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Toronto Maple Leafs
fromTheLeafsNation
2 days ago

Lightning's Jon Cooper offers candid assessment of Maple Leafs, Eastern Conference race

The Eastern Conference is exceptionally competitive with teams closely matched in strength, making playoff outcomes unpredictable and preventing dominant favorites from emerging.
fromEyes On Isles
3 months ago

Why the NY Islanders' Thanksgiving playoff spot doesn't mean what it used to

For years, American Thanksgiving has served as one of the NHL's most reliable predictive benchmarks. In the salary cap era, roughly 77 percent of teams sitting in a playoff spot on Thanksgiving ultimately qualify for the playoffs in April. Last season, 12 of 16 teams, or 75 percent, held their ground. It's a trend coaches, executives, and fans have leaned on for years to separate early-season pretenders from legitimate contenders.
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