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The Athletic Writers Gauging the Divisions

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Team: 2023-24 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Sep. 21, 2023
Published: Sep. 21, 2023
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
To set the stage, The Athletic put together a roundtable of Division writers, asking them to catch us up on each team: who’s new, who’s gone and what the reasons are for optimism and concern.

We also asked each to make a bold prediction and pick the order of finish, from 1 to 8, with the first-place team receiving eight points, second place (seven), third place (six) and so on.
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
32$83,500,000$54,522,611$0$927,500$28,977,389
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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Waivers ExemptAbruzzese, Nick
$775,000$775,000
LW, C
RFA - 2
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Aho, Sebastian
$8,460,250$8,460,250
C
UFA - 1
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Barré-Boulet, Alex
$758,333$758,333
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the New Jersey Devils
Bahl, Kevin
$1,050,000$1,050,000
LD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Boston Bruins
Waivers ExemptBeecher, John
$925,000$925,000
C
RFA - 2
Logo of the New York Rangers
Belzile, Alex
$775,000$775,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Florida Panthers
Waivers ExemptAlscher, Marek
$896,667$896,667 (Performance Bonus$80,000$80K)
LD
RFA - 3
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Acciari, Noel
$2,000,000$2,000,000
C, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
Waivers ExemptBenson, Zach
$950,000$950,000 (Performance Bonus$650,000$650K)
LW
RFA - 3
Logo of the New York Islanders
Aho, Sebastian
$825,000$825,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
Batherson, Drake
$4,975,000$4,975,000
RW, LW
UFA - 4
Logo of the Washington Capitals
Alexeyev, Alexander
$825,000$825,000
LD/RD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
Waivers ExemptBerggren, Jonatan
$925,000$925,000
RW, LW
RFA - 1
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Waivers ExemptAngle, Tyler
$850,833$850,833 (Performance Bonus$57,500$58K)
C
RFA - 1
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
Anderson, Josh
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
Allison, Wade
$785,000$785,000
RW
RFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Dallas Stars
Waivers ExemptArcuri, Francesco
$825,000$825,000
C
RFA - 3
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
Waivers ExemptBerglund, Carl
$950,000$950,000
C, RW
RFA - 2
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
Aamodt, Wyatt
$775,000$775,000
LD
RFA - 1
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
Waivers ExemptAhac, Layton
$897,500$897,500
LD
RFA - 1
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
Addison, Calen
$825,000$825,000
RD
RFA - 1
Logo of the Los Angeles Kings
Anderson, Michael
$4,125,000$4,125,000
LD
UFA - 8
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
Waivers ExemptAbramov, Mikhail
$809,444$809,444
C
RFA - 1
Logo of the Calgary Flames
Andersson, Rasmus
$4,550,000$4,550,000
RD
UFA - 3
Logo of the Winnipeg Jets
Appleton, Mason
$2,166,667$2,166,667
RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Seattle Kraken
Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard
$775,000$775,000
C, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Nashville Predators
Waivers ExemptAfanasyev, Egor
$789,167$789,167 (Performance Bonus$57,500$58K)
C, LW
RFA - 1
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
Åman, Nils
$883,750$883,750
C
RFA - 1
Logo of the Arizona Coyotes
Barron, Travis
$775,000$775,000
LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
Agozzino, Andrew
$775,000$775,000
C, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
Waivers ExemptAllan, Nolan
$825,000$825,000 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
LD
RFA - 3
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
Barabanov, Alexander
$2,500,000$2,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1

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Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:37 a.m.
#1
Trevor31lv
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Basically as chalk as you can get apart from CGY over SEA, but I guess that's what you're bound to get when you take the collective opinions of several.
Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:57 a.m.
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Byrr
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Quoting: Trevor31lv
Basically as chalk as you can get apart from CGY over SEA, but I guess that's what you're bound to get when you take the collective opinions of several.


They actually had Calgary and Seattle tied even.
Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:31 a.m.
#3
Campabee
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As tight as the Atlantic is the Central sucks with only Colorado and Dallas as legitimate playoff teams.
Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:56 a.m.
#4
Leafsfan98
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Quoting: Campabee
As tight as the Atlantic is the Central sucks with only Colorado and Dallas as legitimate playoff teams.


Minny is also pretty good... Comp that to PAC where Vegas and maybe EDM are legit playoff teams

I think this is more of the Atlantic being stacked than other divisions being very weak
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Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:56 a.m.
#5
TheAlien
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People's obsession with Calgary is so weird to me lol. The Flames lost Toffoli and have done basically nothing to replace him but sure they're gonna magically find their form again with most of their top players already with one foot out the door
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