Unmasking the NHL’s Deceptive .500 Teams: Who’s Faking Success This Weekend?
2. Chicago Blackhawks/San Jose Sharks (tie) – Seeing last year’s 31st and 32nd place teams sitting over .500 in December is impressive, as long as you don’t notice that San Jose has lost 16 of 30 and Chicago has lost 17 out of 29.
1. Seattle Kraken – They’re comfortably over .500 despite winning just 11 of 26 games, meaning only Nashville have fewer wins. More on them in a bit.
Honorable mentions: Yes, there are somehow too many fake .500 teams in this league to fit into a list even when you cheat and use ties. I didn’t include the New York Rangers or Utah Mammoth, since I figure their records come closest to feeling like an accurate representation of who they are. And I didn’t mention the Edmonton Oilers because they’re going to win 10 games in a row any second now and make all of this moot.
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