Are the Avalanche a bit overrated ?
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Mighty Makar
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He is doing ok defensively and is playing with some hustle. He was on the path of looking like a failed top 6 forward but made the transition to a decent bottom 6 forward. He is going to get a nice cheap contract this off season.
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You're likely sleeping on Winnipeg and Edmonton if you think the Leafs are the only good team in the division. I could see either team, and even potentially Calgary push out of the division into the western finals. I wouldn't judge Edmonton on their first 10 games of the season. I think we'll likely have a better feel where they stand after their upcoming games vs Toronto. They have a winning record against half the division, and a very good record vs Ottawa. Ottawa has also handed Toronto 2 losses in 5 games so it's not as if they're a free win on the bingo card either.
They're 3rd in the division in point %, funny how you say they should be dominating like the Blues and Knights when it's the Blues who are struggling the most. Blues are 6th in the division and should be the one panicking.
Colorado will be fine, they look a little out of sync after coming back from the Covid break. They'll get going again once they play more games.
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Same scenario as your organization with Mittelstadt. The organization rushed them when nobody in the NCAA div 1 hockey world thought they were ready.
According to OP:
St Louis who is 6th in point% = Dominating
Colorado who is 3rd in point% = overrated.
Colorado just split a series 2-2 against Vegas while St Louis was almost shut out in back to back games?
St Louis who is 6th in point% = Dominating
Colorado who is 3rd in point% = overrated.
Colorado just split a series 2-2 against Vegas while St Louis was almost shut out in back to back games?
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vs Vancouver: 2-1
vs Calgary: 2-1
vs Montreal: 1-2
vs Winnipeg: 2-2
vs Toronto: 2-2
There's only one team in the division they have a losing record to, and they're 4-0 against Ottawa, not 5-0.
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Was he ever anything more than a mediocre bottom 6 guy? He's still young and maybe it will come, but he hasn't ever shown much at the NHL level.
He was most definitely rushed, but an extra season of random college hockey wouldn't have made a difference between what he is now and what he could've been. He's just a very good Junior A player that doesn't have the frame nor skating to overcome his weaknesses in the pros. Then he got Covid and probably will take some time before perhaps finding some of the mojo back he had earlier on in the season.
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I would say 2000s Ottawa as well. Maybe 04-05 would've been their year. Colorado definitely has the pieces but I wouldn't say it's a sure thing. It took Washington 14 years after Ovechkin was drafted to win despite being a perennial presidents trophy contender.
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Those who were stacked for smaller period or got hit by the lock out like Ottawa (2003-2007) -Buffalo (2007)
the senator if there is no lockout and if Hasek to not get injured chance of getting one would have been high too.
But washington could have been so easily in that list, the 4 series format and the sport make it kind of in question if you are not the 70s Habs-Isles-oilers level of separation with the rest.
The problem is Avs might not have their best team in regards to depth after this season and next, a lot of big pieces need raises, which will squeeze out the middle-man also known as depth. Not that the depth is doing the Avs any favours right now, the bottom six has a combine six goals between them and Kadri is just coasting out there with a terrible plus/minus ratio.
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Guess we’ll never know because it was such a short sighted idiotic decision to do so seeing as the blueprint for development of ND players was right in front of them and passed on to high end prospects but they choose to ignore it.
People underrate Minnesota in that division. The team has very good (if not great) defense and very solid goaltending. It was its offense, that was considered the worst in the league at the start of the season. But then Kaprizov looks like a star in his rookie season, Fiala keeps scoring, Greenway and EEk have made another good step in their development, Zucc came and looked like best himself, and Rask, placed between Kaprizov and Zucc, all of a sudden has recalled, how to play effective hockey. Add to this, that their bottom6 play like good bottom6 should, and you get a very interesting team, where solid veterans have a good mix with rising young stars.
Makar has not looked nearly as dynamic as last season. He’s getting PP assists but he’s not making many wow plays and creating much in terms of offence. Not sure what’s going on with him but Toews and Girard have shown more flash than him this year.
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