Give yourself a pat on the back, everyone. We’ve made it to the halfway mark.
Well, some of us have. A few teams actually hit the midway point last week, while others arrived over the weekend. Others still have a few games to go, and won’t make it until the end of this week. The NHL schedule is weird this year.
But still, enough teams are there that we can go ahead and say it's close enough. So we're halfway home. Great. What does that mean?
For one, it means we should expect to see the standings start to solidify somewhat, as the constant churn of the early going gives way to something slightly more stable.