NHL Trade Deadline: Who the Bruins And Lightning May Want To Hold On To
Looking some prospects that the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning may not want to trade in any pre-deadline trades.
Atlantic Division: Toronto Maple Leafs Season Outlook
Forwards Toronto became one of the most potent offenses in the NHL last season with the infusion of Calder Trophy winner Auston Matthews and rookies William Nylander and Mitch Marner, who all scored more than 60 points. Complacency and…
Atlantic Division: Tampa Bay Lightning Season Outlook
Forwards There are not many teams that can say they lost their best forward early in the season, sustained injuries to key players, dealt expiring contracts at the trade deadline and still came within one point of making the post-season.…
Atlantic Division: Ottawa Senators Season Outlook
Forwards Other than the free agent signing of Nate Thompson, Ottawa depends on player development to provide upgrades at forward. The Sens were 22nd in the NHL with 212 goals, and defenseman Erik Karlsson was their leading scorer with 71…
Atlantic Division: Montreal Canadiens Season Outlook
Forwards The Canadiens continue to be a club looking for more offense, but for each step forward they make to upgrade, they take a corresponding step backward. The big move was the addition of the gifted 22-year-old Drouin from the…
Atlantic Division: Detroit Red Wings Season Outlook
Forwards As much as age was a predominant factor on the blueline, underperformance was a central theme for Detroit up front. The Wings were 25th in goals (207) and did not see an uptick in the performance of many of…
Atlantic Division: Buffalo Sabres Season Outlook
2017-18 Buffalo Sabres Season Outlook Forwards The high ankle sprain that caused Jack Eichel to miss 21 games was just the beginning of the problem for the Sabres last season. The 20-year-old center nearly scored at a point-per-game pace (57…
Atlantic Division: Boston Bruins Season Outlook
Boston Bruins 2017-18 Outlook Forwards The Boston Bruins were the beneficiaries of career offensive years from Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak last year. The pesky Marchand has maintained his annoying reputation and scored 39 goals last season, while Pastrnak broke…
NHL Expansion Draft: Toronto Maple Leafs Primer
The Maple Leafs rebounded from a last place finish in 2016 to getting to the playoffs for the first time in four years due mostly to the exploits of a roster heavily populated with rookies, including Calder Trophy nominee Auston…
NHL Expansion Draft: Ottawa Senators Primer
The Senators were the Cinderella story of the 2017 Playoffs, getting to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Penguins. Second-year GM Pierre Dorion does not have #1 center, but has a…
NHL Expansion Draft: Tampa Bay Lightning Primer
The Lightning played most of the season without star center Steven Stamkos and nearly snuck into the playoffs with a late season run with Nikita Kucherov scoring 40 goals and Victor Hedman registering a career-high 72 points. Tampa has been…
NHL Expansion Draft: Montreal Canadiens Primer
The Canadiens bounced back from a bad 2016 regular season and made the playoffs. Their failure to address their lack of offense and provide support to goalie Carey Price thwarted any chance of a deep postseason run. GM Marc Bergevin…