NHL Weekend Rankings: The Shocking Stories Everyone’s Buzzing About—But Are They True?
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Bonus five: Early season stories I’m not buying (yet)
5. The Lightning are cooked – Nah. They’ve only managed one win in their first six, which clearly isn’t ideal, and they’re oh-for-three against 2025 playoff teams. This is an older team, and Andrei Vasilevskiy looks shaky, so there’s a degree of temptation to wonder if they’ll be this year’s Bruins. But they won’t, because Jon Cooper will get it figured out in plenty of time for them to make the playoffs. And when most of the core already has two rings, making the playoffs is all that matters. Other teams can worry about seeding and home ice. Tampa just needs an invitation to the dance to be right in the mix.
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