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Here's the playoff picture after 13 games for Canada A #2, with 3 games left to play.

The number in {brackets} next to each team is their "magic number." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_%28sports%29 ) Any combination of wins by your team or losses by the team you need to finish ahead of means you clinch a playoff spot.

EASTERN CONFERENCE
1 Puvirnituq Musketeers 13-0 [CLINCHED TOP-4] {2 for top-2}
2 Winnipeg Wolves 12-1 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {1 for top-4}
3 Quebec Quasars 11-2 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {2 for top-4}
4 Antioch Inferno 10-3 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {3 for top-4}
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5 Hamilton Lightning 9-4 {1}
6 Lancaster Hustlas 9-4 {1}
7 Halifax Fighting Irish 8-5 {2}
8 Lincoln Lucky 7-6 {2}
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9 Niagara Assassins 6-7 {5}
10 Blitzkrieg Bandits 5-8 {6}
11 Nova Scotia Snakes 4-9 [ELIMINATED]
12 S.W.O. Swamp Donkeys 4-9 [ELIMINATED]
13 Toronto Bobcats 3-10 [ELIMINATED]
14 Yellowknife Rented Mules 2-11 [ELIMINATED]
15 Canadian Military 1-12 [ELIMINATED]
16 Sacramento Terror 0-13 [ELIMINATED]

Puvi clinched home field for the opening round.
Nova Scotia, SWO, Toronto and Yellowknife were eliminated.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE
1 Port Moody Megalodon 12-1 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {2 for top-4}
2 Laval Lumberjacks 11-2 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {3 for top-4}
3 Gaffney Indians 11-2 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {3 for top-4}
4 Listowel Huskies 10-3 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {4 for top-4}
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5 Tradewest Battletoads 10-3 [CLINCHED TOP-8] {4 for top-4}
6 Ogopogo Lake Monsters 9-4 {1}
7 Québec City Dirtbags 6-7 {3}
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8t Memphis Maulers 6-7 {4}
8t Saskatchewan Wolf Pack 6-7 {4}
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10 Grise Fjord Carats 6-7 {4}
11 Westwood Bruins 6-7 {4}
12 Thunder Bay Titans 5-8 {5}
13 B.K. Thunderbirds 4-9 {6}
14 Saskatchewan Limas 2-11 [ELIMINATED]
15 Bologna Towers 0-13 [ELIMINATED]
16 Arctic Circle Jerks 0-13 [ELIMINATED]

Laval, Gaffney, Listowel and Tradewest all clinched playoff spots.
The Saskatchewan Limas were eliminated.

I'm guessing it's not good to have a magic number larger than the number of games left...things are really out of your hands then.

I got you guys finishing the season 8-7 with a upset over muskeeters lol don't know about them huskies

Originally posted by footballsok
I got you guys finishing the season 8-7 with a upset over muskeeters lol don't know about them huskies

8-7 in a 16 game season?

Tradewest is 3 wins for top 4 because Laval and Listowel play each other next game and we have tie-breaker over Laval.

Originally posted by XUMuskie85
Originally posted by footballsok

I got you guys finishing the season 8-7 with a upset over muskeeters lol don't know about them huskies

8-7 in a 16 game season?

ummm.. you better check that math again jk

Wow... in the West there's a huge cutoff after #6. 5 teams tied at 6-7 fighting for 3 playoff spots. And we knew what was gonna happen in the East at the beginning of the season, boy Halifax is cutting it close thoguh. I don't feel like looking it up right now, does Niagara have that head-to-head?

Originally posted by footballsok
I got you guys finishing the season 8-7 with a upset over muskeeters lol don't know about them huskies

Get yo rula out, son; those are twenty-eights. Betta go back to maf class.

Originally posted by mzsleeper02
I'm guessing it's not good to have a magic number larger than the number of games left...things are really out of your hands then.

That is correct. It means you need teams ahead of you to lose games along with your team winning games.

Originally posted by mzsleeper02
I'm guessing it's not good to have a magic number larger than the number of games left...things are really out of your hands then.

It's not bad either, hey Novus, what is everyone's magic the gathering number at the beginning of the season? 32?

Originally posted by stromstarhammer
Originally posted by mzsleeper02

I'm guessing it's not good to have a magic number larger than the number of games left...things are really out of your hands then.

It's not bad either, hey Novus, what is everyone's magic the gathering number at the beginning of the season? 32?

A blast from the past

Originally posted by stromstarhammer
Originally posted by mzsleeper02

I'm guessing it's not good to have a magic number larger than the number of games left...things are really out of your hands then.

It's not bad either, hey Novus, what is everyone's magic the gathering number at the beginning of the season? 32?

Magic the Gathering? Wow.

The forumla is the number of games remaining + 1 - your wins - the number of losses of the team you need to finish ahead of. At the start of the season, that works out to...

16 + 1 - 0 - 0 = 17.

So, everyone starts the season with a magic number of 17.

Thanks. I never understood magic by the way. I did get in on one of the first shipments of Pokemon cards in like 97 or something like that, before the show started. My cousin special ordered them from Japan... that card shop was forever debted to him.

Magic the Gathering is actually pretty fun. If it didn't cost an arm and a leg to be competitive and the cards didn't bottom out in value after two years, I'd still be playing it. At MSRP, the price of a box could let me eat out for a week, buy a pair of new release video games, or boost and buy CE for a CB, HB, and G for three seasons, with money left to spare. Even after traditional card shop discounts, that's still two seasons of boosts and CE .

Originally posted by G33
Magic the Gathering is actually pretty fun. If it didn't cost an arm and a leg to be competitive and the cards didn't bottom out in value after two years, I'd still be playing it. At MSRP, the price of a box could let me eat out for a week, buy a pair of new release video games, or boost and buy CE for a CB, HB, and G for three seasons, with money left to spare. Even after traditional card shop discounts, that's still two seasons of boosts and CE .

I played it in the mid 90's, but it got washed out with all the new editions etc too fast imo. Or maybe its just that i was like 10 when i played that i remember it as more "magical"