NHL Weekend Shockers: Penguins’ Turmoil, Sharks’ Rise, and Toronto’s Unthinkable Collapse
Well, about that.
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It turns out that slow start was indeed a big story, but not because it was ending the bottom-five race before it began. (In case you’re wondering, three different teams other than San Jose and Chicago have already held down the bottom spot, because I’m dumb.) Instead, it now looks like those three weeks of wheel-spinning could be the only thing keeping a Western playoff spot in play.
Or maybe not. The Sharks have gone 25-16-1 since those first eight games, which is a 100-point pace. That has them in the wild-card mix, but if they can keep accumulating points at that rate in the second half, this isn’t going to be close.
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