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Old 09-21-2025, 10:00 PM   #2880
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina View Post
The Atheltic's recent article about where teams are in their contending cycle is informative for this. He would want to pick a team that is earlier in the cycle than the Oilers.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...tiers-2025-26/

So you are likely looking at
- Dallas (window open)
- Carolina/NJD (window opening)
- Montreal, Detroit, Utah, CBJ (window about to open)
- SJ, Chicago, Anaheim (window will open in a few years)

And then you also have teams who are in a contention window, where he could sign there for a shorter-term, including where his mere presence would potentially extend their window. I would look at Colorado, Tampa, Toronto, and NYR in this regard. And you know LV is always big game hunting.

If he's smart he'd look at that top list, and find a team who are entering their window. But I suspect it would be probably a team from that second list: big markets, big pockets, ready to win now.
Just out of curiousity, where were the Flames ranked in this? If some of their picks and prospects pan out we can't be far away from teams like San Jose and Chicago.
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