Comments on: NHL playoffs benefit from both Cinderella teams and 'dynasties' http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/05/nhl-playoffs-benefit-from-both-cinderella-teams-and-dynasties/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 14:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: roboninja http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/05/nhl-playoffs-benefit-from-both-cinderella-teams-and-dynasties/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 Thu, 06 May 2010 11:52:11 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=1441#comment-1926 So, dynasties are what everyone wants, huh? I guess that’s why baseball is the #1 sport, and the NFL is floundering. The only people that even like baseball these days are people from the big 6-8 markets, and other front-runners.
Dismissing the NFL’s parity popularity as simply due to betting is idiotic at best, and willfully disingenuous at worst. Parity is the lifeblood of sports. Having a winner that was expected to win; where’s the thrill or drama in that?

]]> By: Dani Toth http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/05/nhl-playoffs-benefit-from-both-cinderella-teams-and-dynasties/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Thu, 06 May 2010 01:08:04 +0000 http://localhost/wp/3.0/?p=1441#comment-1925 Good article James. I agree with you on the dream of your team winning ‘it’. Being a fan of a sport you always dream of your team to win, and dynasties make it discouraging for teams (other than the winning team) to gain new fans if there seems like no hope they’ll ever win.
It’s hard enough as it is for any team to win the cup with so many teams in the league

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