Dallas Stars
While finishing just one game over .500 last season, the Dallas Stars have made hardly any moves to better their team. However, when you look at the roster, it does not seem like a bad move on their part to…
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San Jose Sharks
High expectations for the San Jose Sharks in the regular season often leads to brutal disappointment in the post season, or at least that’s been the trend the last several years. Last year, the Sharks trounced the competition and strode…
Anaheim Ducks
The question this team will have to answer will be “Which Anaheim Ducks will show up this season?” They can be either the team that upset the President’s Trophy-winning San Jose Sharks and took Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings…
Phoenix Coyotes
No greater is the need to have a winning season other than right now for the Phoenix Coyotes. With the future of the team in question, the team must go on and is doing so. The team has made only…
Los Angeles Kings
Let’s face it, the Los Angeles kings have been one of the NHL’s worst teams in the post lockout era. They’ve struggled a lot, posting only one winning season since that time. It’s easy to say that the Kings are…
Washington Capitals
Get ready it’s our time. This tagline, along with a picture of the Stanley Cup, was featured on a shirt worn by none other than Alexander Ovechkin during the Washington Capitals Media Day. Despite losing two key veteran leaders, Sergei…
Tampa Bay Lightning
There may be no other team in the NHL more eager to start the current season than the Tampa Bay Lightning. Instability in ownership and coaching dogged this team for a great deal of the season while relentless trade rumors…
Atlanta Thrashers
Last season, Atlanta played its best hockey when it was already eliminated from playoff contention when it won 12 of its final 18 games. Atlanta hopes to use the strong finish last season to continue early this season. This franchise…
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers gives neither feeling of excitement nor any other feeling at all when thought of, but perhaps that is expected of a team who has not made the playoffs since 1999. Nonetheless, last season the panthers were only…
Ottawa Senators
Armed with the ever dangerous trio of Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza, it’s hard to think that this team would not be a Stanley Cup contender year after year. It would even be wise to suggest that they…