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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The NHL is definitely a zero sum game - if a team gets better, all other teams get worse (to a greater or lesser extent). And of course, other teams are getting better or worse by their own actions, at the same time. That's literally what standings are - a snapshot of how good each team is, relative to the others.
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By metric of standings rank alone, not points, sure, whatever. Zero sum game. Except for expansion years.
Even in the Markstrom trade example, I reconsidered. Jersey got getter and Calgary got better. And Edmonton got worse. Because that is what they do
Carry on