I very well could be stockholm'd by living here, but I really have a feeling Edmonton may win this year. Ekholm has really settled their back end and allows Nurse to slot better. Is Nurse hella overpaid? Yeah, but with Ekholm you can cover up some of that.
The big question is the goaltending. Skinner has a .914 and GAA just under 3. But I think he can likely be solid enough get them at least to the 3rd round again.
I'm also a little jealous of where they're at, but I'm not sure I would have traded the late 00s and 2010s they had to get here. Management has been...better...but they really Mr. Magoo's themselves into several top level talents, dumped them, and maggo'd themselves into more.
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