I know there were a lot of under chases in the past...mainly cuz of the different style of hockey being played prior to the lockout.
The over seems to hit more frequently this year (and last year)....
so maybe playing ONLY over chases may not be a bad idea.
Well, this system has only been tracked since post-lockout. There would be no point going back before that, because quite simply it was a different game.
This year, there have been 106 OVERS 95 UNDERS 6 PUSHES on totals. So it's been fairly even for the most part... you have your over nights, you have your under nights... it more or less evens out. The problem might be team-based... as in certain teams just playing a certain type of hockey (whether it be due to injury, style, etc) and the totals just being lop sided. Below, highlighted are the teams with a gap of 4, OR MORE THAN 4, games between totals (5-1, 2-6, 10-3, etc):
TEAM O-U-P
Anaheim 8-6-1
Atlanta 9-5-0
Boston 8-6-0
Buffalo 6-7-0
Calgary 7-8-0
Carolina 6-8-0
Chicago 8-3-1
Colorado 8-6-0
Columbus 10-4-1
Dallas 10-3-1
Detroit 8-4-0
Edmonton 5-7-0
Florida 4-9-0
Los Angeles 6-6-0
Minnesota 5-6-2
Montreal 7-4-0
Nashville 8-6-0
New Jersey 5-5-2
NY Islanders 10-3-0
NY Rangers 6-9-1
Ottawa 5-9-0
Philadelphia 8-5-0
Phoenix 3-7-1
Pittsburgh 5-9-0
San Jose 7-7-0
St. Louis 10-3-0
Tampa Bay 5-7-0
Toronto 9-5-0
Vancouver 9-6-0
Washington 7-6-0
Note that 5 of our 7 series losses are from highlighted teams. Three more of the highlights (Atlanta, Chicago and Ottawa) are on Game 2 or further chase, with Ottawa on Game 3. All you can gather from this is that the streaky teams are hurting us (no shit, huh?)... but most of the "streaky teams" are over-favored.
Which brings me back to the point that these 5.5 lines MUST be adjusted... but the NHL is 106-95-6 this year, which is very close to 50%, so then do they really need to be changed? :think2: