Where did I say they weren't? Well then why would you use hockey playoffs being crapshooty as an argument? It was weird. Baseball is definitely far more crapshooty than hockey, imo, because you aren't affected by pitching rotations. The Cubs might well be better. That's just not a good reason for arguing so. You misinterpreted what I said. I said I wasn't sure how crapshooty the NHL playoffs were and how that impacted the championship likelihood despite them not being as quite good as the Cubs are at their sport. I didn't use it as an argument. (Aside, pitching rotations are not really the reason the playoffs are crapshooty.)