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Originally Posted by Weitz
Ugh. The watering down of the NHL continues.
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I strongly disagree.
IMO, the overall talent level and depth of NHL rosters is higher today than at any time that I have witnessed, save only the original 6 era.
From a purely statistical point of view, the last expansion was 2001, rising from 28 to 30 teams. So that is a 7.1% increase, over 16 years. Or 0.43% per year.
That is substantially less than simple population growth.
So how can that be construed as watering down?