Speaking of Winnipeg, I think they're finished for the foreseeable future.
That defence is a monstrosity. They've got a 1st pairing guy in Morrissey, a 2nd pairing guy in Pionk and then a bunch of hot garbage. They'll probably have to overpay to keep DeMelo in free agency, which would be a mistake because overpaying a guy like that just isn't worth it.
It's not like they have a lot of cap space, either. Kulikov and his 4.3 million comes off the books this summer but not much more. Fringe NHLers like Beaulieu, Sbisa, Bitetto, Shore, Shaw, Letestu, and Gork all come off the books but not one of those players makes more than 1M per. Cody Eakin is a UFA so that's good.
This is good for us, though. The worse teams in the Central, the better. Blake Wheeler turns 34 this month. They don't have a lot of time to be good with Wheeler still being as good as he is.