5 of the top 6 teams are from out of the West.
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Pierre-Luc Dubas
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4 of the 5 worst teams are also in the west.
East = tougher regular season
West = tougher playoffs
East = tougher regular season
West = tougher playoffs
Deno
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So does this mean the west has more good teams or they have the most bad teams? Or do they have both?
The east typical best teams have declined, and the bottom teams have improved.
Teams that have been good that have taken a hit:
Florida - back to back cup finals means less recovery. Also lost a few players.
New York Rangers - players having bad years or maybe they are not as good as advertised.
Boston - krejci and beefy gone, the decline is real. Overpaying ufa’s and a goalie.
Tampa - lost all their Stanley cup winning depth. Made a pivot last summer that helped. Good team but likely cup glory days are over.
New Jersey - a young talented team that needs more lessons to become successful in the playoffs.
Carolina - a well coached team with well coached players. Offensive depth and goaltending are what always make Carolina a bridesmade then a bride
Toronto - square peg meets round hole. Core 4 lack the intensity and determination needed for playoff hockey. M.Reilly as your #1 d man is not winning you a cup.
Washington - a surprise team but everyone waiting for midnight to strike on this Cinderella
Teams that have been good that have taken a hit:
Florida - back to back cup finals means less recovery. Also lost a few players.
New York Rangers - players having bad years or maybe they are not as good as advertised.
Boston - krejci and beefy gone, the decline is real. Overpaying ufa’s and a goalie.
Tampa - lost all their Stanley cup winning depth. Made a pivot last summer that helped. Good team but likely cup glory days are over.
New Jersey - a young talented team that needs more lessons to become successful in the playoffs.
Carolina - a well coached team with well coached players. Offensive depth and goaltending are what always make Carolina a bridesmade then a bride
Toronto - square peg meets round hole. Core 4 lack the intensity and determination needed for playoff hockey. M.Reilly as your #1 d man is not winning you a cup.
Washington - a surprise team but everyone waiting for midnight to strike on this Cinderella
dirtydanglez
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I bet you we’ll see at least one team from the east in the cup final this year, that’s how good they are
Schennanigans
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Reality Czech
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Not by my count. Detroit was in the West when they won their Cups.
miscs75
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Buffalo is in Western NY so yeah, make it six.
TheDawnOfANewTage
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Well yeah, “the west wouldn’t make the playoffs in the leaf” doesn’t make any f***ing sense.
Matty Sundin
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East seems to be going through a phase where their previous “super teams” are on the decline but the teams that were supposed to replace them are late and still figuring their shit out. It’s not just the east, the league as a whole is dealing with this along with the talent dilution and years of flat cap. Literally not 1 team this year can separate themselves above the other teams.
Hint1k
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If one conference has 5 top teams it does not mean this conference is stronger, it means this conference is way less competitive than the other one.
This.
It doesn't necessarily mean that the teams in said conference are actually better teams either, since teams play conference opponents more often than non-conference opponents. One could argue that the top 5 teams in the west have their points totals inflated due to more commonly weak opposition and that the teams out east have fewer points because they have to play each other more often, and are actually better teams than the western teams with more points in the standings.
Overall interconference record can be a good indicator sometimes as well.
Academic discussion since the winners of the conference brackets play each other in the SCF, but would suggest that it is true that the East teams get a lot more media attention than the West because there are more media hubs East of the Mississippi and the many media folks there will often snooze off before the last West games reach their result (ditto for most East Coast fans). Thus, there will almost always be a perception that the East is the stronger conference, simply because it gets the most media attention, dispelled only in some years by the SCF.
Would also suggest that hockey is not alone in this regard.
Would also suggest that hockey is not alone in this regard.
Lol there's an east team every year. It's east vs west in the final
I would like to assume that @benr was making a joke, but you can never be too sure about things like that.
MrHeiskanen
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