Well, kids, here we are. Three weeks (that's it!?!) into the 2012- 2013 NHL season. There have already been a number of highlight moments. 5 point nights from Thomas Vanek. An incredible, acrobatic save-of-the-year-candidate save from Kari Lehtonen. The return of a healthy Sidney Crosby, and the Houdini act, and not in a good way, of Alex Ovechkin. Through the first three weeks, the NHL's Central Division has proven that it will be a dogfight until the very end. There are a lot - and I mean A LOT - of good teams in the Western Conference. At this point, it seems very unlikely that 4 teams from the Central will make the playoffs. Given that there are 5 teams in the division, and given that Columbus is a perennial dumpster fire, that means that one of Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, and St. Louis may finish the year on the outside looking in. The Red Wings have taken the "hard road" to third in the division. Now, that may seem like an...
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