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Originally Posted by Flamenfame
I don't Flames addressed their offense and pp Oilers are a team on the rise its going to happen sooner than later. only other team in west who made big improvements is the wild. Teams like Nucks Detroit Coyote's are going to downtrend. It is also a short season standings will not look like the end of last season after 48 games.
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I don't see why the Canucks and Coyotes will downtrend. I think Minnesota could win the division since Vancouver has a very injury prone roster, but even then, they still added Garrison who was pretty good with Florida. Coyotes did lose Whitney, but their younger players like Ekman-Larsson (superstar) should continue to progress and Tippet got back his former #1 center in Lombardi. Detroit still has Datsyuk and Zetterberg and they're calling up a bunch of their top prospects, who have been playing well for years on their AHL team. Gustav Nyqvist is a name to look for, Realistically, I see the Sharks and Predators falling back and opening up two playoff spots for Minnesota and Colorado.