Before the season started, I tossed out an idea: maybe the West Division wasn’t a three-horse race like everyone assumed. With the Avalanche, Blues, and Golden Knights as the heavily favored teams going into the season, there was an open slot for a fourth team. Pundits expected team number four to be the Minnesota Wild, but with a sizable gap between the top three and number four.
It’s hard to gauge the standings right now since the Blues and Coyotes are the only two teams allowed to play games right now, but the top three are exactly who everyone expected them to be.