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My opinion on the locks for next season

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Team: 2022-23 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Aug. 12, 2022
Published: Aug. 12, 2022
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Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
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UFA - 5
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So these are the teams that in my opinion are locks to either make the playoffs, or miss the playoffs. If your team is not a lock for either and you think has a case to be so, let me know and I am open to hearing you out but will also share why I believe your team could make or miss the playoffs
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
14$69$233,743,947$0$0-$233,743,878
Left WingCentreRight Wing
WILL MAKE, PLAYOFFS
$69,420,420$69,420,420
WILL MISS, PLAYOFFS
$69,420,420$69,420,420
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$9,250,000$9,250,000
RW, C
UFA - 3
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$6,750,000$6,750,000
C
NMC
UFA - 8
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$12,500,000$12,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$7,750,000$7,750,000
C
NMC
UFA - 8
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Seattle Kraken
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$8,460,250$8,460,250
C
UFA - 2
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$7,875,000$7,875,000
C
UFA - 8
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$5,900,000$5,900,000
LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Arizona Coyotes
$7,150,000$7,150,000
LW, RW
UFA - 6
Logo of the New York Rangers
$11,642,857$11,642,857
LW
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$2,625,000$2,625,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender

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Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:43 p.m.
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CGY
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Fair. It's so tough to predict who will be a playoff team these days. Seems like every season now there's three or four new playoff teams every year.
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Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:46 p.m.
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I know someone will get triggered. But I actually agree with this list. Signed a leafs fan. Who hates the oilers.
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Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:53 p.m.
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Quoting: ItWasIn
Fair. It's so tough to predict who will be a playoff team these days. Seems like every season now there's three or four new playoff teams every year.


Exactly. I think the flames are just as good, if not better than last year. It is difficult that’s why I genuinely believe there are only 12 locks at the moment. The most notable snubs are Anaheim for missing and Toronto for making. Anaheim could make the playoffs with improvement from the young core as a whole and gibson finding his grove or dostal coming up and being that guy. Toronto could miss because of the goaltending and/or a long term injury to a top 5 player on that team. If Matthew’s or marner is injured for 40 games. that’s automatically like 10 less points as a team. If I recall correctly both players have WARs over 5 which is nuts.
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Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:55 p.m.
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I'm a little skeptical to call the Rangers a lock. I think they probably make it, but I can see a world where they miss. Shesterkin regression to a human being and that defense still being as awful as it was last year, I can see it. I doubt it though, but that doubt makes it hard for me to call them a lock
Aug. 12, 2022 at 11:06 p.m.
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Quoting: Caniac2000
I'm a little skeptical to call the Rangers a lock. I think they probably make it, but I can see a world where they miss. Shesterkin regression to a human being and that defense still being as awful as it was last year, I can see it. I doubt it though, but that doubt makes it hard for me to call them a lock


Even if Igor regresses, almost everything else would have to go wrong as well. The defense is young and still improving and so is the forward core. If the kid line and defense doesn’t improve at all then maybe even with Igor regressing. It would take the worst of the the worst though. Too many factors leaning towards the team being a playoff team and not enough going against.
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