What does any of what you said have to do with my point? If the league expands to 40 teams for example and keeps the playoffs at 16 teams, do you think that is good or bad for the league? Yes when a team like the Jets/Coyotes have gone their entire history without making the finals.
Chicago would still be poorly supported I imagine if Bill Wirtz was still alive and they didn't make a dynasty, in fact, you saying that kind of proves my point, for a team to have any kind of sustainability they have to have long term playoff success, something teams like the Coyotes, Islanders, Panthers haven't had in a long time or have never had.
So now that you maybe understand my point, do you think if the league expanded to 40 teams that they could get away with still having only a 16 team playoff? And not whatever mess you were trying to make of what I was trying to say.