https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-best-teams-of-2022-werent-always-champions/ [...] the Houston Astros and Colorado Avalanche, rose above the rest with dominating performances that lasted all year long. [...] For the second straight year, the Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves atop our less-than-enviable ranking of sports’ top “paper champions.” Granted... the original "paper champions" was um yeah... let's not talk about that. But what's a better name for this generation of Dodger teams: Mickey Mouse or Paper Champions?
Just imagine the Dodgers with all this dominance over essentially a decade has no legitimate World Series title to their credit.
Avs run was just like the Astros, just a machine that steamrolled through the league. Watching both of those back to back was probably the best year of sports fandom for myself personally in my life. I had no doubt doubt both teams were winning the entire time. Unreal feeling
