How do you write a rip-job column on the most disappointing teams in the NHL when, at the time of this writing, the worst record in the league is 8-11-3? That team, the Arizona Coyotes, has earned points in one of every two games an average.
In the NPL (the newly named National Parity League), calling a team bad isn't easy. Entering Saturday's games, six points separated the worst team in the Eastern Conference (the New York Islanders) from the eighth-place team (the Washington Capitals). In the West, the difference was seven points, between Arizona and the Nashville Predators.
So no matter who gets named here in the coming paragraphs as the "most disappointing teams," their fans can rightfully say, "But we're only a few points out of the playoffs!"
Fair enough.
But there are still teams that have been disappointments to this point, and we will describe the problems and offer solutions to fix them.
So here we go with the list:
Dallas Stars (10-10-6, 26 points)
The Problems
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