Hello everyone, this a multi-purpose article. Because this weekend starts my ‘Official’ All-Time Greatest Team Playoffs in the NHL and NFL as WWE Backlash also takes place, so I will have predictions.

First, the All-Time Playoffs. Let’s look at a preliminary breakdown by decade, this is only preliminary because of this year’s NBA playoffs could change things.

1900s: 3 (3 MLB ’05,’07,’09)
1910s: 3 (3 MLB ’10,’12,’17)
1920s: 4 (1 NHL ’20); (3 MLB ’22,’27,’29)
1930s: 3 (1 NHL ’39); (2 MLB ’32,’39)
1940s: 1 (1 NHL ’44);
1950s: 6 (3 NHL ’51,’52,’59); (2 NFL ’55,’58); (1 MLB ’54)
1960s: 5 (1 NHL ’68); (3 NBA ’60,’65,’67); (1 NFL ’62)
1970s: 11 (3 NHL ’72,’74,’77); (3 NBA ’70,’71,’72); (3 NFL ’71,’72,’79); (2 MLB ’70,’76)
1980s: 11 (3 NHL ’82,’87,’89); (5 NBA ’81,’83,’86,’87,’89); (2 NFL ’85,’89); (1 MLB ’84)
1990s: 9 (1 NHL ’99); (3 NBA ’91,’96,’99); (4 NFL ’91,’94,’96,’99); (1 MLB ’98)
2000s: 4 (2 NHL ’01,’02); (2 NBA ’00,’05)

Now this is a little weighed towards the middle-late 20th century only because of the restrictions to the NFL (1950-present) and the NBA (began in the late 1940s) while the NHL and MLB are either over or near 100-years old. But looking at each league’s team spacing we see a where non-expansion, expansion, and post-expansion factor into the greatest teams.

The NHL’s spacing shows that the three decades represented by 3 teams (1950s, 1970s, and 1980s) show then post-World War II player boom in the NHL occurred, the mega-expansion era where star-studded teams look better against weaker spread out teams, and the superstar era that occurred as more players from around the world found their way to the league.

The NFL’s spacing shows how talent collecting in the 1970s found the spreading of it the next decade only to see how free agency and the salary cap made temporary great teams with a collection for one year.

The NBA’s spacing shows the story of the league itself from the dominance of the Celtics in the 1960s and their fierce rivalry with the 76ers late in the decade. The super teams at the beginning of the 1970s as young superstars from college entered the NBA before the sudden fall off the rest of the decade as the league seemed watered down in talent with the war with the ABA. It was one of the stars of the ABA along with the Bird-Magic feud created a ‘golden age’ for the league with the Thomas-led Pistons closing out the decade only for the next decade be dominated by the Jordan-Pippin Bulls only for the seceding star duos of Robinson-Duncan and Kobe-Shaq to take their places only for Duncan’s Spurs and the return of the Pistons and teamwork to start dominating.

Major League Baseball’s greatest teams shows the massive effect of free agency and expansion as talent spread so far out that a team in our time must be exordinarily great.

Now let’s look at the breakdown by individual years:
1999: Dallas Stars, San Antonio Spurs, and St. Louis Rams
1989: Calgary Flames, Detroit Pistons, and San Francisco 49ers
1972: Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Dolphins

1996: Chicago Bulls and Green Bay Packers
1991: Chicago Bulls and Washington Redskins
1987: Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Lakers
1971: Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Cowboys
1970: New York Knicks and Baltimore Orioles
1939: Boston Bruins and New York Yankees

The middle-to-late 20th century saw the most greatest years in sports when looking at greatest team contenders. It could be debated that either 1989 or 1999 saw the greatest sports years in history. In support for 1999, the New York Yankees repeated as World Champions and considering their previous year’s team made the contenders for the All-Time Greatest Team. In support for 1989, the Detroit Pistons would win a 2nd straight NBA Title the next year while the 49ers were repeating Super Bowl champion, and add to the fact that the Oakland A’s who won the World Series had lost the previous year and would lose the succeeding year.
Soon we’re going to see who the All-Time Greatest Teams in each sports league will be and starting tomorrow history will be made.

And now onto my brief predictions for Backlash this Sunday:

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT MATCH- John Cena (c) vs. Triple H vs. Edge w/Lita
I don't like Cena's chances to win especially with Money in the Back and ECW ONS coming up, so a title change and I'll say Triple H gets the win as the King of Kings reclaims the throne.

Shawn Michaels & 'GOD' defeat Vince & Shane McMahon to end this pointless feud.

RVD defeats Shelton Benjamin to retain the MitB title shot and win the IC Title.

Kane defeats The Big Show

Trish Stratus defeats WWE Women's Champion Mickie James via DQ

Carlito defeats Christ Masters

And Umaga defeats Ric Flair