Kukla's Korner Hockey

Kukla's Korner Hockey

Early Trends

10/12/2015 at 10:17am EDT

from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

As the NHL emerges from its first weekend of play, I'm wondering what the odds would have been a week ago that the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks, all picks to make the playoffs (at least in our grid), would be a combined 0-for-9 and outscored 35-11? Probably no greater than the odds that the Arizona Coyotes, Winnipeg Jets, San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers would be a combined 7-0, having allowed just seven goals between them while rocking opponents with 29 goals of their own. The question is whether it's harder to dig out of an early hole or more difficult to continue riding that early rainbow. And perhaps most importantly, which of these teams is most likely to reverse their early trend one way or the other?

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