05-18-2023, 12:40 PMKeven Wrote: For anyone who wants the full tables, here's the last 15 seasons of both the NHL and SHL.
Is the goal of the league to replicate the NHL as closely as possible? No. Is it really possible for the SHL to replicate the NHL with only 20 teams in the league? Also no.
I'd argue that although the SHL playoffs could definitely use a bit more randomness, the only real issue with predictability comes from seeds 11-16 being included as free first round wins. These teams are in the bottom half of the league and just aren't as good as the seeds 11-16 that make it into the NHL playoffs.
I don't have anything more insightful to say. I just like providing the numbers for other people to look at.

Also to reply to this,

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

I probably wont get a chance to actually go through the data until the weekend. But I gathered it all for people. Also have to remember we made a pretty significant regression change in S63, and then restricted what coaches can do as well this decade of the SHL