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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
...as it only makes you look like a fool.
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no need to resort to name calling.
Denver Colorado and East Rutherford New Jersey are hardly BIG markets.
anyhow, i didnt mention DAL, DET and COL mainly because they didnt really buy their team, they drafted for their assets and supplemented by trading those assets for players. hardly hurting the team trading the star player, unless you consider the Flames hurt by the aquisition of Regehr and Iginla.
i didnt say you need to spend to win, i said winning causes you to spend. i suppose both of us can claim a circular argument.
i bring up those small market teams as PROOF that you dont need to be a big spender to get to the finals. why is it discounted when season after season under the old CBA a small market (and often multiple small market teams) would make it to the final 4 and defeat large market expensive teams along the way?
Toronto, Philly, Colorado, Detroit, Dallas and New York = 9 final appearances if i am not mistaken and 6 cups
WSH, CGY, TBY, CRL, ANA, and BUF = 6 final appearances and 1 cup.
close enough if you ask me, especially when you consider the argument that these markets have NO CHANCE according to most.
take out the good drafting teams like COL, DET and DAL and there are ZERO final appearances for those big markets. this doesnt prove that money alone does NOTHING to enhance a teams chances?
i didnt even count NJD, as they really should be condidered a small market but then i would be accused of skewing the results.