Happy Friday, DBDers! I hope you all had a pleasant Thanksgiving with friends, family or just yourself if you “roll” like that. While the Dallas Stars’ tough losses on Monday and Wednesday were enough to drive most of us back to the buffet table to grab an extra plate of food we really didn’t need, hope is not lost when analyzing the long-term projections of this team come postseason.
D Magazine‘s Sean Shapiro gives us a breakdown of how the NHL standings at Thanksgiving generally serve as an appetizer (too soon?) for how things shake out come spring:
“Thanksgiving is often the first major reflection point of the NHL season.