It’s Halloween, which means it’s time to settle in and watch a scary movie. Have you considered highlight clips of your favorite player?
That probably wouldn’t work, at least if your player is someone like Cale Makar or Kirill Kaprizov or Nikita Kucherov. Those guys have been great through October, and other stars are at least living up to expectations. Not everyone is, though, and that means it’s time for our annual team full of starts that are scary, or at least disappointing. We’ll pick a full roster, with a max of one player per team and some honorable mentions to round out the field. (Is it dumb to pretend that every team has a player having a bad start worth singling out? Yes, of course, but you guys get mad when I don't include your favorite teams, so here you go.)
A scary start doesn't doom a season – last year’s list included names like Juraj Slafkovsky, Matt Duchene and Stuart Skinner, and they all ended up having good years. There was even a passing mention of Connor Hellebuyck, and he won the Vezina. Then again, some players never really recovered from a slow first month. And we won’t know who’s who until much further down the road.
For now, let’s get in the Halloween spirit, building from the net out. (Side note: It's also an annual tradition that at least a few of these guys have big games immediately after I write this piece, so feel free to send thank you notes if it happens for your team.)
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