I voted Make the playoffs...
Mostly based on what other teams did around us... Still early tho, so there should be significant player movement yet to occur...
But so far, we're stable playoff shape still...
Anaheim - 109 pts
IN: Horcoff, Hagelin, Bieksa, Holzer
OUT: Belesky, Etem, Wisniewski, Palmieri, Beauchemin
LA – 95 pts
IN: Lucic, Enroth…. ((Voynov X-factor to their season))
OUT: Sekera, Regher, Richards, Williams, (Stoll), Jones
(Suspect this could be Darryl Sutter's last yr... brash prediction IF Voynov is a no go - Sutter out by the All-Star break.)
SJ – 89 pts
IN: Ward, Martin, Jones, NEW COACH
OUT: Niemi, (Hannan, Irvin, Scott)
Most significant change was behind the bench. Goaltending wasn't their problem last yr, and now their locked into an inexperienced Jones.
Cgy – 97 pts
IN: Hamilton, Frolik, Grant
OUT: M.Reinhart, Cundari, Diaz, (Schlemko, Potter)
Go go either way... must be a better possession team.
Edm – 62 pts
IN: McDavid, Korpikoski, Letestu, Talbot, Sekera, G.Reinhart
OUT: Gordon, Fasth, (Roy)
Big improvement.. still a raw D.
Chi – 102 pts
IN: Anisimov, Tikinov, Dano, Panarin, Morin
OUT: Richards, Saad, Vermette, Timonen, Raanta (Carcillo, Cumisky, Oduya, Rosival)
Will be in the mix for the next half decade+.
StL – 109 pts
IN: Brodziak, Brower
OUT: Michalek, Jackman, Oshie
Sure...
Nas – 104 pts
IN: Hodgson, Jackman, M.Reinhart
OUT: Stalberg, Hellberg (Fanson, Santorelli)
Min – 100 pts
IN: Dalpe
OUT: Broziak (Ballard, Bergenhiem, Stewart, Leopold, Curry)
Hanging tight.
Wpg – 99pts
IN: Burmistrov
OUT: Frolik, O’Dell, (Tlusty, Slater, Stempniak, )
Hanging tight.
Dal – 92 pts
IN: Niemi
OUT: Enroth, Horcoff
Haven't donae anything to address their D. Do not see em progressing till they do.
Col- 90pts
IN: Grigorenko, Zadorov, Compher, Soderberg, Beauchemin
OUT: O’Reilly, McGinn, Briere, Hedja, Wilson
Same as Dal. But much weaker down the middle after losing Stastny the yr before and now ROR.