It’s mid-December. Do you know what level of crisis your favorite team is in?
Chances are, the answer is “pretty darn high”. This is the time of year when we normally see a few teams figuring out that reality isn’t going to match their hopes; that’s just how the season works.
But this? I’m not sue I can remember a season where this many teams felt like full-fledged disasters. I’m not even referring to teams like the Sharks who have bad records like we expected. That’s business as usual for a rebuilding team. I’m talking about the kind of seasons that get lots of people fired.
How bad is it? Bad enough that we need more than our usual five spots, and we still won’t be able to cover everyone.
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