538 gives the Wild a 6% chance to make the Stanley Cup Final. That seems about right.
This feels like impossibly easy money if there's a way to bet on this in Vegas. You'd wager a lot to win a little, probably, but it's practically certain what's going to happen in both cases.
You could wager on every team but Minnesota to Win the Conference. That would require 7 wagers in the NHL & 8 for the NBA.
No change tonight!
No matter how you slice this statistically, it's really...something.
On top of that, there have only been 7 appearances by a Minnesota team in the SEMIFINALS since the last title.
Never thought I'd say this but thank God the Vikings have been around to give that hope once a decade.
Wolves were actually '04.
I mean, theoretically closer time-wise based on the theory that this will end some day, but that's only a theory; it's never been tested. But yes, no closer possibilities/potential-wise. The closest we've been has been the Vikes in '98 and '09, which were both a whisker away from the Super Bowl. None of our current teams are anywhere near as good as those two Viking teams. Those shape up as the high water marks as far as the eye can see. As Sundance said, "Maybe this is the garden spot in all of Bolivia."
Seattle is an interesting comp. M's are bearing down on 50 years of existence without an American League pennant.
And Vikings should be ‘00 and ‘17, not ‘01 and ‘18.
NFL is always confusing as the playoffs (generally) have been in the next calendar year after the regular season, but yes should be the '98, '00, '09 & '17 seasons for the Vikes. The NFC Championship defeats all came the following January.
1998-2005 were the good old days. We just didn't know it....
We call those the good old days.
20 years ago now!
We're going to have to wait a few months for the next one. The short attention span people are going to have to find a hobby or something.
