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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I agree.
Question: How many teams are flirting with rebuild/falling graces next year? Wouldn't merely keeping up our current effort push us up a few slots on the rankings?
If we're injury plagued next year, maybe I could see us languishing around the bottom again, but if healthy? I could see us shoot up quite a few spots (probably not playoff spot though).
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us not included, you have the usual suspects in Buffalo, Florida, Edmonton. I think Carolina, Nashville, Jets and even Vancouver are in the next tier depending on injuries and/or trades. You never know about the Islanders even though they will probably try very hard in the offseason to make sure they don't place at the bottom for Buffalo. I also expect NJ to go full Oiler if they have some key injuries or get off to a bad start so they can get a marquee player instead of continually re-signing the Czech senior team.