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Dzinger18

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Time to Singlehandedly get ARI a cup
Forum: NHLFri at 1:51 pm
Thread: 2021 offseason talks thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ConservativeLightningFan91</b></div><div>Way too early 2021-22 division predictions (not final at all):
Metropolitan:
1) New York Islanders (This team just never stops producing. Barzal has an elite year, Varlamov keeps being a wall, and Trotz gets nominated for COTY again)
2) Washington Capitals
3) New York Rangers (With Panarin back for the full year and a leap taken by Shesterkin, watch out)
4) Pittsburgh Penguins (WC #2)
5) New Jersey Devils (Another leap taken by this team, rebuild's not quite done yet)
6) Carolina Hurricanes (Waddell has torn this team to shreds)
7) Philadelphia Flyers (Poor Carter Hart has a good year marred by terrible defense in front of him, save for Provorov and Yandle)
8) Columbus Blue Jackets

Atlantic:
1) Tampa Bay Lightning (Of course)
2) Boston Bruins
3) Toronto Maple Leafs (Am I the only person who really liked the Mrazek signing? And I HATE the Leafs)
4) Florida Panthers (WC #1, watch out for Spencer Knight)
5) Montreal Canadiens (I think the loss of Danault, Tatar, and Weber will wind up in them JUST missing, though the Savard signing was excellent)
6) Detroit Red Wings (Ahead of Ottawa due to Nedeljkovic in goal)
7) Ottawa Senators
8) Buffalo Sabres (Worst record in the league, even worse than Yotes, they'll get Shane Wright)

Central:
1) Colorado Avalanche (This might be the year. Kuemper might even be better than Grubauer.)
2) Minnesota Wild (Kaprizov keeps being Kaprizov, Talbot/Kahkonen remains a great tandem)
3) Chicago Blackhawks (IF Fleury plays, and that's an enormous if, than I really like this team)
4) St. Louis Blues (WC #1) (The Buchnevich trade was a steal, and the Saad signing was terrific)
5) Winnipeg Jets (WC #2)
6) Nashville Predators
7) Dallas Stars
8) Arizona (Sorry, Houston) Coyotes (They'll settle for Bedard)

Pacific:
1) Vegas Golden Knights (After this, it's a wide-open division)
2) Calgary Flames (Even with Giordano gone, I think Markstrom will have a terrific year, and Blake Coleman will add depth to an already stacked offense)
3) Edmonton Oilers (Weak defense, but everybody from here on in has weak defense, and I can't see McDavid and Draisaitl missing the playoffs, even if they never win once there)
4) Seattle Kraken (Just miss the playoffs due to lack of a true. No. 1 center)
5) Vancouver Canucks (Miss playoffs, and Benning finally gets fired)
6) Los Angeles Kings
7) San Jose Sharks
8) Anaheim Ducks</div></div>

I know Waddell kind of destroyed our team, but there is no way we finish behind the devils. They made some great additions this offseason, but I really don't think they can overpower us.
Forum: NHLThu at 11:05 pm
Thread: 2021 offseason talks thread
Just watched a Waddell interview and a reporter asked him what he's going to do with all of our cap space. He said, "There are some free agents still left that we are talking to right now, but we also know that there are some teams that are looking to move some money out, and we may be in a good position to make our hockey club better through a trade. Didn't expect we'd have this much cap space on July 29th, but it obviously gives us plenty of space to improve the team with either a short term or a long term deal with Andrei, and we'll continue to look at who we can spend the cap on with the right purpose because, you know, it will go by quickly. We're going to keep our options open right now."

Interesting to say the least. I sense a sizeable move coming over the next few days.