Guest Post: Rocket's NHL Eastern Conference preview, in haiku form

Commenter Rocket is back in the mix, writing about hockey in ways only he can. Usually this involves either very short bursts (haikus) or very long bursts (2,000-word posts about club hockey in North Carolina). This is an example of the former, as he preview's the NHL's Eastern Conference in haiku form. On Thursday, he'll give the Western Conference the same treatment. Rocket?

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If you are looking for an in-depth, hard hitting preview of the upcoming NHL season feel free to look here and here and here or here or here or countless other places on the interweb. If you only have time for an NHL season preview in haiku form, beginning with the Eastern Conference, then this is your place!

The teams are in the predicted order of their divisional rank

Atlantic Division

Boston

They could win it all

Which would not be right

Montreal

Excellent goalie

Maybe the best defenseman

Will that be enough?

I should like them more

They have a ton of talent

They prank their players

Detroit

With relentlessness

They're just not the same

Toronto

It's hard to improve

When one of your best players

Doesn't like to skate

Against all the odds

They gave out a big contract

It will not matter

Florida

Roberto is home

At least he tweets well

Buffalo

A team with one goal

To win the Cup? Oh %@#& no

Connor McDavid

Pittsburgh

With Sid and Gino

The playoffs are not in doubt

The worries start here

NY Rangers

As he gazes through your soul

Lundqvist is dreamy

Washington

They have a new coach

And they still have Ovechkin

Philadelphia

A poor start last year

Improvement is possible

Would you count on it?

New Jersey

Even without Brodeur is

Seventy-two years

NY Islanders

On the island for

One last forgettable year

Columbus

A bleak history

The future seemed to be bright

Injuries galore

Carolina

Jordan Stall out for four months