In the NHL, there are the two #1 seeds, and then there are 23 friggin teams between 50 and 61 points.
1. * Ottawa 50 66
2. * Philadelphia 48 59
3. * Carolina 52 52
4. Montreal 49 60
5. New Jersey 49 59
6. Pittsburgh 49 58
7. Boston 49 55
8. NY Islanders 50 54
9. NY Rangers 51 54
10. Washington 50 51
11. Atlanta 52 50
12. Florida 51 49
13. Buffalo 48 48
14. Toronto 51 48
15. Tampa Bay 50 45
The teams below Boston are just soooooo much better!! They all have elite goalies and are playing so much better then Boston has been!!! We're doomed!! Pittsburgh won't miss Crosby at all!! Ty "Choke-in" Conklin will continue to be awesome ever since you bashed him!! They can't be caught!
Or, the Bruins have done amazingly well despite their major injuries. They gotten blown out at times by giving up too many shots. AND they've gutted their way to as many wins as ANYONE, including YOU, could have hoped for. They're winning with fillin rookies and scrappy, lower-level-talent players. Instead of having appreciation for their SUCCEEDING, you rant about things you can't change, like the OFFSEASON/PRESEASON ROSTER. They're the THIRD SEED in the East if they're in the Southeast.
Excuse the fukk out of me for thinking them getting healthy AND making a trade to help the offense could bump them UP the standings, instead of the "obvious freefall" you're BANKING ON.
You'll have a whole thread of stupidity to look back on should they even MAKE the playoffs, never mind possibly host a home playoff series.
And of course, if they lose more players, losses pile up, and they do miss the playoffs, you can do imaginary high-fives with your imaginary friends for "being right!!" about a team you supposedly root for.