28th, unfortunately.
30. Buffalo
29. Edmonton
28. Calgary
27. Nashville
26. Carolina
25. New Jersey
I expect...
Florida will be better with Luongo in goal and a new coach. Not a playoff team, but probably finish around 22nd overall.
Vancouver will be better. I think a large part of this years nightmare can be attributed to Tortorella/Gillis. With those 2 gone, and Linden/Benning having something to prove, I expect them to be a playoff bubble team. I think they'll make a couple big moves this summer.
New York Islanders will improve. They finished the season strong, were a playoff team 1 year ago that pushed the Pens to game 7, and they don't hold a 1st round pick in 2015 so there's motivation for them to get out of the McDavid sweepstakes. Have a decent #1 now too in Halak.
Nashville will get worse. I think Trotz was a damn good coach for that team and they'll miss him.
Carolina will be the same. Seem to be entering a rebuild?
New Jersey will be worse. Their roster is god awful.
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