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SHL Franchises: The Highest Highs and The Lowest Lows
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SHL Franchises: The Highest Highs and The Lowest Lows

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In 80 seasons of the SHL, there have been legendary teams. In 80 seasons of the SHL, there have also been awful teams. In 80 seasons of the SHL, the stock of each franchise rises and falls like the waves on an ocean or the arrows on Wall Street. Some teams can ride the swell further than others, some drown under the weight of continual failure. Like organizations publicly sold on the stock market, some franchises make smart moves to ensure their continual growth and dominance, while others squander their resources and head towards bankruptcy. I have compiled the individual team results from each season and will be presenting the highest highs and the lowest lows. Along with these superlatives, we will assess which teams have improved quickly, which have improved slowly, and vice versa: which teams decline.

Since the inception of the SHL, there have been 1,206 team seasons. The league started in Season 1 with six teams and has gradually expanded over 80 seasons to 20 teams. In the early years, teams only played 40 games. This was consequently changed to 44, then 60, then 50, then 52, then back to 50 for a long time, then finally 66 for the last 24 seasons. Much of this article deals in win percentages, to offset the discrepancy in games played.

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I know it is small to see (go look at it in the linked sheet above), but that's what you get when you try to screenshot snip the entire history of the SHL in one image. The X-axis is all the teams, Atlanta to Winnipeg, and on the Y-axis is every Season, 1 to 80. Green boxes mean that a team was more successful that year while a red box means the team did not perform well. The color scale weights all seasons against the others, so the deep green are truly among the best while the deep red are among the worst. White represents a mediocre or average finish. If a team's box is greyed out, it means that franchise did not exist yet in that given season. The most recent expansion teams, Montreal and Philadelphia, have the least amount of red and green boxes on the above chart.


The Best Seasons (Win Percentage)

1. EDM - Season 4 - 0.900 (Cup)
2. CHI - Season 62 - 0.886 (2nd Round)
T-3. PHI - Season 70 - 0.871 (Conf Final)
T-3. HAM - Season 61 - 0.871 (Cup)
5. HAM - Season 56 - 0.860 (Cup)
6. HAM - Season 59 - 0.856 (Conf Final)
T-7. NEW - Season 53 - 0.850 (Conf Final)
T-7. EDM - Season 45 - 0.850 (Cup)
T-9. WPG - Season 71 - 0.841 (Final)
T-9. SEA - Season 68 - 0.841 (Cup)

The best season ever was by the Edmonton franchise in Season 4 as the Comets. They won at a rate of 0.900, a "winning 9 out of 10" pace. They did win the Challenge Cup that year, if you were wondering. The second best season was by Chicago in Season 62 with an 0.886 win percentage. Chicago's season is the best of any season that played 66 games (which is 6 of 10 of the top 10). Despite this being true, Chicago is also the only team on this list to not make the Conference Finals in their uber successful season. Hamilton is on this list three times, all within six seasons of each other. Winnipeg is the most recent team to crack the top 10 performances all time, in season 71. All in all, only half of these team captured a cup in their top seasons. With the exception of New England in Season 53, each of the teams on this list that did not get the cup in the listed year ended up winning the cup within 2 (plus or minus) seasons of this peak season.


The Worst Seasons (Win Percentage)

1. TBB - Season 54 - 0.000
2. MTL - Season 75 - 0.023
T-3. MTL - Season 74 - 0.083
T-3. WPG - Season 62 - 0.083
T-3. WPG - Season 61 - 0.083
T-6. MAN - Season 71 - 0.091
T-6. EDM - Season 66 - 0.091
8. MIN - Season 65 - 0.098
9. NEW - Season 10 - 0.110
10. TOR - Season 70 - 0.114

A lion's share of these pitiful teams come from the last 20 seasons of the SHL, during the FHM era. There have been an increase in tanking in FHM which has led to this trend. One can see two rock bottom rebuilds in Montreal and Winnipeg at the top of this list. Montreal is yet to come out of that rebuild after five seasons, and Winnipeg was one of the best teams in the league five seasons after that rebuild. The infamous Tampa Bay winless season caps this list and is honestly an impressive achievement to not lose a single game outside regulation. All these other teams on the list were extremely bad, so for Tampa Bay to pull off the zero point feat is truly something. New England used to hold the title before Tampa Bay, experiencing a horrible outing in Season 10. That season was their inaugural year, so they get a pass. They were successful by their 5th or 6th season in the league, so I'd say that start up was a success overall. Other than the teams mentioned, everyone else just had straight up bad seasons consisting of rebuilds. We will see later that some of these teams successfully leveraged these bad seasons into later success while others continued to fail year after year.


