The Myth of Cost-Per-Point, Volume 2

Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images This is how the league kept track of the standings back in... 2011 You know what? Any idiot can go spend money. There are so many idiots out there that spend to the cap every year – take a look at where they are. It all comes down to cost per point. That’s the only stat I care about – cost per point.

January 14, 2012 on TSN 1200’s “The Drive”

Five years ago, I did a deep dive into these infamous words of Melnyk’s. The conclusion of the work was simple: spending does not guarantee you success, but NOT spending guarantees you won’t have success. From 1999 to 2013, this rule held true with two notable exceptions: the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning, who had…