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Originally Posted by moon
I haven't read the book but having the Sens as the favourite for the Presidents trophy and Leafs as 2nd worst with luck removed would indicate to me it isn't very worthwhile.
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He had the Leafs as extremely lucky hence their low placing. He's right. The Leafs defense was terrible last year and they managed to get a lot of bounces their way to make the playoffs. Based on a season which was an anomoly for this franchise they went all in this offseason signing average talented players to elite contracts further raising their chances of disaster. I wouldn't be surprised the least if the Leafs miss the playoffs next season.
I don't see the Senators as a Presidents Trophy winner but when you consider the level they played last year without their three top players for a large portion of the season it's not impossible to see them contend for top spot.
He certainly hit the nail on the head with the Flames and Oilers. We all know that the Oilers were fortunate to get a career season out of Dubnyk and a stron powerplay which still was only barely good enough to place ahead of the Flames that received terrible goaltending icing their AHL team after the deadline.