Exhibition vs Regular season

From the department of nobody cares.....the final 09-10 exhibition season standings are up....I know, I know, they're irrelevant, etc, etc. But just how irrelevant are they?

Well, take a look at LAST year's exhibition results, compared to the team's eventual regular season results:

Team	08-09 Exh.	08-09 Reg	Diff.
Calgary Hitmen	0.333	0.847	0.514
Saskatoon Blades	0.333	0.715	0.382
Vancouver Giants	0.583	0.826	0.243
Medicine Hat Tigers	0.333	0.549	0.216
Tri-City Americans	0.500	0.701	0.201
Lethbridge Hurricanes	0.400	0.521	0.121
Spokane Chiefs	0.571	0.660	0.089
Kelowna Rockets	0.625	0.681	0.056
Portland Winter Hawks	0.250	0.299	0.049
Prince Albert Raiders	0.417	0.465	0.048
Kootenay Ice	0.500	0.542	0.042
Prince George Cougars	0.333	0.368	0.035
Swift Current Broncos	0.583	0.597	0.014
Brandon Wheat Kings	0.750	0.701	-0.049
Seattle Thunderbirds	0.571	0.521	-0.05
Edmonton Oil Kings	0.571	0.465	-0.106
Chilliwack Bruins	0.429	0.312	-0.117
Everett Silvertips	0.571	0.438	-0.133
Moose Jaw Warriors	0.500	0.285	-0.215
Regina Pats	0.714	0.417	-0.297
Kamloops Blazers	0.833	0.500	-0.333
Red Deer Rebels	0.833	0.417	-0.416

So that .833 winning percentage in the preseason sure didn't help Red Deer much once the games started counting. And Calgary and Saskatoon were brutal in the preseason last year but ended up 1st and 3rd overall in the regular season.