Taking some projected lineups from HF.
Kings - One good O line + Kopi, 2 good D pairs, Proven starter.
Gaborik-Kopitar-Purcell
Pearson-Carter-Toffoli
King-Lewis-Brown
Clifford-Latta-Nolan
*Andreoff, Dowd, Shore, Mersch
McNabb-Doughty
Muzzin-Martinez
Scuderi-Gilbert
*Greene, Trotman, Gravel, Forbort
Quick
Zatkoff
Ducks - Offense is weaker then ever before, D is good, goaltending has a lot to prove.
Ritchie-Getzlaf-Perry
Cogliano-Kesler-Silfverberg
Noesen-Rakell-Kerdiles
Garbutt-Thompson-Wagner
Fowler-Despres
Lindholm-Manson
Bieksa-Vatanen
Gibson
Tokarski
Oilers - Lots of offensive potential, top D is respectable then it falls off, goalies are better then average.
Lucic - McDavid - Yakupov
Pouliot - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle
Maroon - Draisaitl - Puljujarvi
Hendricks - Letestu - Kassian
Extras: Lander & Pakarinen
Klefbom - Larsson
Sekera - Fayne
Davidson - Nurse
Extra: Oesterle
Talbot
Gustavsson
Canucks - Old first line, 2nd line has potential, average top 4, average goaltending.
Sedin Sedin Eriksson
Baertschi Horvat Sutter
Etem Granlund Hansen
Burrows Guance Dorsett
Edler Tanev
Hutton Gudbranson
Tryamkin Larsen
Miller
Markstrom
Sharks - Great offence, very good top 4, good starter.
Hertl - Thornton - Pavelski
Boedker - Couture - Donskoi
Goldobin - Marleau - Ward
Nieto - Tierney - Karlsson
Wingels
Vlasic - Braun
Martin - Burns
Dillon - Schlemko
DeMelo
Jones
Dell
Coyotes - Good mix of youth and vets on O, top 4 looks one of the better ones, goaltending struggeles
Domi-Hanzal-Duclair
Rieder-Strome-Doan
McGinn-Vermette-???
Martinook-Richardson-???
OEL-Murphy
Goligoski-Stone
Connauton-Michalek
Dahlbeck
Smith/Domingue
Flames - Offence can score but has to be more then one line, D is decent, G has been upgraded.
Gaudreau-Monahan-Brouwer
Shinkaruk-Bennett-Frolik
Stajan-Backlund-Chiasson
Ferland-Bouma-Hathaway
Hamilton
Giordano-Brodie
Kevin-Hamilton
Wideman-Engelland
Wotherspoon
Elliott
Johnson
I prediction:
1. Sharks
2. Flames
3. Ducks
4. Oilers
5. Kings
6. Coyotes
7. Canucks
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