Buffalo’s Surprising Edge: What Early NHL Weekend Rankings Reveal—and What They Conceal
Bonus five: Random observations from a packed Saturday night
5. I haven’t forgotten about the Columbus Blue Jackets bandwagon — Seven goals against a goalie who just got a bunch of money is a nice sign this team plans to resume causing problems. I’d assume giving up 52 shots against wasn’t part of the game plan, but Kirill Marchenko had a hat trick and Elvis Merzļikins had 48 saves, and my math says both of those things are sustainable, so let’s roll.
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4. We might be sleeping on Thatcher Demko as an Olympic factor — Yes, you figure Connor Hellebuyck and Jake Oettinger will get all the starts that matter. Then you see Demko do stuff like this and you wonder …
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