Many teams in the NHL were expected to start the season out strong but have struggled to do so. Here are the top 5 most disappointing teams so far.
The NHL season is still fairly young, but we’re nearing the point where it gets hard for teams to overcome slow starts. So far, this season has seen a lot of surprises and a lot of disappointments. It’s not too late for these teams to turn things around, but they’ve got to start climbing out of their holes soon if they want to make the playoffs.
Which teams have been the most disappointing this season? Here’s the top five.
5. Toronto Maple Leafs
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are a very strong team. However, they have not started the 2019-2020 season off to a great start. With players such as John Tavares, Mitch Marner, and Auston Matthews; this is some serious firepower on the team. It is not understood as to why they have not been towards the top of the league.
In addition to lack of good results, the Maple Leafs have also decided to fire coach Mike Babcock. This will also be some serious adjustment for the players as they are now forced to adapt to a new leadership and coaching style.
This will be an extreme challenge that the Maple Leafs will have to face but if they hope to make the playoffs, then they will need to overcome this challenge.
It is quite early in the season, so it is hard to tell the end result of the Maple Leafs but for a dominating team last year, they are performing very poorly this year. Besides their offense being great, they also have a good defense and great goaltending. It does not really make sense how they are only fifth in the Atlantic Division but there is still plenty of hockey left for the season.
The players of the Toronto Maple Leafs have a great range of very experienced veterans and talented young guns. They are also a very versatile team being good both offensively and defensively.
Since there is still a lot of hockey left for the season, they certainly have a lot of time to boost their position in the standings and outplay a lot of teams in the league. Although they failed to make the playoffs last year, they still have great potential to make the playoffs this year. Nevertheless, they are still considered to be a disappointing team in the league so far.