Quoting: leafs101
you're high if you think Buffalo with minimal adjustments is doing better than the Bruins and the Caps. They're still playoff teams, even if they regress a bit. Habs are very deep, have 4 very good centers in Suzuki, KK, Danault, and Domi, and are probably better on the wings, better in net, and better on D, as opposed to one and a rookie who would probably be better off playing wing in his first season, and a disappointing Mitts at C, one offence only defensemen, Joki who's actually pretty good, and some useless lads. Then in net Ullmark vs. Price... come on now. With FLA, they are equal at C, better on the wings, and better on D. Also I know he had a bad year, but I'm still taking Bob over Ullmark.
The other two are clearly better, like I don't even feel that I need to justify choosing them over the Sabres
well, I generally understand your reasoning but you never know in what form players appear throughout the season
@ bruins: just feel they're having very little point producers, basically the 2nd forward line is 'malfunctioning'; also they're likely to loose Krug
@ caps: their productive forwards are aging - Ovechkin, Backstrom, Oshie is injury prone - and have no money left to keep their defense as solid as it used to be before because of stupid contracts like Panik's;
also you don't know how good their goaltenders be after end of Holtby era
@cats+ habs: buffalo has generally better defense than both teams and bobrovsky plays better than ullmark every 2nd season only; to price - he's better only when healthy which is not very often the case
@sabres: yes, it is absolutely crucial cozens have a good rookie season and mittelstadt plays a 2-way responsible game for bruins to achieve the play-offs next year...