Re: Bulky west coast teams
Usually with any sport, once a team is “Playoff Dynasty” bound, other teams in their division tend to cater their lineup to beat them, not to be the best. This happens in everything. LAK got big and won, other teams draft, trade, and sign to beat them.
Demarre Carroll is a Raptor because he was signed to guard LeBron. Terrible signing now, but that’s what he was good at in Atlanta, guarding LeBron.
Teams are now getting that the difference between 50 and 55 wins doesn’t matter when you get bullied in the playoffs by a perennial championship contender. We hear it all the time, “The Road to the (Insert championship name) goes through (insert good team)”
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Usually with any sport, once a team is ?Playoff Dynasty? bound, other teams in their division tend to cater their lineup to beat them, not to be the best. This happens in everything. LAK got big and won, other teams draft, trade, and sign to beat them.
Demarre Carroll is a Raptor because he was signed to guard LeBron. Terrible signing now, but that?s what he was good at in Atlanta, guarding LeBron.
Teams are now getting that the difference between 50 and 55 wins doesn?t matter when you get bullied in the playoffs by a perennial championship contender. We hear it all the time, ?The Road to the (Insert championship name) goes through (insert good team)?
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll