tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099439052359653516.post4964204102870494202..comments2023-11-03T09:36:40.604-04:00Comments on Top Shelf: :::siiiiiiigh:::Heather B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06796852014625052317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099439052359653516.post-73031730215319576002009-03-16T12:20:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:20:00.000-04:00Also, bear in mind that better than half the teams...Also, bear in mind that better than half the teams in the NHL make the playoffs. It makes it suck when your team misses if you think of like that, but it also causes such a game of musical chairs.<BR/><BR/>And parity also contributes. The upside of parity is that every team can say at the outset of the season "If (insert favorite team here) just has (insert 15 variables here) go right, we are a contender!" Or to paraphrase the great Winston Churchill; parity spreads mediocrity equally.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770585105343162265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099439052359653516.post-30615735098338953742009-03-15T21:16:00.000-04:002009-03-15T21:16:00.000-04:00I was going to say something similar to what Dave ...I was going to say something similar to what Dave said. I think we're really hard on the Sabres because we expect more from them but the truth is that Montreal and New York have won only 2 more games than the Sabres. <BR/>It's so hard because we wish that the Sabres were easily fitting into the playoff picture and it's not shaping up that way. <BR/>I'm trying to enjoy the rest of the season. The playoffs would be fun but it really only means a week or two (realistically) more of Sabres hockey. <BR/>Also, we are all really emotionally involved but it is only hockey after all. (I just keep repeating this to myself).Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960293312223360206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099439052359653516.post-53839329560840274472009-03-15T16:18:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:18:00.000-04:00Yeah, you're right, dave. Parity at its ugliest, ...Yeah, you're right, dave. Parity at its ugliest, I guess. It's just weird seeing almost everyone in the conference in a position where they could be in, could be out.<BR/><BR/>(Last night TOTALLY sucked.)Heather B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06796852014625052317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6099439052359653516.post-1778190525763733702009-03-15T16:01:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:01:00.000-04:00"How can a team that plays so badly so often still..."How can a team that plays so badly so often still be in the playoff hunt?"<BR/><BR/>Because outside of the Bruins, Devils and Caps, every other team in the conference has too played "so badly so often". Most teams in this league are pretty similar and pretty average.<BR/><BR/>That said, last night sucked.Dave Pogorzalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326303697107442307noreply@blogger.com