05-18-2023, 12:18 PM39alaska39 Wrote: In the last 15 seasons in the SHL, the team to lead the league in points has won seven Cups, lost in the finals twice, conference finals five times, and the semifinals once. For comparison's sake in the last 15 seasons in the NHL, the President's Trophy winner has won the Cup once, lost in the finals once, lost in the conference finals once, lost in the semifinals seven times, and the quarterfinals five times.

It should not be an almost 50% chance to win the Cup, 60% chance to make it to the finals, and 93% chance to make it to the conference finals. Especially when we look at the league that is closest to the SHL and it has an 80% chance to not even make it to the conference finals if you win the President's Trophy.

Looking at S55 to S70 is pointless with the amount of changes made from it. S53-S64 was way too favored to the top 3 teams in tpe. If you look at S65-S70, you see a lot of improvements, because they took a harder stance to improving parity.

Even now, for a top team to make it to the conference final, your 1st round is basically free because you face the #8 seed. The 2nd round gets harder but you are the favorites because you were better. So you just have to win 1 round.


If you look at S65-S70 it’s a lot different from S55-60 or S60-S64


I mean the top teams are still heavy favorites. A lot of them load up to peak for 1-4 seasons in order to try to win a cup in that time. Because top teams in FHM usually win more