Most Consecutive Seasons with Point % Increase (or Equal)

In this section, we will look at teams that saw continuous improvement in their season records year after year. In all cases, these were rebuilds executed in a "slow burn" style. Unlike those teams that might stall in the middle of their climb, these teams continued to improve until they were at the top of their game. Sure, some teams rebuilt for success more quickly than these, but you can look to most of these franchise periods of time as model rebuilds for success. As a note, the initial season of the lowest low is not counted as improvement and is considered "Season 0." For example, the first team, Edmonton, had a lower record in Season 66, but Season 67 is counted as the first year of the record because that is the first year of improvement.

1. EDM - Seasons 67 to 74 - 8 Seasons
0.091 - 0.356 - 0.492 - 0.538 - 0.561 - 0.689 - 0.712 - 0.765 - 0.795
T-2. LAP - Seasons 70 to 76 - 7 Seasons
0.265 - 0.318 - 0.477 - 0.545 - 0.561 - 0.636 - 0.712 - 0.773
T-2. BAP - Seasons 70 to 76 - 7 Seasons
0.212 - 0.409 - 0.568 - 0.576 - 0.591 - 0.674 - 0.682 - 0.811
T-4. SEA - Seasons 75 to Present - 6 Seasons
0.121 - 0.129 - 0.182 - 0.311 - 0.379 - 0.447 - 0.644
T-4. MIN - Seasons 56 to 61 - 6 Seasons
0.240 - 0.340 - 0.341 - 0.402 - 0.470 - 0.485 - 0.500
T-4. NEW - Seasons 11 to 16 - 6 Seasons
0.110 - 0.340 - 0.380 - 0.470 - 0.570 - 0.730 - 0.820
T-7. PHI - Seasons 61 to 65 - 5 Seasons
0.477 - 0.523 - 0.553 - 0.591 - 0.598 - 0.629
T-7. TEX - Seasons 54 to 58 - 5 Seasons
0.180 - 0.570 - 0.590 - 0.680 - 0.682 - 0.826
T-7. MIN - Seasons 20 to 24 - 5 Seasons
0.220 - 0.240 - 0.346 - 0.548 - 0.587 - 0.625

These top 9 franchise improvements year over year are represented in the graph below. Some teams started from a higher rate of success like Philadelphia, while most others started from a low win percentage. All but one finished above 0.600 by the end of the streak, with Minnesota only reaching 0.500 before plunging back down into the abyss. Seattle is still working on their record and it is very possible we see continued improvement from them again next year. They could very well lead this list when it's all said and done. Edmonton, the current leaders of this record, had one successful but down year in Season 75 (0.750) after the streak ended, then tore it all down in Season 76. It is interesting that we had two franchises with the exact same streak: LAP and BAP in the early 70s. They more or less followed the exact same path to the top of the standings. LAP had more continued success after the end of their streak, while BAP regressed to a middle of the pack record in the 0.500s. Of these 9 teams, only two Cups were won during an active streak: EDM in Season 78 and LAP in Season 75. TEX did win a cup the year after their streak ended, in Season 59 and then again in Season 62. Philadelphia also won a Cup outside the active streak but during the peak years, in Season 69. All the other teams (save Seattle who is still going) failed to win a cup after the rebuild in question.

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Most Consecutive Seasons with Point % Decrease (or Equal)

Similar to the above streak, this list is those teams that experienced year over year decline. This could have been the result of a diminishing peak with old player or simply bad luck. This list is much shorter because these are the only four instances where a team declined year over year exceeding four seasons. In all other cases, teams saw an uptick in win percentage after four seasons.

