All At Twenty - Comparing the division teams if they arrived at the benchmark at the same time.
Thanksgiving eve – the first pair of Central Division teams arrived at the 20GP mark. Dallas and Nashville; and while all the teams did not arrive at the benchmark; at an equal moment – let’s essentially in this blog piece act as if the teams all did and look at a top to bottom division look from that equal GP mark to draw comparisons on. After Thanksgiving; Friday; saw St. Louis, Minnesota and Chicago join the teams to reach to 20GP mark. Sunday; Arizona and Winnipeg arrived at the benchmark game total leaving only Colorado to do so. Had Colorado not had their Nashville game postponed they would have on the same weekend Saturday night. Instead; the 20GP mark came Tuesday in a loss in Winnipeg on November 29 th . What you do see is how close the division title is 20 games in; that Dallas and playing more games in first is a lot closer to Winnipeg and Colorado than it appears. 2 points separated the top trio; likewise, the middle group St. Louis, Nashville and Minnesota were all 500...