The NHL has very few bad teams anymore. I remember when I first started watching hockey and half the teams in the league were bad. Now there's only a few select teams that actually suck and all those teams actually improved from last year (EDM, BUF are actually better). Arguably the league overall has gotten better. TOR as one of the worst teams on paper in the league managed to snag one of the best coaches.
So unfortunately for Winnipeg they are a decent team in a division full of strong teams. Tough gig for Chevy as they moved from the east and actually just took some steps back because of that.
Winnipeg has a lot of promise. Lots of promising young NHLers and solid prospects. I think the Byfuglien and Ladd situations are huge for them and how Chevy handles it should determine his job. I think he did pretty well in an awkward situation with Kane. WPG although they've sucked haven't been able to draft top 5 and they could really use a lottery pick this year.
Interesting situation to keep an eye on.
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