Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Canucks will make it in the second Wild Card spot in the west, then push round 1 against the Avalanche to seven games but ultimately lose. He's a Hall of Famer, so I doubt the Isles would fire him, but perhaps they let him "retire" or step away from the position on his own terms. It's going to be a tough battle in the Metropolitan Division, especially now that the Columbus Blue Jackets have Johnny Gaudreau (a player who spurned the Devils), but this team was constructed with the postseason in mind.Īs for the New York Islanders, team president Lou Lamoriello defended his offseason moves (or lack thereof) this week. Now that Blackwood is healthy, he'll have a chance to establish himself as a true No. Blackwood and Vanecek have shown flashes of being top netminders, but consistency has eluded both. The blueline is pretty solid, and Blackwood has a new backup in Vitek Vanecek. Winger Ondrej Palat will bring his playoff prowess to Newark, and the club has some good young forwards like Jesper Bratt, Yegor Sharangovich and Dawson Mercer. Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, Miles Wood and goalie Mackenzie Blackwood all missed time but are expected to be healthy going into the season.
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Last year, the Devils made a splash in free agency by signing defenseman Dougie Hamilton, but he missed 20 games with a jaw injury, one of many injuries for the Devils. They last made the playoffs in 2018, but that was still technically a rebuilding year, and the reconstruction of this team has taken several stops and starts since then. It's no secret that the New Jersey Devils are trying to get back into the contender category. The Caps will be without Nicklas Backstrom, though I think they got better in net when they signed Darcy Kuemper. The Bruins got the band back together for at least one last run, but David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron are only guaranteed to be around this next season. really aren't high on the Boston Bruins or Washington Capitals. Islanders miss the playoffs and Lou gets fired. Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Devils make the playoffs. This is a team on the rise, but how quickly can they get to the top? That will change in the next few years with Seider, Raymond and Filip Hronek set to become restricted free agents, and Filip Zadina is currently one. Only four players are signed beyond the 2023-24 season: Robby Fabbri, Copp, Chiarot and Husso.
There is still plenty of money left for Yzerman to make another move, with much of the high-end talent still playing on entry-level contracts. You could maybe sell players like Copp on the potential for the team in two or three seasons, but the aggressive moves Yzerman made led me to believe that "playing in competitive games" isn't enough. Playing competitive games late in the regular season would be good for the team, but with someone like Perron only on a two-year contract, it's probably safe to say that Detroit is aiming to be a postseason team. The future is looking bright.Ī reasonable expectation for this team is probably the playoffs. The Red Wings also added goalie Ville Husso to tandem with Alex Nedeljkovic.ĭerek Lalonde, a former assistant coach in Tampa Bay, is now behind the bench. The club has Calder Trophy-winning defenseman Moritz Seider and talented forward Lucas Raymond heading into their second NHL season, while veteran forwards Andrew Copp and David Perron and defenseman Ben Chiarot signed via free agency. Detroit Red Wings are a popular pick to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, as Steve Yzerman is ready to usher the team into the next phase of the rebuild. Ottawa and Detroit in, Boston and Washington out. Rich Graessle/Getty Images I think Detroit is going to make the playoffs. We asked members of the B/R community for their playoff predictions: Who will be in and who will be out? It's been an eventful offseason, so let's see what the fans think. As for who is in the middle? We can speculate on that too. While rosters will be tweaked here and there throughout the season, it's pretty easy to identify which teams will be good (the Edmonton Oilers) and which will be bad (looking at you, Chicago Blackhawks). We already know of some players that will miss the start of the season with injuries and a few others that have already been ruled out for the season. But for now, it's prime speculation season.įor the most part, we can look around the league at rosters and start to determine some potential line combinations. We're a few weeks away from NHL training camps opening up, and once players report, we'll have plenty to discuss, like positional battles, contract holdouts and salary cap gymnastics (especially considering there are so many teams over the cap right now). I don't give life advice like the real Dear Abby, but I do talk about hockey. Welcome to another edition of Dear Abbey.
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