The Red Line
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Similar to Colorado, I didn't really like their offseason, but I still think they're strong enough to win their division.
Similar to Colorado, I didn't really like their offseason, but I still think they're strong enough to win their division.
They won their Covid division last season against far deeper teams than the Metro has, and finished higher than every team in the Metro. Not THAT difficult to figure out why someone would consider them a favorite for the division.Why is that? They've never been close to winning the Metro.
I don't see any reason to think they win the Metro or are close to it TBH.
They won their Covid division last season against far deeper teams than the Metro has, and finished higher than every team in the Metro. Not THAT difficult to figure out why someone would consider them a favorite for the division.
So did Tampa, and Florida. The fact that you have to make excuses as to why they were statistically better than all of the other teams in question says everything about your argument.Far deeper? lol. K. I'll give you Florida.
Dallas without Seguin.
Tampa without Kucherov.
Nashville. Chicago. Detroit. Columbus.
Considering they got to play Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, and Columbus like 25 times that makes things a little easier.
Far deeper? lol. K. I'll give you Florida.
Dallas without Seguin.
Tampa without Kucherov.
Nashville. Chicago. Detroit. Columbus.
Considering they got to play Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, and Columbus like 25 times that makes things a little easier.
If the Metro had existed last year it would have been a three horse race between the Canes, Pens, Caps.
This conversation is going to get dumb if we start making precise projections, but how is that scenario not “close to winning the Metro”?
So did Tampa, and Florida. The fact that you have to make excuses as to why they were statistically better than all of the other teams in question says everything about your argument.
Again, it's not like I'm saying Detroit or Buffalo is going to win their division, some outrageous prediction. This is a strange hill for you to die on. I'm picking the team that both on paper and based on the most recent year's standings looks stronger than their divisional competition. It's ok to disagree, but you're acting like it is some far fetched assertion, which it is not.
What team do you think wins the division? Start a poll to see who everyone here thinks wins that division, I'd be pretty confident that Carolina gets a good number of votes and that I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Because at this point..
The Penguins lost Jared McCann and Brandon Tanev. Two bottom six forwards.
The Caps lost Brenden Dillon and Zdeno Chara.
And the Canes lost their starting goalie, back up goalie # 2 defenseman, multiple forwards and their replacements have been very questionable. Raanta and Andersen is probably the most injury prone tandem in the league.
So the Canes won a weak division and now are coming back to the powerhouse division that they've never gotten near first in with significant losses on their roster.
That can obviously change before the beginning of the season, but I see no reason to say Carolina is strong enough to win the division.
I can totally believe they’ve fallen a step behind the division powerhouses. Or at least, they’ve put their money on multiple risks that have to hit in order for them to keep pace.
I’m just puzzled by the idea that they weren’t good enough last year to win against that Metro group of teams.