The battle for the three divisional spots in the Atlantic remains very close and tight. The division, in truth, has gotten off to a slow start and has surprised the eyes of many. Not many would’ve predicted the overall weakness that we see from the entirety of the Atlantic thus far.
The Metropolitan, on the other hand, has surprisingly been strong and currently occupies both wild card spots as we speak. That leaves us with our beloved Florida Panthers.
The common theme so far has been that either the Panthers sit in one of the three protected Atlantic Divisional spots or they look from the outside in beneath one of the two wild card positions.