All of Nashville, Winnipeg and Vegas were proclaimed contenders before the start of the season. All have been very inconsistent and were slumping recently. They had to do something to stop the bleeding.
Neither team fixed their issues. Although Nashville may have done just enough to take the division from Winnipeg.
Jets are still suspect on D and G.
Vegas is just average all around. In a stronger conference they'd be hard pressed to make the playoffs. Stone is a big add, but is it enough to make a very average team in to a contender?
Nashville is decent, but has poor PP. They may have improved there. They need goal scoring so their moves at least make sense.
SJ has inconsistent goaltending. Bigger question mark than the Flames.
St.Louis is hot, but are they for real or are they just on a streak?
The Flames add a "reset" Neal, Stone and Valimaki. That's good depth. The Flames are as good as any team in the West. Wish they'd add size because they are easily out matches by a few teams, but they are skilled and deep enough to prevail.
Hoping for the top line to wake up though.
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