anything to do with the regular season as a determining factor in who the best team is, (YOU) is the one who doesn't know shit about hockey or any other sport.

I actually think I need to keep the condescending tone, sorry. I still think you do not know much about hockey, especially since your little spiel was more about defending your first baseless post than it was about clarifying things for me.

So you added the clause, "the regular season is nothing when compared to the postseason." Good for you, you can pat yourself on the back for that one. I agree, but it's too bad my original statement was talking about how the end of the regular season is important for the teams struggling to make the playoffs. So with regard to all the rest you wrote about the regular season not determining who wins in the playoffs...kudos to you again, if my original post was referring to such a situation, then maybe I'd care more about what you wrote.

Saying who wins a season series in the regular season is a better gauge of the better team than a single game, and it is not meaningless. You can call it statistics, the laws of probability, whatever you want. The fact is that rankings and ratings are based around whom beats whom. If team A beats team B 5 times, and loses 3 times, then we can logically conclude that team A was better than team B. You could make the judgment based on one game, but of course the estimate gets better with the greater amount of games played. It really isn't difficult buddy.

Actually, the point at which i jumped in to this was when you said that since ottawa has earned more points out of the season series against buffalo than buffalo has, ottawa must be a better team. I NEVER said anything about one game being a good gauge for anything, dumbfuck. But if you really think that the regular season series is THE way to determine which team is better, than you are a blithering retard. Just to refresh your memory, in 2005-2006 Ottawa outscored buffalo 36-16 in head to head contests, winning 5 of 8 (2 of buffalo's 3 wins were in extra time - one in OT, one in SO). BUT IN THE PLAYOFFS, WHEN IT ACTUALLY MATTERS, Buffalo knocked the worthless underachieving sens out in 5. THAT is a real gauge - who can win WHEN IT ACTUALLY MATTERS. The fact that you fail to see this is hilarious to me.

Right, and then I went on (in my last post) to explain why Ottawa is a better team. If you are an analyst and you have to make a prediction about which team is going to win in a playoff match, you will go with the team who won the season series. I don't give a shit about your playoff folk theories, the entire time I was talking about the regular season. Since it is still February, I can't tell you which team I think is a better team in the playoffs. You see how that works? You see how I took the information available to me about the regular season thus far, and made a logical judgment? Now if you don't understand that, then it is my turn to say what I find hilarious. When the playoffs arrive, and if the two teams meet, and if Buffalo wins, then I'll change my mind and say that Buffalo is the better team "in the playoffs when it actually matters," as you say. Until then, this is a different season than last.