With the All-Star Break now come and gone, hockey’s stretch run is now officially on the horizon. With about 30 games remaining in the season, we’re now at the point where the standings will theoretically start to shake themselves out. In the Metropolitan Division, things remain impossibly tight, though. The standings seem to completely reshuffle daily and based on the past few months, it seems unlikely that this state of affairs will let up any time soon.
Things in the Eastern Conference are a bit strange this season. In one division, the Atlantic, the final 30 or so games have essentially no meaning outside of seeding for the top three teams.