The disrespect to the West in here is astonishingNot sure how anyone has the North ahead of the west? Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas are all better than any of the Canadian teams
We're going to be having this discussion all year.
"X division is so much better than Y Division"
Problem is there will be no way to prove anything.
Wrongamundo. Maybe Colorado and Vegas. No way in hell the Blues though.Not sure how anyone has the North ahead of the west? Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas are all better than any of the Canadian teams
Cutting off at nine is interesting. Any particular reason?Taking a quantitative approach, 6 of the top 9 teams in overall standings (it matters, as it decides the draft position) are coming from the West and the Central, 2 from the East and only Toronto from the North. The best 2 teams are from the West. Consequently:
West
Central
East
North
Very similar things were said about the Oilers in the early 80's.In a recent Athletic article, an anonymous player had this to say in reference to the Canadian Division:
"Guess what? I don’t think any of the teams in the Canadian division are good. Any of them. They have no defense. How the f*** can they win the Stanley Cup when they play no defense?… "
Didn't know where to post it so I just bumped this thread - it's where most of the North division bashing went.
Cutting off at nine is interesting. Any particular reason?
Since there are four divisions, wouldn't 12 or 16 make more sense?
In the top 12, 4 are from the East, 3 each from the West and Central, and 2 from the North.
In the top 16 (the number of teams that make the playoffs), 6 are from the East, 4 from the Central, 3 from the West, and 3 from the North.
So the obvious order is:
East
Central
West
North
Not sure how anyone has the North ahead of the west? Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas are all better than any of the Canadian teams
You can't really look at the total points of teams and rank them that way this year. There is only a finite amount of points to be handed out within each division. If there's a couple of teams with high point totals (Vegas, Colorado, Minny), it means there's obviously a major lack of points at the bottom of the same division.
While I still think the West is the worst division because of how bad the bottom of the division is, we're all guessing here. Do you put more weight on the good teams in a division, or the bad teams? Is a division better because it has a team like Colorado, or is it worse because it has a team like Anaheim? The million dollar question.
In a recent Athletic article, an anonymous player had this to say in reference to the Canadian Division:
"Guess what? I don’t think any of the teams in the Canadian division are good. Any of them. They have no defense. How the f*** can they win the Stanley Cup when they play no defense?… "
Didn't know where to post it so I just bumped this thread - it's where most of the North division bashing went.
It's hilarious that players have the same opinion of the North that all non-TML/Oilers fans have
Taking a quantitative approach, 6 of the top 9 teams in overall standings (it matters, as it decides the draft position) are coming from the West and the Central, 2 from the East and only Toronto from the North. The best 2 teams are from the West. Consequently:
West
Central
East
North