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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
As has been talked about with VAN this year, a fast start can make a team look better than they are.
Last year, the Devils started 21-4-1 for a .827 clip. Good on them - they won all those games.
But for the remaining 70% of the season (56 games) they were 31-18-7, .616. Pretty good, but not elite. SEA finished 12th in the NHL at .610. The Devils had a great year, but for 70% of it, they were the Kraken.
And interestingly, they have the same record as the Kraken again this year.
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Sorry, but that is a terrible way of comparing and phrasing that. You can't compare one team's start to another's whole season and make sense of it.
The Kraken also had a hot start and went 15-5-3 (.717) to start the season. They went 31-23-5 (.568) they rest of the way over their last 59 games. The Devils were better than the Kraken at pretty much every step of the way, and not the same for 70%.