The "big market" argument for me is remarkable when it comes to baseball.
Baseball has had more movement in terms of teams in and out of the playoffs year-to-year than hockey has in a long, long time.
Baseball's had a greater number of different champions in the past few years than hockey has in a while.
All of this with half the teams making the playoffs. You'd think it would be easier for hockey to get more new teams in the playoffs than baseball but it's simply not true.
Last season, 7 of the 8 teams that made the MLB playoffs were not in the playoffs the year before. The NHL simply can not say anything even close to that.
And you know what, it's not a bad thing to have a team like the Yankees that everyone can band against.
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