Similarities between Columbus and Leicester City F.C.?

[JayKing]

The only way there can be a Leicester city type team in the NHL is if an expansion team who's as close as it can get to the cap floor makes it to the playoffs as the 8th seed in the toughest division in hockey and wins the cup while all the teams in the playoffs are spending as close to the salary cap as it is possible.

 

[User9992]

The only way there can be a Leicester city type team in the NHL is if an expansion team who's as close as it can get to the cap floor makes it to the playoffs as the 8th seed in the toughest division in hockey and wins the cup while all the teams in the playoffs are spending as close to the salary cap as it is possible.

Yep... This man is the big reason they won last year. With the help luck of course.

 

[hagelin1381]

Too much parity to compare due to the salary cap and what not.. Leicester was basically Kante, Vardy, and Mahrez playing out of this world to carry them to a title

 

[I am not exposed]

Too much parity to compare due to the salary cap and what not.. Leicester was basically Kante, Vardy, and Mahrez playing out of this world to carry them to a title

That is harsh on Schmeichel and the defence.

 

[LordNeverLose]

Not even the greatest in English football.

year 1 - promotion to top tier
year 2 - win top tier & league cup
year 3 - win european cup, 2nd in league, retained league cup
year 4 - retained european cup, won european super cup, 4th in league, lost in the final of the league cup.

Leicester have got a ways to go yet.

Ok but having Clough means that wasn't a huge shock. He had similar success at Derby before. Also it was a different era with lower payrolls.

 

[LordNeverLose]

Jones was salvaged. I do not think Ryan Johansen was exactly even part of the offensive core in the Blue Jackets for a continued period of time despite having some promising success earlier on. Johansen is not exactly a world class forward inside the play. He might be a point scorer with a great wrist shot waiting for his payday.

Chicago had every option to sign long-term with Saad and part with someone else.

I'm not sure we're watching the same NHL

 

[Tulipunaruusu*]

I'm not sure we're watching the same NHL

Indeed we are not. If you accept media narrative, hype or anything at face value it is suddenly a whole another game. Not ice hockey. It is all about finding new points of view to research the subject thoroughly if you wish to see the future ahead.

You could not build Leicester City around Johansen or Dano+Anisimov (even if everyone of them has shown some point outcome) while Jones+Saad represent pure core in individual talent. I think there is a notable difference.

Saad might have been something in Chicago and Jones in Nashville but Kante likewise was highly rated in Stade Malherbe Caen, in one of the best Eurasian leagues, even if he was not registering all the bells just yet in the most followed English Premier League. Kante was already excelling in Caen's wonderful competition so it ain't like his ability was only discovered through success.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Vardy and Mahrez are huge talents so not really comparable.

Jackets have no standout forward they are all playing well.

Vardy isn't really a huge talent. He had one really good year, but in all reality he's just really fast and works hard. Obviously he's not a bad player, but he's not a top 10 striker in the Prem.

 

[Analyst365]

No because you get what you ask for with parity in the NHL.

No surprises just a bunch of teams that are pretty much the same.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

No, not at all. Way more parity in the NHL. Every team has a similar opportunity to win, not so in soccer

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Does Jamie Vardy remind me of Patrick Laine?

This wins.

 

[tade]

If you adjust it to the league, then maybe yes, you could find there some similarity. Similarity in terms of that probably noone would expect Columbus to be that good, and their chance of winning SC are/were very, very low but otherwise no - Leicester City winning Premier League was simply unreal thing. There is much less parity in the Premier League.

Columbus is actually pretty deep team with scoring depth and capable goaltender who can be as good as anyone in the league. + rising group of defensemen. In short term, Tortorella is a coach who can do wonders for the right team. Also, you got player who is either breaking out (Wennberg) or having career year (Atkinson), or playing on incredible streak (Gagner). Is it sustainable for these players over the long season? We'll see. Wennberg is the least surprising out of the group, obviously. He's a young forward who was pretty highly regarded.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Vegas winning the cup next year still doesn't approach what Leicester did

 

[unknown33]

No, not at all. With how US sports leagues currently operate a scenario comparable to Leicester's isn't even theoreticlly possible.

 

[Super Hans]

They both have one of the greatest TV presenters alive. Leicester has David Attenborough and Columbus has Guy Fieri.

 

[ToastrStutzle]

Not even in the same conversation.

What Leiceser did is not comparable to the NHL because of the parity that exists in this league.