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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This is true, but the flip side is that it makes a mockery of the league. Experts and pundits and the best and most experienced minds in the sport couldn't predict this and can't explain it, and analytics doesn't have a convincing answer either. It's just baffling. Everyone who supposedly understands the sport from whatever perspective is at a complete loss - apparently, none of them really know anything after all.
Some people are all for that because it'd be funny, but you have to think about what it entails. When we get to free agency and everyone's talking about Tavares and will he or won't he leave for greener pastures, and will the Senators trade Karlsson, and all these other stories... but who even cares anymore? None of it actually matters at all. Signing big stars is unnecessary. Painstakingly building a team over years is just wasting time. A poor assortment of castoffs just beat everyone soundly. It completely undercuts the stakes of everything we argue and talk about in the sport. Let's just all tune out until next season and roll the dice and see what happens because this whole thing is, it turns out, completely random bullcrap.
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To me it’s explained by a few key things - not randomness. One, they epitomize the best of the modern game - speed and possession. They are tenacious on the puck at all times. Second, it demonstrates the power of team cohesion. The players were all thrown into a difficult situation, they chose to truly bond over it. The sum is greater than the parts. That, again, is the epitome of team sport success.