The Kraken are, you know, they're, they're
, they're just a cool story. I mean,
I think, you know, a lot of people
were kind of, I think they wanted to get
on Seattle last year and a lot of people made
the case, they might come out and be good
, kinda like Vegas was, but they just weren't
but credit to the management there. They made some
serious off season changes. They got in the young
talent and, you know, like their goaltending bounced
back a little bit. This team is really dominant
five on five. They create a lot of scoring
chances. Um Seattle is, is also like benefiting
from play and, you know, the West and
I mean, you know, it's a little bit
more wide open there, but I think the other
team that's, that's super just, you know,
that to me, there's two teams, it's Seattle
in the west and it's the Devil's in the east
. I think people expected the Devils to take a
jump at some point like in the next year too
, but I don't think that, that people expected
them to go from zero to like potentially one of
the top five teams in the league this quick,
you talk about five on five stats, you know
, X X X G F percentage creating chances.
Five on five team is like top three in the
league. They're just dominant if they get good goaltending
down the stretch or into the playoffs. This,
this is a team that can knock off anyone they
can play with the Bruins can play with the Hurricanes
. So I've actually the devil's just with how big
a jump they've made is the most surprising to me
. Okay. What team you're going with here,
Pete, I agree with the Devils and just to
add to what Jeff said, um, you know
, when we talked already about Jack Hughes and Dougie
Hamilton's that impact, how about Vitek Vanish Check is
really one of the most productive goaltenders, most efficient
goaltenders in the league this season, winning games left
and right. They picked him up um in a
trade with the Washington capital. And you know,
that's a guy like when we mentioned Seattle, remember
he got taken in the expansion draft and then got
traded back to Washington, didn't work out there,
but he's like, been playing great for the Devils
this year and has solidified their goaltending last year.
They had the offense when everybody was healthy, but
the back end and Hamilton had a bad season,
the back end was terrible last year and it's all
been solved in one season. Thanks to a very
underrated offseason move for Vitek vanished.