As another NHL season falls upon us, so does another round of predictions in a number of areas: trophy winners, first coaches to be fired, division/conference/cup winners, and so on. Obviously, the first hot takes that any hockey fan in his/her right mind is – you guessed it – who’s making the playoffs, and who is not. It’s an interesting time of year, as analysts and experts unanimously pencil in the same team to win a division, or all snag a different dark horse to win it all. However, we can see that the hot-takery is oh so hot this October as many ‘expert’ opinions share one odd detail:
Everyone is picking the Detroit Red Wings as an odd man out for this year’s postseason.