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Believe it or not, we're roughly halfway through the NHL season.

Right now, 10 point separate the top of the east (Lightning) from the bottom (Blue Jackets). 10 points! It's so close that a few games could completely change the race in the east.

Meanwhile, in the west, the Avs just suffered their THIRD regulation loss after 41 games.

What a season!

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[โ€“] Denjin@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hellebyuck has been hiding a lot of problems in the roster for years. When you lead the league in SV%, GAA and SOs you can get away with a lot. Since he's been out for a decent chunk of games so far this year it's exposed a lot of their weaknesses.

It's similar to Demko and the Canucks of the last few years, having a top calibre goaltender makes you look better than you should and if management gets fooled into thinking the same thing you end up in this situation.

[โ€“] limelight79@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Interesting. Reminds me of the old Caps - no defense, just outscore them to win games. Then came the post season...