Mad Dog Tannen
Registered User
- Apr 10, 2010
- 5,002
- 2,747
Prior to the season it looked like this division would be stacked with potential SC contenders (FLA, TOR, BOS), as well as good to great teams vying for playoffs (TB, OTT, BUF, DET), heck even the rebuild team in Mtl looked improved and would not be a free space on the bingo card this year.
About 10% through the season, it is looking quite a bit different, with a few exceptions.
The only legit contender is looking like FLA
After that there are 6 okay/good teams with not a lot of distance from top to bottom in:
OTT, bos, tor, tb, det, buf - any 2 or 3 of these could make the playoffs. I think OTT has looked the best of the bunch. Tor could
Miss the playoffs and I wouldn’t be surprised now. I considered them a legit cup contender in sept.
Mtl is still fitting the bill, improved rebuild team that has a chance to win each night, if they decide to play defense that evening.
Is this division only going to have 3 playoff teams - with 2 wcs going to the Metro?
The Atlantic has definitely been the most surprising division so far this year in just how “meh” it has looked.
If I had to guess now I’d have FLA, OTT and TB making the playoffs.
What are everyone’s thoughts on this division? What happened to pivot it from one of the toughest divisions preseason to the leagues Okay-est division? Does anyone see the teams turning things around to become legit dominant cup contenders by the end of the year?
About 10% through the season, it is looking quite a bit different, with a few exceptions.
The only legit contender is looking like FLA
After that there are 6 okay/good teams with not a lot of distance from top to bottom in:
OTT, bos, tor, tb, det, buf - any 2 or 3 of these could make the playoffs. I think OTT has looked the best of the bunch. Tor could
Miss the playoffs and I wouldn’t be surprised now. I considered them a legit cup contender in sept.
Mtl is still fitting the bill, improved rebuild team that has a chance to win each night, if they decide to play defense that evening.
Is this division only going to have 3 playoff teams - with 2 wcs going to the Metro?
The Atlantic has definitely been the most surprising division so far this year in just how “meh” it has looked.
If I had to guess now I’d have FLA, OTT and TB making the playoffs.
What are everyone’s thoughts on this division? What happened to pivot it from one of the toughest divisions preseason to the leagues Okay-est division? Does anyone see the teams turning things around to become legit dominant cup contenders by the end of the year?