T-1. SEA - Seasons 69 to 74 - 6 Seasons
0.841 - 0.780 - 0.742 - 0.439 - 0.409 - 0.250 - 0.121
T-1. MAN - Seasons 56 to 61 - 6 Seasons
0.760 - 0.710 - 0.667 - 0.561 - 0.348 - 0.303 - 0.144
T-1. WPG - Seasons 49 to 54 - 6 Seasons
0.600 - 0.540 - 0.500 - 0.480 - 0.480 - 0.470 - 0.400
4. WPG - Seasons 58 to 62 - 5 Seasons
0.583 - 0.417 - 0.409 - 0.295 - 0.083 - 0.083

First of all, ouch to WPG being on the list twice. Virtually back to back seasons to boot. Looking into the stats, in 20 seasons between Season 45 and Season 64, WPG only peaked over 0.550 twice. Each instance of a peak over this threshold was the beginning of a 5+ season decline. The only silver lining in that story is after Season 64, WPG enjoyed one of the most successful periods in regular season SHL history. Seattle, topping this list, is the only one of the four to start the decline with a Cup. They were back to back champions in Season 67 and 68, then started their decline. After a number of seasons at the bottom, their upswing is now listed in the above streak record for most consecutive seasonal improvements. Manhattan's recent history has been challenged after winning a Cup in Season 52. This decline was a few seasons after that cup win and has seen two short peaks over 0.600 since.


Largest One Season Point % Increase

1. TEX - Season 54 - 0.390 Increase from Season 53
0.180 to 0.570
2. SFP - Season 38 - 0.380 Increase from Season 37
0.360 to 0.740
3. BAP - Season 60 - 0.348 Increase from Season 59
0.379 to 0.727
4. MTL - Season 66 - 0.341 Increase from Season 65
0.288 to 0.629
5. MAN - Season 66 - 0.326 Increase from Season 65
0.295 to 0.621

Whether by luck or by a designed plan, these teams rocketed up the standings from the previous year. Busting predictions left and right, these five teams did something right. The leader on the board, TEX, went from 9 wins in Season 53 to 26 wins in Season 54. Thanks, FHM! Texas really benefited from that change. That Season 54 jump was actually the kick off for their season over season improvement we see earlier in this article. I don't know the reason for all the others, but it must be just rebuilds gone right! All four of the non-TEX teams were coming out of a long rebuild period and everything just clicked.


Largest One Season Point % Decrease

1. MTL - Season 73 - 0.538 Decrease from Season 72
2. TOR - Season 69 - 0.507 Decrease from Season 68
3. EDM - Season 76 - 0.455 Decrease from Season 75
4. BAP - Season 11 - 0.420 Decrease from Season 10
5. MAN - Season 15 - 0.410 Decrease from Season 14

This section could be renamed the "Burn it Down" section. EDM was the only one of these five to be successful in winning a Cup before tearing it all down. Two of the five, BAP (as West Kendall) and MAN made a Cup Final before the tear down. MTL and TOR, the top two on the list, tore it all down before winning a cup and are still trying to get back to their winning ways. Montreal was above 0.700 for four straight seasons before their quick downfall. It's an interesting strategy to say the least.


Most Consecutive Seasons Above 0.800

1. WPG - Seasons 68 to 71 - 4 Seasons

WPG is the only team in the history of the SHL to have more than two seasons of 0.800 hockey back to back. In fact, there have been only 4 other occurrences of a team going simply back-to-back with 0.800 seasons (BAP 1-2, BUF 54-55, HAM 56-57, BAP 62-63). And they doubled that with four. To expand on this point further, there have been only 33 occurrences (out of 1,206 seasons) of a team getting a record equal to or better than 0.800. To string four together is truly unprecedented. By this fact alone, I don't think it is unreasonable to say that WPG had the most elite string of regular seasons in SHL history. They made the Finals 3 out of four years, falling short of the Cup each time. They finally broke through the season after this streak ended, in Season 72. Alas (as an Aurora myself), what might have been in WPG won those four cups in a row.


