It’s that time of year
No analysis or facts
Yeah, it’s more haikus
32 poems
Of varying quality
All the teams covered
1. Tampa Bay Lightning, 34-14-4
Last week: 1
Sean: 1
Dom: 1
Hedman? McDonagh?
No need. Tampa’s all good with
Charle-Edouard D’Astous
2. Colorado Avalanche, 35-8-9
Last week: 2
Sean: 2
Dom: 2
Chasing history
Until the holidays’ end
Since then? Pretty mid
3. Carolina Hurricanes, 33-15-5
Last week: 3
Sean: 3
Dom: 3
Tulsky on the phone
“Do you want Kotkaniemi?”
“$4.8?” No thanks.”
4. Buffalo Sabres, 31-17-5
Last week: 4
Sean: 4
Dom: 4
As the wins stack up
‘Midas Touch’ Kevyn Adams
Earns vindication
5. Dallas Stars, 31-14-9
Last week: 8
Sean: 5
Dom: 6
Extension? Rental?
Whatever! It’s Panarin!
Go all in again
6. Minnesota Wild, 31-14-10
Last week: 5
Sean: 6
Dom: 5
Quinn Hughes is unreal
The Wild are a contender
Just need a center
7. Montreal Canadiens, 30-17-7
Last week: 9
Sean: 7
Dom: 7
Hutson and Dobson
Dominate first game as pair
Makar and Toews who?
8. Detroit Red Wings, 32-17-6
Last week: 7
Sean: 9
Dom: 8
Vintage John Gibson
Driving Detroit’s playoff push
Last 20: On fire
9. Pittsburgh Penguins, 27-14-11
Last week: 10
Sean: 8
Dom: 9
The key to success?
Geriatric superstars,
Depth … and Stu Skinner
10. Boston Bruins, 32-20-3
Last week: 11
Sean: 10
Dom: 10
Minten, first and fourth
Add it to the list: Rask, Phil
One more Bruins fleece
11. Vegas Golden Knights, 25-14-14
Last week: 6
Sean: 12
Dom: 11
Mark Stone is healthy
And he’s better than ever
Fingers crossed, Vegas
12. Utah Mammoth, 28-22-4
Last week: 12
Sean: 11
Dom: 12
A team worth watching,
And eighty-nine bad seconds
Do not change that fact
13. New York Islanders, 30-19-5
Last week: 13
Sean: 13
Dom: 14
Brick wall Sorokin
Generational Schaefer
Enough for playoffs?
14. Edmonton Oilers, 28-19-8
Last week: 16
Sean: 14
Dom: 13
A difficult task:
Look at this team’s bottom six
And find someone good
15. Anaheim Ducks, 28-23-3
Last week: 18
Sean: 15
Dom: 15
Are they good or bad?
In the Pacific, who cares?
“Not garbage” should work
16. San Jose Sharks, 27-21-4
Last week: 17
Sean: 16
Dom: 16
Year 2 superstar
Like “The Kid” and “McJesus”
Make way for… “Chester”???
17. Columbus Blue Jackets, 25-20-7
Last week: 20
Sean: 17
Dom: 17
Seven wins in eight
The Rick Bowness bump is real
But it came too late
18. Florida Panthers, 28-22-3
Last week: 14
Sean: 18
Dom: 18
Time to face the facts:
Tkachuk might not be enough
To make up six points
19. Seattle Kraken, 25-19-9
Last week: 21
Sean: 20
Dom: 20
Beniers is red hot
10-goal January… wait
Just four before that?
20. Ottawa Senators, 25-21-7
Last week: 26
Sean: 19
Dom: 21
Reimer and Søgaard
Seem like they can stop beach balls
Might be good enough
21. New Jersey Devils, 28-24-2
Last week: 19
Sean: 21
Dom: 19
Fancy stat darling
It’s Lenni Hameenaho!
Wait, is Jack Hughes hurt?
22. Washington Capitals, 26-22-7
Last week: 23
Sean: 22
Dom: 22
Expect good or bad
Caps will do the opposite
Curse of The Model
23. Los Angeles Kings, 22-17-13
Last week: 25
Sean: 23
Dom: 23
Wins before OT
14 — Kings rank 31st
Stupid loser points
24. Nashville Predators, 24-23-6
Last week: 24
Sean: 24
Dom: 26
For twenty-five games,
The Preds seemed to have a pulse
Now? Trade who you can
25. Philadelphia Flyers, 24-20-9
Last week: 22
Sean: 25
Dom: 25
Three long weeks ago,
We talked their “make-or-break stretch”
And boy, did they break
26. Toronto Maple Leafs, 24-21-9
Last week: 15
Sean: 28
Dom: 24
Pathetic homestand
Writing on wall: sell, sell, sell
Ditch Brad and Craig first
27. Winnipeg Jets, 21-25-7
Last week: 28
Sean: 26
Dom: 27
One way to prevent
More playoff disappointment:
Simply don’t make them
28. Chicago Blackhawks, 21-24-9
Last week: 27
Sean: 27
Dom: 28
Much-needed sidekick
Demidov would’ve been nice
Arty: minus-five
29. Calgary Flames, 21-26-6
Last week: 29
Sean: 29
Dom: 29
Kadri and Coleman
CJ’s trade board; If they’re gone?
Zero good players
30. St. Louis Blues, 20-25-9
Last week: 31
Sean: 30
Dom: 30
To hit 90 points
Blues need a Prez trophy pace
“What Dom got wrong” — Whoops!
31. New York Rangers, 22-27-6
Last week: 30
Sean: 31
Dom: 31
Two Ls to Isles
Our suggestion to Drury —
Write a new letter
32. Vancouver Canucks, 18-31-5
Last week: 32
Sean: 32
Dom: 32
With Quinn, they were bad
Without him, they’re something worse
Something much sadder