I wanted to see who we're better off paying against with our bye vs their short rest. (Sims said at award ceremony we're probably playing on the 23rd)
I couldn't find the stats anywhere about league records on short rest. So I just focused on the 3 teams we could be playing. I ignored USOC & Canadian matches because those are rotated squads (except for Toronto after the 2nd leg of championship). I also broke the 3-4 days rest into away/home games, since the team will be playing away vs us. And differentiated if they played 3 or more short rest games in a row, since the team really tires out at that point (except for NJ!!). Here's what I came up with:
DCU
away 2-0-1
home 0-1-3
3 straight 0-3-0
Total 2-4-4
NJRB
away 2-2-1
home 0-1-1
3 straight 3-3-1
Total 5-6-3
TOR
away 0-2-1
home 3-0-0
3 straight 1-2-2
4 straight 0-0-1
5 straight 0-1-0
Total 4-5-4
Toronto had a stretch early in the year where they played 5 straight matches on short rest, hence the extra columns. Looks like they are also the most vulnerable away on short rest of the 3 teams. Based on these results, I'd say we should root for Toronto to come out of the 4/5 seed and play us in the 2nd round.
I couldn't find the stats anywhere about league records on short rest. So I just focused on the 3 teams we could be playing. I ignored USOC & Canadian matches because those are rotated squads (except for Toronto after the 2nd leg of championship). I also broke the 3-4 days rest into away/home games, since the team will be playing away vs us. And differentiated if they played 3 or more short rest games in a row, since the team really tires out at that point (except for NJ!!). Here's what I came up with:
DCU
away 2-0-1
home 0-1-3
3 straight 0-3-0
Total 2-4-4
NJRB
away 2-2-1
home 0-1-1
3 straight 3-3-1
Total 5-6-3
TOR
away 0-2-1
home 3-0-0
3 straight 1-2-2
4 straight 0-0-1
5 straight 0-1-0
Total 4-5-4
Toronto had a stretch early in the year where they played 5 straight matches on short rest, hence the extra columns. Looks like they are also the most vulnerable away on short rest of the 3 teams. Based on these results, I'd say we should root for Toronto to come out of the 4/5 seed and play us in the 2nd round.