Poor Bruins. A lot of people expecting a big fall for them this season.

A lot could be disappointed

I'm just thinking this because of Pastrnak and Marchand's injuries. Im a big fan of boston.

This looks pretty good -- I'd probably swap VAN and EDM, PIT may end up swapping with a team like BOS, NYR, or BUF (that division has some teams that could get hot), and I'm not sure about ARI -- I think they'll fall pretty hard this season with their lack of offense and aging defensive core (none of those bottom teams are great, but one could surprise)

You think they’ll be good?

So much hate for the sabres every time these list come on and I don't really see anything that makes the Islander, Bruins, Capitols, or Rangers better than them. I get the sabres goaltending is an issue but Ullmark will put up .920 and a 2.5 against in the 40 games he plays leaving 14 for Hutton to win half with stellar performances and then 7 losses probably with bad performances. Ullmark probably gives up around 26/29 wins and the sabres will be a 33/35 win team. The sabres are the team in the NHL that starts the fastest probably winning 8 if their first 10 like every year and then say they drop to 50% that's still 30+ now I guess you. Eichel is the best player in their division I think with Crosby aging and he's got a better linemate in Hall than Crosby does. The Sabres will beat the bruins and sabres when we play them with Eichel traditionally putting up 2/3 points vs them every time he plays them. Bruins will be down their top 2 players for a while and I think they miss the playoffs because of that. The Rangers are the team I see with the biggest fluctuating margin of where they could end up, I could see them 2nd to last and I could also see them first. Philly will be top 2, capitols just done seem as good as they always are being older and I think they are the wildcard fighting with the Islanders and Sabres. I think that it will go Philly, (islanders, capitols, sabres, pittsburgh), Boston, Rangers, NJ.

Eichel and Hall also will probably both be PPG players, Eichel might end closer to 1.5. Staal, Skinner, Ollofson, Reinhart, Dahlin, Risto, probably all end up over 30.

Marchand is skating, he is expected to return in mid-January. Assuming the season starts on Jan 13, he misses 2-5 games at worst. Pastrnak, mid-February but Bruins have a good right wing. The defense is a bigger question than the injuries.

That's is why I don't think that they will be able to place in the playoffs especially when you say 2-5 without both, I think you lose all those games without Marchand, and then you probably below 50 until pasta comes back and then your relying on pasta and Marchand to score more than your team is scored on.

The middle-six is better and Bruins are working on improving their 5v5 game. Whatever it was Bergeron/Chara/McAvoy/Rask/Pastrnak/Marchand who is injured, in the past three years, Bruins have always been able to stay average or above-average without them and it was likely that even when they had secondary scoring issues. They're a defensive-minded team, that's part of the reason why they stayed in the top10 even with the injuries/top players out of the lineup. I might be biased but you may underestimate their depth.

Marchand MIGHT miss a game or two. Pastrnak MIGHT miss a week or two.

Can’t for the life of me understand the hype around Montreal. I don’t think the rangers are any good either.