Even with all the Hurricanes thread a topic is still staying on the front page for 8 to 9 days. It's the off season, topics are slow....who cares if there is another topic on it or not? At least you don't have to scroll down too far to see original posts.
And if you don't like them, skip them. It's not like they are pushing things off the front page at such a rate that you are missing something.