Howie58 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) Hello: Here is an assessment of rankings in the Metro, with Carolina favored (with asterisks). https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl-futures-betting-analyzing-the-metropolitan-division-205947365.html I concur that Pitt may be a declining team. One might say the same about Washington. Our performance rests on Hart rebounding. Trades aside, do our youth play to potential? In this perennially tough division, every game and point will count. Edited September 21, 2021 by Howie58 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Getting rid of their three goalies was not really the best move Carolina made. They are still competitive but I'm really doubtful about the Andersen/Raantaa duo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 It's hard for me to handicap our squad. Is there upside? For sure. If Lindblom and other return to form, we might surprise people. On the other hand, starting a season with two goalies who immediate past season had sub-.900 save percentages doesn't inspire. The D--don't know. It looks like another Thanksgiving Day assessment break--we might get a read after 20 or so games. With Pitt, I always had a feeling Rutherford would pull a rabbit out of the trade hat and pull it together before the playoffs. He has been replaced with Mr. Patience. Trotz is Trotz and Lou is Lou. I suspect that squad will always be respectable+. We see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Howie58 said: It's hard for me to handicap our squad. Is there upside? For sure. If Lindblom and other return to form, we might surprise people. On the other hand, starting a season with two goalies who immediate past season had sub-.900 save percentages doesn't inspire. The D--don't know. It looks like another Thanksgiving Day assessment break--we might get a read after 20 or so games. With Pitt, I always had a feeling Rutherford would pull a rabbit out of the trade hat and pull it together before the playoffs. He has been replaced with Mr. Patience. Trotz is Trotz and Lou is Lou. I suspect that squad will always be respectable+. We see! Yeah I take it all with a grain of salt even if they claimed them to be the Cup favorite they still have to play the games and prove it on the ice and most importantly the scoreboard. Cautiously optimistic is all I can afford to be. We'll see how they end up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrittyForever Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 I think the Islanders will finish first actually and the Flyers will be third. As mentioned both Pitt and Washington will fade. Rangers are the wild card imo. It will be close and every point will count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 By far the strongest division. Every team has legitimate chance to be in the playoffs. A bit less for NJ and CBJ but they can still play the needle in the bottle of all remaining teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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