The Fifth Liners

We've got about a quarter of this shortened season left and one thing that's jumped out is how the different divisions have performed. The chart below shows the average points per division and it's clear that the Southeast Division is under scoring compared to the others. Looking at the overall league (at time of writing, you know how quickly it changes) there isn't a Southeast team in the top 10. The Eastern Conference is being dominated by the Northeast Division with 4 of the 8 playoff places currently going to Northeast teams. Only Buffalo are currently looking at an extended post season break. Today we're going to look at a two different ideas.  Location, Location, Location This one is easy, Florida isn't known for its ice. If you want a game of football, soccer or baseball, you need a field. Plenty of those in the South east. Not so much ice. Hockey was first played on natural ice, that's how the sport evolved in the frozen north. When Gary...