As we here at Hockey Embassy look to wrap things up prior to the end of the year, it’s a good time to stop and reassess the season thus far. We didn’t want to write much about each team, so what better way than a Haiku to put in the minimum required effort for each team and still feel a sense of accomplishment. Speaking of minimum required effort…

Everyone watch Tyler Myers (57), a defenceman, at the bottom of this frame…….no words#Canucks pic.twitter.com/2svFCuHZkE

— BoestMode (@BoestMode) December 16, 2019

Tyler Myers jokes aside, it’s time to set some ground rules. For those unsure what a Haiku is, it is an “unrhymed Japanese poetic form that consists of 17 syllables in three lines containing five, seven, and five syllables, respectively” (Merriam-Webster). There are variations but for simplicity’s sake, we’ll stick to the traditional 5-7-5 format.

Boston Bruins
The big, bad Bruins
Starring the ‘perfection line’
Division leaders

The sequence of Patrice Bergeron’s goal is vintage perfection line. Brad Marchand picks up a loose puck in the neutral zone, makes a move to send Pastrnak in on a 2-on-1. Finds Bergy all alone back door. Beautiful. pic.twitter.com/4cXdy80Jf9

— Matt Castle (@Matt_Castle22) December 10, 2019

Buffalo Sabres
Eichel is sublime
Goaltending is regressing
Playoffs uncertain

I love how Carter Hutton watches the puck go up and in behind him #Leafs x #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/9NPwI0FGpc

— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) December 1, 2019

Detroit Red Wings
Starting the rebuild
Stevie Y will do great, but
Last place expected

Florida Panthers
Scoring has been fine
Multiple four-goal comebacks
Yet they’re still awful

The @FlaPanthers have accounted for two of the four 4-goal comeback wins this season (also WPG & WSH).

Only four other seasons in NHL history have had four or more games in which the winning team trailed by 4+ goals (5 in 1983-84 & 1985-86; 4 in 1984-85 & 1986-87). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/vyyDmtEg7E

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 22, 2019

Montreal Canadiens
The Price has been wrong
Bergevin needs the playoffs
Or the city burns

And the Tkachuk brothers wonder why no one likes them, color me surprised. pic.twitter.com/G5w3hy41M7

— ᴊᴇɴɴғᴏʀʟᴏʙsᴛᴇʀs 🦞 (@jennforhockey) December 12, 2019

Ottawa Senators
Duclair is a star
Melnyk hasn’t been noticed
Are good things ahead?

Anthony Duclair doesn't know how to play pic.twitter.com/UnifHmp3r6

— sylvain (@raccoonyes) December 15, 2019

Tampa Bay Lightning
Last year peaked early
This year they can’t peak at all
Should still make playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs
They fired Babcock
Back-up goaltending’s a mess
Can Keefe turn it ’round?

Michael Hutchinson: First #Leafs goalie to allow 4+ goals in 6 straight starts since Ed Belfour from Jan 10-26, 2006

— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) November 29, 2019

That’s all for today, come back tomorrow for the Metropolitan division version. Feel free to leave a comment if you have a Haiku for an Atlantic division team you would like to share, or let me know on Twitter either via @HockeyEmbassy or @CanStrayan.