Blue Goose
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I do think Vegas will be better than most think, but I don't think they have the personnel to finish ahead of the yotes this season, mostly their D. I also think they'll be in sell mode around the TDL, and the yotes likely won't be (for the first time in a looooong time haha). It could be fairly close until the TDL, but I think Vegas sink pretty hard after their sell off.
Yeah, I think most fans don't want to admit it but we'll be sellers no matter what - that would be keeping in line with McPhee & Foley's plan for longterm success. I doubt they pass up a chance to add valuable picks in an effort to make a fleeting playoff run this season. (I'm always reminded of the 2013 Sharks team that traded away pending UFA's Ryane Clowe and Douglas Murray, even though they made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs that year - it was good asset management).
Barring some major injuries, the Pacific Division top 3 should be Edmonton, Calgary and Anaheim. The Coyotes will be much improved, so they'll battle with the Sharks and Kings for 4th place. All six of these teams have much better rosters than we do, so I'm not going to pretend like we'll finish any higher than 7th. And quite frankly, we really shouldn't want to - but please, let us finish higher than Vancouver, because that would be HILARIOUS.