I agree, the Flyers haven't done enough to make a case to get in. If anything, it is the opposite. They blew the chances they had.
The problem with evaluating SOS is that I'm not sure playing the 325th ranked team is that much different than playing the 175th team but in the metric it makes a big difference. To me NC St is the poster child for gaming the system. Beat up on the low teams and improve your efficiency numbers and thus your overall NET. They just lucked into it this year. I would be that is part of the concern of releasing the formula. Once teams know it, they can schedule and pay to game it.
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