When it comes to the loves of his life, Patrick Reusse puts blogs slightly ahead of the NHL’s method of calculating its standings. So when an e-mailer noted disgustedly that the NHL only has five teams “under .500,” he bellowed that this was a case for RandBall. Find out how many teams are really under .500, counting losses in OT and a shootout, he said. So we did. And you know what? It’s 16 (with another right at .500). We figured the number would be high, but we didn’t know it would be that high. The two teams directly below the Wild (Vancouver and Calgary) in its division: both 29-30 if you count the non-regulation losses, too. Enough grade inflation, NHL. Give them a point if you want, but count those losses just the same.

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