The league should watchout for this

The league should watchout for this

What does being an under the radar team actually mean what most fans would say it means and love to say in the comments section is a team that’s being disrespected which also translates to their team is not being talked about enough let’s be clear we are not talking

About the Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets two teams that have shocked the League this season with their place in the hockey hierarchy which at this moment is literally right at the top of the West one and two based purely on points Vancouver fans we hear you there

May be some disrespect towards your team but not for being under the radar for better or worse your team has been talked about by everyone from opening night until now so that begs the question who’s this mystery under the radar team that everybody needs to be talking about more let’s meet the

Contenders starting with the Seattle Kraken now technically this team has gotten a lot of attention recently because Oliver bork strand had to cancel his vacation to San Diego for allar weekend in Toronto but that’s not the type of attention we’re looking for before we go any further without looking

At up where are the Kraken right now in the standings have I given you enough time you got your answer okay it’s right on the cusp of a wild card spot they’d also won nine in a row before a loss to the Penguins this week and had recorded

A point in 13 straight games fresh off their first playoff appearance and Series win in franchise history the Kraken flopped like a fish in Pike Place Market to start the season on December 10th Seattle lost their eighth game in a row to fall to 8 14 and seven but since

Then they’ve lost just three times in regulation which happened to be their last three games and in what’s been a weird year of goaling around the league Joey dor a seventh round pick by the SS in 2015 has the fifth best goals against average among all goalies that have

Played a minimum of 15 games not bad for a guy who had never played more than 10 games in a single season before this year yes Seattle has no stars in the traditional sense of the word so it’s not surprising to see them simmer under the radar but their style of play is

Just tough to play against as for money Puck the Kraken have allowed the fewest High danger chances at even strength and while they don’t create a ton of offense they’ve still got a better expected goals for percentage than the Canucks Leafs and Rangers as per Natural stat

Trck so the Kraken they’re on a roll right now and they may be flying under most people’s radar but they are not the answer to the original question so who is the most under the radar team in the league currently that would be the Florida Panthers like Tony Stark and the

First Iron Man only stealthier this thing just appeared out of nowhere how come it didn’t show up on the radar is it stealth no sort it’s tiny it’s weird to say that the Panthers are the most under the radar team in hockey right now considering they made it to the Stanley

Cup Final less than a season ago but they’re still not getting the respect that they deserve including by us we discuss who the best team in the NHL actually is the Canucks the Avalanche the golden knights the Rangers or your Winnipeg Jets so consider this a public service announcement to those who may

Not know the Florida Panthers are really good at hockey like like maybe best team in the league good last season the Panthers were under 500 through 44 games and this season they’re 2773 and four good for second in the Atlantic what’s more impressive though

Is how they got to this point if we go all the way back to the beginning of the season the Panthers were heading into it without their top two defenseman Aaron eblad and Brandon Montour they signed Oliver emman Larson and Dimitri kulakov as Replacements and we being me I looked

At this team like a lot of other people lacking depth bar scrapping into a playoff spot last season OT luck in the postseason Bob turning back the clock and I thought they’d come crashing down from a magical run to maybe being a wild card team or out of the playoffs instead

They’ve improved on already great underlying numbers last season according to Natural stat trick their High danger chances 4 percentage and scoring chances 4 percentage at five on five are both up from last year to this season they’ve also improved in the takeaway giveaway department and are much better

Defensively than they were a season ago limiting High danger chances and shots Gustaf forsling looks like a number one defenseman and he and Aaron eblad have been one of the best pairs in the league by any metric maybe more importantly though Sergey Bovi is back to being an

All-Star and having his best season since 20178 when he was with the Columbus Blue Jackets last season Bob allowed two or fewer goals 19 times in 50 games this season he’s done it 16 times and 33 which is almost half his starts and nobody would have predicted

This turnaround from a guy that hasn’t been in the vzna conversation in four years and then there’s the forwards leading this group Matthew kachuck had a slow start to the season but he had seven goals and 18 points over a nine game streak that just came to an end Sam

Reinhard’s in the Rocket Race he’s hit the 30 goal Mark for the third season in a row his next goal will give him a new career high and even though his shooting percentage is absolutely unsustainable at over 25% who are we to say he’s going

To slow down go get your money Sam then there’s Carter Veri who’s on Pace for his best season Alex barov is a selky candidate again and their top two lines are in the top 10 and expected goals percentage according to money Puck of all lines that have played a minimum of

200 minutes and we haven’t even mentioned Sam Bennett who’s a nightmare to play against and his style kind of embodies what this Panthers team is they’re a nightmare to play against they’re not overly physical they don’t block a ton of shots but they are always in the other team’s end creating High

Danger chances and it’s not just one line doing the damage so in a state dominated by the lightning Dynasty a division consumed by Bruins and leaf discourse a conference with hockey’s most storied teams succeeding like the Rangers Flyers Islanders and Penguins the Panthers are gearing up for another

Long postseason run and they’re better than last year whether we want to pay attention or not

There are a lot of teams that have #stanleycup aspirations, but not all of them are talked about at equal length. In other words they’re flying under the radar, like this team everyone should be aware of as the seasons goes on!

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