It looks like winning a championship figures heavily into how efficiency is figured. So to say nine of the top ten have done so is putting the cart in front of the horse. Many of those teams actually spend above the league average on payroll.

Yeah. Which hardly makes Samer's revelation that 9 of the top 10 have been to a championship game...It's quite a tautological observation.

The NFL and NHL have hard salary caps, so it seems like their rankings are just going to be a straight-up measurement of franchise success, which turns this exercise into stating the obvious. A glance at single-league views for those two seem to bear that out, especially with hockey where the top 4 teams on this…

Lions - Giants isn't interesting? It's the epitome of Monday Night football quality, two talented teams who are going to deliver the most grueling shitshow of professional sports.

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It's extraordinary how badly you missed the point of that ancient history statement, Yeebus.

You took a small sample and tried to use it as an indication of Crosby's performance. The only thing that counts is points and while puck possession can be a determining factor in point production it certainly hasn't translated into success for the Penguins.

I don't feel bad for him. He is ... not good. I was telling my amused girlfriend, just before both plays happened, that Fleury is about to be himself. And I flat out called the Foligno goal. He's weak-minded, and plays for the Penguins. Feel bad? Why?

"Do you feel bad for Fleury?"

Columbus outshot Pittsburgh 46-25. If the Penguins management actually focused on a solid defense then their goaltender probably wouldn't be such a headcase. And wonderboy Crosby has been pretty silent so far. Don't get me wrong, I think Fleury is overrated but I also think that the Penguins are trying to use him…

What are you talking about? When Crybaby Crosby and the Pens lose, America (and Canada) wins!

As a fan of a team with no past playoff wins and only our second appearance in fourteen years, just...just let us have this, man.

Also, since my tax dollars helped to pay for that stadium in order to keep them from moving I think I'm entitled to feel invested in them. And who doesn't call the team they root for "their" team? Are you just searching for something to bitch about, or do you need to feel superior about one thing in your sad little…

Oh yes, a 48 year old person who was born and raised in Washington is a bandwagon fan. Where do you people get that shit. You don't pay any attention to what goes on in this corner of the country and then when the spotlight turns this way you are shocked that people live their lives here. I've been a fan since the…

Ok, you've lost me now. First your disgusted by me being a Seattle fan and then you slam the 49ers. If you're not a fan of either team why do you give a fuck? Or are you just too cool be described as a liberal or conservative? You're your own man! Nobody can know what you think! Fuckwad.

As a long time Lions fan... when I hear anybody throw around nonsense like 11 or 12 wins...

I used to have this conversation every year with a fellow Lions fan.

"Well done" is code for "I don't care how my food tastes or looks and I deserve whatever garbage I get" in my book. It's also a dating dealbreaker.

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