NHL All things considered - The Bruins are not in bad shape

[Fenway]

The Atlantic Division is harder this year as even the teams you expected to be at the bottom (Ottawa and Detroit) have played better than expected. Buffalo was overdue to improve and Claude has made Poutineville interesting.

The Metro seems totally out of whack so far as certainly nobody expected anything from the Rangers but Dave Quinn so far is showing he can coach in the NHL.

I think we need to wait until the Winter Classic benchmark to see exactly what the 2018-19 Bruins are.

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[Deleted]

I think the Bruins have done very well so far. Consistency has been a bit of an issue but in terms of where they stand in the division, I think they are good for their third place spot at this point. Injuries have not been kind either. I think with a fully healthy roster and one or two good trades, the Bruins will be there or thereabouts come the business end of the season.

 

[Fenway]

I think the Bruins have done very well so far. Consistency has been a bit of an issue but in terms of where they stand in the division, I think they are good for their third place spot at this point. Injuries have not been kind either. I think with a fully healthy roster and one or two good trades, the Bruins will be there or thereabouts come the business end of the season.

Personally, I hope that we can avoid playing Toronto in the first round but that appears to be the most likely scenario.

 

[Fopppa]

The whole league is out of whack so far, very little consistency. The only team sticking out is Nashville and even they have had their stutters. Closing in on Thanksgiving and there's more parity than ever, teams going on 4-5 game win streaks only to lose 4-5 games right after. Just look at the Devils, red-hot start and then lost 6-7 straight until last night. It's totally unpredictable at this point.

 

[TP]

Jersey is in last in the conference. Look at that home v. away record.

Could be the tightest season in a long time.

 

[JCRO]

Jersey is in last in the conference. Look at that home v. away record.

Could be the tightest season in a long time.

I thought the Bs away record was kind of meh till you pointed that out.

1-7-0 on the road... YIKES.

Also, looking at the teams that are currently sitting on the outside looking in are teams you fully expect to turn it on at some point: WSH, PIT, NJ.. And you can't count PHI, FLA or CAR out of that.

If you would've told any of us that the NYI and NYR were going to be sitting in two of the three metropolitan spots at any point this season you would've been escorted outta here

Things will probably start to take shape or "normal" out as we approach the end of the year.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

They have done pretty well especially with the injuries they have had on D,but I think most of us agree they need to get more secondary scoring,especially if they are to go anywhere in the playoffs.