Once upon a time, I thought I was doing NHL personnel everywhere a favor by asking them for one-to-three words to describe Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal.
The resulting story ended up lovely, and everyone loves Staal, but what I thought was going to be an easy and thoughtless task ended up being deceptively difficult for the participants.
Now that I’ve assigned one word to every NHL team headed into the 2022-23 season, I can finally say I understand how hard this is. Here's my best attempt...
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins: Underrated
Look, I have a bone to pick with the word “underrated.