Yes, which is why those teams pts percentages are slightly higher. But that is how standings with games back are calculated in other sports like baseball, football and basketball.
Some team can always turn it around, but the standings in the east already look like there are 7 teams in good shape and probably four teams fighting for the last spot. Boston looks to be having the sort of season NJ had last year and if they don't kick it up soon they may find themselves slipping down the standings.
It would be a fun poll to guess first coach fired.
I never understood why with their old core they kept on adding more old players. It was obvious a couple of years ago that Malkin, Crosby and Letang have all lost more than just a step and the team wouldn't win anything any more.
To be fair, Crosby and Malkin have aged pretty well in terms of production, but their lack of footspeed has become painfully obvious. You don't want your franchise legends to go out with a whimper, but if you keep trying and failing to surround them with the right talent eventually the bottom is going to fall out, and it looks like it finally has for them.
I’ve watched some Lalonde interviews and he just does not give off the vibe of a guy who players respond to.
