who's watching the crown?

[haseoke39]

Bruins declining, Pittsburgh fans talking about a rebuild, rangers built for a very short window, los Angeles coming up short this year, who are the teams that project to be great in three years?

I can see the hawks, blues, and Montreal maybe. Especially in the East, though, might be a bit of a power vacuum just as were coming up.

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[couture23]

Tampa. Just wait until Vasilevskiy hits his prime.

 

[Chemical]

Especially if the Sabres or a western team win the lottery. Tampa Bay is also pretty young with good prospects, so they should be around if they can re-sign Stamkos.

 

[Rhett4]

Tampa. Just wait until Vasilevskiy hits his prime.

This times a million. Tampa is already strong and will continue to get stronger. Stamkos still has a number of good years left, and they have a ton of young talent. A guy like Drouin has barely scratched the surface.

And back to the OP...I see Calgary and Colorado being quite good in the next two or three years.

 

[ZeroPT*]

I must say watching the former giants collapse is pretty awesome.

A new generation is being ushered in before our very eyes, and as mentioned, it's ****ing awesome.

 

[Wisent42]

I'd add Florida to teams already mentioned. They've got some solid players heading in to their prime, they've got some interesting prospects and they've got Ekblad and Barkov as icing on the cake.

 

[Husko]

Definitely Tampa

 

[EichHart]

In 3 years I can see the top teams being:

In the east: Isles, Tampa, Florida, Jackets
In the west: Calgary, Jets, Ducks, Hawks

 

[Reddawg]

I think Minnesota is going to be good for a long time. Tampa will be next year's juggernaut and great for the next 5-6 years with the talent and youth they have on the roster and in the pipeline. Calgary is looking like they're finally on the way up, I like what they're doing and how they're doing it.

 

[MayDayMayDay]

In 3 years, I think the top contenders will be:

East: Tampa, Buffalo, Montreal, Columbus
West: Chicago, Colorado, Calgary, Seattle (formerly Florida)... maybe Edmonton?

 

[Moskau]

Tampa. Just wait until Vasilevskiy hits his prime.

And Drouin. And Kucherov. And half the team.

Must draft good ol' Canadian boys with very little skill but much compete and much character!

 

[LottoPlease]

So tough to say, definitely going to be exciting to watch though.

Calgary for sure, very impressive turnaround.

Nashville is pretty scary with the kids they have to build around.

Colorado is coming off the end of their rebuild, maybe they'll grab a Dman this year at the draft

Dallas should go up as Seguin enters his prime IMO, what are their primary needs?

Minnesota has that healthy blend of veterans and youth to keep them going.

Same with St. Louis and Anaheim (and Winnipeg?)

Tampa's about to have a dynasty

Isles, Habs, Panthers, Sens?

Sabres should start to become a serious threat to everyone above at this point.

 

[RoofIt5hole]

Chicago's gonna crash and burn real quick. Stan's a jackass.

Top contenders will be NYR, Isles, Sabres, Calgary, Winnipeg, CBJ, Wild, from what I can see now.