Most Consecutive Seasons Above 0.700

1. HAM - Seasons 56 to 63 - 8 Seasons (4 Cups)
T-2. PHI - Seasons 69 to 75 - 7 Seasons (1 Cup)
T-2. WPG - Seasons 67 to 73 - 7 Seasons (1 Cup)

We are now truly uncovering the elite dynasties of the SHL. Whether or not you categorize "dynasty" by both regular season and playoff success or discount the regular season, what these teams have done is impressive. Outside these three instances, I have only marked four other times when a team has clocked five consecutive 0.700 seasons, none with six. These three franchises have maintained a level of success rarely found in this league. Between the three, they were a part of the Cup Finals a combined 11 instances during their active periods (Yes, HAM was 6 of them). One team to watch is SFP, as they have a currently active streak of five seasons above 0.700. The Hamilton dynasty - and it is unarguably that - is the most prolific stretch of regular season and postseason success in SHL history. Philadelphia jumped quickly off the start line as the youngest SHL franchise to reach the mark, needing only 10 seasons before maintaining elite success. WPG bookmarked their elite 0.800 runs with some more 0.700s to extend their success streak.


Most Consecutive Seasons Above 0.600

1. HAM - Seasons 50 to 64 - 15 Seasons (6 Cups)
2. BUF - Seasons 53 to 66 - 14 Seasons (2 Cups)
T-3. ATL - Seasons 63 to 75 - 13 Seasons (1 Cup)
T-3. CHI - Seasons 54 to 66 - 13 Seasons (2 Cups)
5. PHI - Seasons 68 to 79 - 12 Seasons (1 Cup)

As you can tell, we are expanding our window for "success" as we go from section to section. We aren't in the "elite" categories anymore, but these teams can be considered at least "very good" for a long time. A lot of the same franchise windows are present i.e. HAM and PHI, but we have a number of newcomers to the list. Some of you will have Great Lakes Division PTSD reading this. Many of you newbies may not know that those HAM, BUF, and CHI teams were in the same division for Seasons 53 - 59, in their peaks of success. Of the 14 teams making the finals in those 7 seasons, 10 of them were those 3 Great Lakes Division teams. It was a crazy time. Philadelphia had their streak broken by a rounding error this year (Season 80, 0.598)(Shouldn't have lost to Chicago in the last game of the season smh). Like Philadelphia, Atlanta wasted no time from the inception of their team to start being good. It only took Atlanta 8 seasons to mount the 0.600 ledge and didn't let go for 13 seasons. Their streak would have been longer if not for two dips in Seasons 76 and 79. Each of these five teams have captured at least one Cup in their times, so all these runs can be considered a success in each regular season and playoff play. I'm sure there were disappointments here and there, but overall great job.


Most Consecutive Seasons Above 0.500

1. BUF - Seasons 46 to Present - 35 Seasons (5 Cups)
2. CHI - Seasons 50 to 74 - 25 Seasons (2 Cups)
3. EDM - Seasons 39 to 61 - 23 Seasons (2 Cups)
4. CGY - Seasons 24 to 44 - 21 Seasons (5 Cups)
5. PHI - Seasons 61 to Present - 20 Seasons (1 Cup)

This section highlights the teams that were just never bad. They were at the very least average at their lowest points and more often enjoyed long periods of success. Again, many of the same culprits as before, but some new ones. This section also contains the most bonkers stat of this article. Buffalo, man. Not only do they have 35 seasons in the books, their current roster makeup could take them another 10 to 15 seasons. It's ridiculous honestly. For half the existence of the league, Buffalo has been mid at worst. 0.530 in Season 78 was their worst out of the entire 35 season streak. Someone needs to buy WannabeFinn and Tomen a beer pronto. Their next closest streak is Chicago with 25 seasons of continued success. Some older streaks sneak in with Edmonton and Calgary. Calgary has an especially notable run with 5 Cups in the 21 season period of not being bad. Our second active streak shows in Philadelphia. Philadelphia has existed for 21 seasons; their currently active "not Bad" streak is 20 seasons. Philadelphia came into the league and said "I got this." Truly impressive. Most teams take a few seasons to start up the machine, but not those Pennsylvanians. We'll see if their current roster that is declining a tad will keep the streak alive.


