What an existential nightmare it is to exist in the Great Lakes division. It seems like there are 4 different teams that could reasonably contend for the cup. It feels like all those teams just cannibalize themselves and you just constantly see the teams who have to exist there being frustrated at how cut throat the division is. It feels like no team can afford to go on a losing streak and stay competitive in the standings. Personally I think that this is a storyline that just continues to go on indefinitely as the seasons go on. Because every team might be currently succeeding on aging super stars but they've all got a new elite prospect to build around. And now Toronto is coming into power and they aren't going to be going anywhere any time soon. Liam Slate is going to lead that team to great success one day and the division will continue to be difficult to compete in. No matter how you look at it the great lakes is painful.