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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The race needs to be over in January for the benefit of the team themselves. The league needs to have really good teams and really bad teams which cycle over 5 year periods, unless they mismanage. Today we reach the trade deadline and almost all teams can't figure out where they are.
So in the regular season all the games are blah as teams shut it down to try and tie 1-1 and get at least 1 point. Why does anyone watch hockey in October when all teams are going to be bunched up in February anyways?
NFL, MLB, NBA. The standings matter from day 1.
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If half the league is eliminated by January you end up with a bunch of teams trying to out-tank the others for best draft odds like the NBA. That's terrible for the league and fans as meaningful games in February and March make for much better entertainment than watching teams go through the motions of playing out their schedule.