Most Consecutive Seasons Under 0.500

1. MIN - Seasons 47 to 60 - 14 Seasons
2. MIN - Seasons 62 to 72 - 11 Seasons
3. MAN - Seasons 70 to 79 - 10 Seasons
T-4. SEA - Seasons 71 to 79 - 9 Seasons
T-4. TOR - Seasons 69 to 77 - 9 Seasons
T-4. TBB - Seasons 52 to 60 - 9 Seasons
T-4. SFP - Seasons 25 to 33 - 9 Seasons

Alright, like the teams above are "never bad," the teams listed in this section can be labeled "never good." For Minnesota to top the list as #1 and #2 with only one season of 0.500 to break up the streak is....bad. They are one loss away from a "never good" streak of 26 seasons. I hate to pick on MIN, but if this title were changed to under 0.600 (which isn't that good anyways), MIN would have a streak of 35. And they are still bad today in Season 80. One decent season in Season 77 protected them from a possibly active streak of 39 under 0.600. Every other team on this list represents a franchise rebuild, including the winless Tampa Bay team of Season 54. The possible exception is San Francisco, who saw this streak start with their inception in Season 25. That is excusable. The current active leader is MTL with a streak of 8 and going strong as we will also see below.


Most Consecutive Seasons Under 0.400

1. MTL - Seasons 73 - Present - 8 Seasons
T-2. MIN - Seasons 63 to 69 - 7 Seasons
T-2. MAN - Seasons 59 to 65 - 7 Seasons
T-4. MAN - Seasons 70 to 75 - 6 Seasons
T-4. MTL - Seasons 60 - 65 - 6 Seasons
T-4. TBB - Seasons 52 to 57 - 6 Seasons
T-4. TBB - Seasons 68 to 73 - 6 Seasons

These teams represent the franchises that were just plain bad for an extended period. Montreal holds the crown with having eight consecutive teams never finish with more than a 0.399 win percentage. They have come close to breaking the streak the past two seasons, but close don't count in statistics. We count sig figs here. While they never made a Cup Final, Montreal did have some good seasons between their losing streaks. Both Manhattan and Tampa Bay appear twice on this list as well, Manhattan's bad season streaks coming closer together than Tampa Bay's. Tampa Bay actually made a Cup Final in the years between their bad streaks. MAN had four seasons of around 0.600 hockey to break the longer potential streak of 17. Are we cracking the code on which franchises are cursed? These four teams have some good arguments for that label.


Most Consecutive Seasons Under 0.300

1. MTL - Seasons 73 to 78 - 6 Seasons
T-2. EDM - Seasons 76 to Present - 5 Seasons
T-2. MIN - Seasons 65 to 69 - 5 Seasons
T-2. MAN - Seasons 61 to 65 - 5 Seasons

All four of these cases are tear it down FHM rebuilds. None of them have worked (so far, looking at you EDM). To give you context, in order to have this bad a win percentage, a team wins only about 19 games max out of 66. Save for Edmonton, the three others are represented on the section above as being bad for a longer period, this is just their worst depths. Edmonton's tear down is a product of the 0.455 win percentage decrease from Season 75 to Season 76 and they have been just plain bad since. They will definitely break out of this curse soon, but how soon remains to be seen. They have more young players and prospects that they know what to do with and may even end up on the greatest elite clubs if they play their cards right.


Most Consecutive Seasons Under 0.200

1. MAN - Seasons 61 to 64 - 4 Seasons
2. MAN - Seasons 71 to 74 - 4 Seasons
T-3. MTL - Seasons 73 to 75 - 3 Seasons
T-3. SEA - Seasons 74 to 76 - 3 Seasons
T-3. WPG - Seasons 61 to 63 - 3 Seasons

No other team has more than two consecutive seasons this horrible. These teams are characterized by players with -100 ratings and low point totals. I played with Season 63 Winnipeg and it was horrible. Seattle is on the up-and-up after this bad period, and we know what Winnipeg did. There's not much to say about these clubs other than the GMs must hate their players and fill the roster with 17 inactive players.


