droppinkn0wledge t1_j7valud wrote on February 9, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Reply to comment by Express_Helicopter93 in KD to the Suns by Bigpie0u812

The NHL is the most stale league in pro sports with virtually zero roster movement or exciting trades, and arguably the worst playoff format in all of sports.

If the NBA is one end of the spectrum, the NHL is the opposite end. Neither is good.

Express_Helicopter93 t1_j7vndyk wrote on February 9, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Facts. The NHL couldn’t market a superstar if their fucking lives depended on it.

tronguro t1_j7wsunw wrote on February 9, 2023 at 11:23 PM

How is the NHL format the worst, the divisional seeding? I don’t disagree with that being a bizarre way to seed but I still think the NHL playoffs are the most exciting postseason of any of the big 4 sports

NYC_EDITS t1_j7webab wrote on February 9, 2023 at 9:46 PM

I know this is going to be super unpopular, but when looking at loyalty and the different scales of it, I feel this is one thing which baseball has nailed, tons of homegrown stars, Judge, Trout, Acuna, among others. But you still have the big free agent splashed and big trades, i.e. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Giancarlo Stanton, Jaun Soto. In the NBA at this point, players move around so often there’s no point getting attached to anything, it’s all very tenuous and players force themselves out of teams all the times, which just makes contracts feel unimportant.