It's become tradition in the hockey world to use American Thanksgiving as a barometer to gauge the progress of NHL teams. Some teams are surprisingly good and surprisingly bad at this point in time.
Surprises in any sports season, however, are not all that surprising. But how are our Thunder Bay boys faring so far this season? We have a brief temperature check below.
In order of points:
Eric Staal (Minnesota Wild)
Position: Centre
Games Played: 18
Goals: 5
Assists: 8
Points: 13
Jordan Staal (Carolina Hurricanes)
Position: Centre
Games Played: 18
Goals: 5
Assists: 4
Points: 9
Tom Pyatt (Ottawa Senators)
Position: Left Wing
Games Played: 19
Goals: 2
Assists: 3
Points: 5
Marc Staal (New York Rangers)
Position: Defence
Games Played: 20
Goals: 1
Assists: 3
Points: 4
Robert Bortuzzo (St. Louis Blues)
Position: Defence
Games Played: 6
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Patrick Sharp (Dallas Stars)
Position: Left Wing
Games Played: 6
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Points: 1
Matt Murray (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Position: Goalie
Games Played: 6
Wins: 5
Losses: 1
GAA: 1.68
SV%: .945
Both Sharp and Bortuzzo have missed a large part of the opening part of the season. but are ready for action.
According the NHL.com Bortuzzo was cleared on Nov. 17 after recovering from a lower body injury. Sharp just returned from a 14-game absence stemming from concussion-like symptoms.
