Has the East finally overtaken the West

[Frank Drebin]

Well this has managed to be the dumbest post in the thread, well done.

When it was explained that it was sarcasm literally 2 posts above yours this thread has a new leader.


Well done.

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Doesn't the Cup Winner usually come from the weaker overall conference since (presumably) they can take it easier during the regular season and first couple of playoff rounds? I could swear I saw a study on this once somewhere...

 

[illpucks]

It's not the East vs West. It's Pens vs NHL. What I mean is the successful teams now are following the 2016 Pens blueprint of speed and rolling all lines. Several teams are using that blueprint including this years Caps, Vegas, Jets, Leafs. The teams of the past like Hawks Kings can't win because of this major change in the NHL. The successful teams will be the ones that can best perfect the Pens 2016 blueprint until some other innovation comes along.

 

[voxel]

It's not the East vs West. It's Pens vs NHL. What I mean is the successful teams now are following the 2016 Pens blueprint of speed and rolling all lines. Several teams are using that blueprint including this years Caps, Vegas, Jets, Leafs. The teams of the past like Hawks Kings can't win because of this major change in the NHL. The successful teams will be the ones that can best perfect the Pens 2016 blueprint until some other innovation comes along.

Hawks and Kings can’t win anymore because they simply lack depth they used to have (blame salary cap). Preds and Ducks have underachieved for what they have on the roster and I feel Ducks are in decline/retool.

 

[ColbyChaos]

It's not the East vs West. It's Pens vs NHL. What I mean is the successful teams now are following the 2016 Pens blueprint of speed and rolling all lines. Several teams are using that blueprint including this years Caps, Vegas, Jets, Leafs. The teams of the past like Hawks Kings can't win because of this major change in the NHL. The successful teams will be the ones that can best perfect the Pens 2016 blueprint until some other innovation comes along.

The 16 Pens arent the first to have 3 good lines....

 

[stuffradio]

Lmfao. Trash talking gone bad

You have McDavid and you still couldn't make the playoffs.

 

[sebsisles]

Because it's about more than just cups.

Explain...the cup is the ultimate goal, no?

 

[Dont Toews Me Bro]

Explain...the cup is the ultimate goal, no?

True but I don't think it's fair to measure success just on Cup wins alone. I think both conferences have been pretty even lately. The East has the last 3 cup winning teams but it also has a lot more teams that you know aren't making the playoffs, while the West is more consistent across the board.

Let me ask you this, if Conference A has 1 team that won 3 straight cups, 1 decent contender and 14 teams that are hot garbage (6 of which would make the playoffs by default) and Conference B has 10 good or great teams and 6 mediocre/bad teams, which would you say is the better conference?

 

[sebsisles]

True but I don't think it's fair to measure success just on Cup wins alone. I think both conferences have been pretty even lately. The East has the last 3 cup winning teams but it also has a lot more teams that you know aren't making the playoffs, while the West is more consistent across the board.

Let me ask you this, if Conference A has 1 team that won 3 straight cups, 1 decent contender and 14 teams that are hot garbage (6 of which would make the playoffs by default) and Conference B has 10 good or great teams and 6 mediocre/bad teams, which would you say is the better conference?

Completely get what you're saying, but at the end of the day if the team in conference A keeps winning cups, then conference A is the superior division until dethroned...at least in my eyes. I personally think both conferences have their top end teams and then there is a drop off. The fact that the last 3 cups have gone to the East is what makes their conference superior (in my eyes). Everyone has their own way of looking at things, I see it from both sides.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

The Metro division aka as formerly the Patrick division has.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

East is better now

Once Hawks/Kings fell off the power shifted to East

2012-15 Kings/Hawks was fun to watch

 

[Ryan Michaels]

Of course the east has gotten better but I would't be surprised if the next three cups went to the Jets/Predators which is why I wouldn't strictly cup count.

 

[Frank Drebin]

You have McDavid and you still couldn't make the playoffs.

Both my teams are crap

So is yours.

At least I'm not boasting about sweeping a regular season series against a team who circles the date they play your team for their backup to play.

Nucks are trash.