Any online sportsbook expert will tell you that it is difficult for a team to make the NHL playoffs every year. There are some cities that expect a playoff berth every season, but it is an extremely difficult proposition to deliver on. In the 2011-2012 season, there were some teams that struggled to make the playoffs and then faded away as the playoffs wore on. To some sports betting fans, making the playoffs is a sign of improvement and hope for the following season. To others, making the playoffs does not insure success for the next season. Let’s look at some of the teams that made theNHL playoffs this season that have the potential to fade away next season.
Ottawa Senators
The story in Ottawais very familiar. Goaltender Craig Anderson comes in and takes the team to the playoffs in his first season as the starter. There is some success in the playoffs, so the franchise is hopeful. The problem is that the price per head sportsbook experts have seen this movie before and the sequel never goes well. The Senators are an aging team that is not filling in its older players with talented youth.Anderson is not the powerhouse goaltender that people seem to think he is and the Senators should fold like a house of cards next season.
Philadelphia Flyers
There is just something unstable about the Flyers that should make fans nervous. Prior to the 2011-2012 season, the Flyers allowed captain Mike Richards and goal scorer Jeff Carter to get away. The only player that the team picked up was veteran Jaromir Jagr. The goaltending situation inPhiladelphiais still up for grabs as neither Ilya Bryzgalov nor Sergei Bobrovsky have shown enough consistency to be considered a solid starter. Next season could very well be a crumbling point for the Flyers that forces the team to start rebuilding.
San Jose Sharks
A betonline review of the San Jose Sharks shows that the team is not fooling anyone anymore.San Jose keeps trying to recycle the same players every season and is trying to lean on a goaltender in Antti Niemi that cannot seem to play up to his Stanley Cup pedigree. There is going to need to be major changes inSan Jose this offseason if the team wants to have any shot at making the playoffs next season. Since the Sharks are not really good at wholesale changes, look forSan Jose fans to be seriously disappointed next year.
Chicago Blackhawks
Just like the Los Angeles Kings can rise up from out of nowhere to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, so can the Blackhawks spiral down into oblivion. NHL fans inChicago stand behind goaltender Corey Crawford, but Crawford was not capable of logging a single shutout in 2011-2012. If you want to win it all in the NHL, then you need a shutdown goalie. The Blackhawks lack of a defense and its reliance on winning games through offensive pressure will catch up to the team next season.
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