Franchise Regular Season Wins

Switching gears from the abysmal, we will now turn our attention to all-time Franchise performance in the form of wins. Obviously some franchises have been around longer than others, but that doesn't matter for this list (we will normalize that data in the next section). Ranking franchises by all time wins, we see the following:

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Hamilton has the most wins in the history of the SHL. Of the original six franchises, Tampa Bay is the lowest on the list with 1,963 wins. Interestingly, Texas is the only franchise above 2,000 wins that finished with a 0.600 record or above in Season 80. The younger franchises are trying to catch up. If the average wins per season is 33 and the difference between good seasons and bad seasons is ~20 wins, we could see this list shake up in the next five seasons, especially near the top.


Franchise Regular Season Wins per Season and Win Percentage

When we normalize the above data for how many seasons each franchise has played, we get the following graph:

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Philadelphia has the most wins per season of any SHL franchise (39.2). Atlanta is hot on their heels with 36.6 wins per season. Chicago and Buffalo are the only other two franchises over 30 wins per season. Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia do have the benefit of playing more games now (66) than franchises played in the past. Every other franchise settles between 22 and 30 wins per season. MAN, MTL, and MIN bring up the rear (don't start a franchise starting with the letter "M"?). When we look at strictly win percentage below, it is apparent that the field is much more even.

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While still leading, Philadelphia is brought back down to earth. The same goes for Atlanta and Chicago, while all these franchises are still the most successful of history, other teams like Buffalo, Texas, and Calgary pull closer to their win percentage. Montreal takes a nosedive down towards the bottom as the team that moves the most in relation to others. Cross reference this chart with which teams are on the winning path and which are on the losing path and you can see who it next up to jump on the all time list. It's amazing that Philadelphia and Montreal come into the league at the same time and the teams took two totally different paths. Congrats to Philadelphia for how well they have performed out of the gate.


Conclusion

So which stats surprised you the most? Which active streaks do you think with continue and which are bound to be broken next season? Were any of your players a part of these streaks? What was your experience? For me, I was a part of both the very bad Winnipeg teams and the very good Winnipeg teams. That roller coaster has been my entire SHL experience and I am so glad I've had it luckier than most (except those Finals losses, boo). The level of success that Winnipeg had kept me with the franchise for a long time, and I'm sure many others had the same experience on successful teams. As for unsuccessful teams, it would be interesting to know if anyone stuck through bad and mediocre years or if the trades away from these franchises were more prevalent, setting back the rebuilds. The SHL is so fun, and I hope my analysis of the highest highs and the lowest lows piqued your interest. Cheers!

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The amount of work that went into this makes my head hurt. Great stuff bytor!

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Love this kind of media.

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Amazing work. love the graphs. 10/10 no notes

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This is really cool, well done!

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Jesus christ MIN, 25 of 26 seasons below .500

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Amazing read and sell done with the graphics and the work put into this, going all the way back to season 1! Phenomenal!

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(This post was last modified: 01-18-2025, 05:44 AM by puolivalmiste. Edited 3 times in total.)

I want to add some context to Texas being on top of the Largest One Season Point % Increase. If you look at the S52 resulst, which was last with the STHS, Texas finished 14th with 0.440. So not great but also far better than the next season and at that point we were still in middle of the rebuild. Then switch to FHM happened and clearly we didn't have good idea what would work and what won't, thankfully there were full redistribution offered for everyone, for free I might add, in the beginning of the S54 to put those lessons from S53 into effect. This along with some coaching changes and almost none of the players regressing made it possible for us to follow one of the worst seasons in the league history (at the time) to challenging for a playoffs spot.

Also interestingly enough I was looking at some of the point percentages earlier this season and while Winnipeg is the only one who had 4 consecutive seasons above 0.800 I'm fairly certain that Hamilton is the only team to have had stretch of 500 games above 0.800.

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I feel like this is just 3000 word article specifically made to bully me

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01-18-2025, 09:02 AMCitizen of Adraa Wrote: I feel like this is just 3000 word article specifically made to bully me
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