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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4993308, member: 173"]
1) What is bizarre is they've focused on rule changes to open up the game for two decades, because they knew that made the game more exciting and appealing to fans.  Then the playoffs come and they revert back to something closer to the style fans hated.

Bettman gets a lot of heat from fans, but I have some sympathy for him.  The culture of the league, driven by the owners, is based on short term thinking combined with general aversion to any change they cannot see immediate monetary value in.  For any efforts he makes to try to enhance the long term growth of the game, he's swimming against the current.

2) I think the Devils are going to end up proving your point about second tier scoring.  Right now they do have that depth - but its at the price of a weak, fairly inexpensive defense and goaltending.  To be competitive and stay under the cap, they're very likely going to trade that scoring depth for defense and/or a goalie.  I hate seeing Mercer in all kinds of trade rumors, but the reality is they won't be able to afford him long term and they need to shore up the  defense to actually go anywhere.
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