Playoffs
Size Fades as Cup Recipe Shifts
Playoff hockey has always been a grind, but the old gospel of packing the roster with heavyweights is getting rewritten before our eyes. Teams like the Avs broke the mold a few years back, and now GMs from Edmonton to Tampa are betting big on skill over bulk with deadline grabs like Ekholm and Bjugstad. Casual fans miss how Elite Prospects data ranks the past decade's champs, but insiders know the correlation is cracking as lighter squads grind deeper.
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