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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
AHL teams have played against their NHL affiliates in the past, and beaten them.
Several Russian/KHL teams have beaten NHL teams, as have other European clubs, and of course the Swiss A League champions Zurich beat the Stanley Cup-winning Blackhawks in the Champions League a few years ago.
Just off the top of my head I'd say NHL teams win probably 3/4 of their out-of-league games. Enough to be clearly the best league in the world, but not enough to be declared invincible.
That said, I think Calgary would wipe the floor with Adirondack.
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The problem with such examples is that the other leagues have lots of incentive, and the NHL teams pretty much don't care.
Give some kind of incentive for both teams to try their hardest. That wouldn't stop the lesser league teams from occasionally winning a game, but put them in a series, and it would never be close.