Last season Bruce Boudreau advanced past the second round for the first time in his career. They unfortunately ran into a red-hot Chicago team that eventually won the Stanley Cup. The Ducks on paper have one of the most talented…
Like the surprise of Ottawa in the second half last season, Calgary was the darlings of the West as they surprised everyone to make the playoffs. What works in their favor last season is they benefited from Los Angeles and…
Four No. 1 overall draft picks in six seasons. And they still haven’t turned into a championship team. While they have the roster of a championship junior team, this is the professional level and they still have work to do.…
Last season the Predators were the top team in the West and were destined for a deep playoff run until Pekka Renne got hurt. His injury coincided with a late-season slide that caused them to fall to second in the…
I don’t know if making the playoffs did this team any good last season. They didn’t win a game against Anaheim and no significant moves were made during the off-season. From the looks of it, they could have done themselves…
There were a lot of benefactors from last season’s memorable run that saw them go 23-4-4 record down the stretch to snag a wild card playoff spot. Those who benefited include Dave Cameron, Andrew Hammond, and Mark Stone. Cameron was awarded…
It’s been 22 years counting since Montreal (or any team from Canada) won the Stanley Cup. Last season the team had high expectations and were supposed to contend for another Stanley Cup. But those plans collapsed when they fell behind…
The biggest thing you can say about the Devils going into the season is that it’s a new chapter in Newark. Longtime GM Lou Lamoriello realized that the ship was beginning to sink and left for a team with a brighter…
Overview Last season was a difficult one for Nashville. David Poile knew things had to change going forward, and in that he parted ways with Barry Trotz in favor of Peter Laviolette. Trotz was the only coach in franchise history;…
Overview Last season saw two versions of the Jets. The first half under Claude Noel, and the second half under coach Paul Maurice. If anything this season resembles how they performed under Maurice, they should be better than one of…