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More than any other major sport there is a lot you can tell about a team in the NHL regarding their readiness to compete in the playoffs before the regular season even ends. That doesn\u2019t mean that there aren\u2019t still upsets or surprises in the NHL playoffs – there certainly are. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than any other major sport there is a lot you can tell about a team in the NHL regarding their readiness to compete in the playoffs before the regular season even ends. That doesn\u2019t mean that there aren\u2019t still upsets or surprises in the NHL playoffs – there certainly are. (more…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl"],"yoast_head":"\nAssessing NHL Playoff Contenders - Sports Betting Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out the best ways to assess NHL Playoff contenders. 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