Fifteen: Minnesota (4th Central)

Minnesota is a very good team with a very good core. There is talk of them potentially trading for a center. This would be great as long as it doesn't mess up chemistry. Ryan Suter D is so good but needs solid play from his forwards and other d-men - he can't do it all. Zach Parise LW is tough at both ends. Really there are a lot of good players here. But they need to be more consistent. It is nice to see Thomas Vanek LW producing. And what's not to love about Mikko Koivu C (if you aren't playing against him, anyway).

Record: 17 - 9 - 6 40pts ( projected: 20 - 11 - 8 48pts)

Significant Injuries:
No current injuries of concern.

Next Fifteen Days 12/22/2015 - 1/5/2015:
Tuesday Montreal visits
Saturday Pittsburgh visits
Monday Detroit visits
Thursday at St. Louis
Saturday at Tampa Bay
Sunday at Florida
Tuesday at Columbus

Nothing easy in this fifteen days. If they can start with win against Montreal and Pittsburgh, then winning the two of the last three is very plausible for a very good set of games.

8 out of 14pts

3 - 2 - 2

Last Fifteen Days 12/7/2015 - 12/21/2015:
LOSS 1 - 2 (OT) at Colorado
LOSS 1 - 2 (OT) at Arizona
WIN 2 - 0 at San Jose
WIN 6 - 2 Vancouver
WIN 5 - 2 New York Rangers
LOSS 2 - 3 at Nashville
LOSS 3 - 6 Dallas

3 - 2 - 2

8 out of 14pts

Some huge inconsistency in this fifteen days. Losing two points to Nashville and a point to Arizona could be big.