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Who's improved this year? Here's the changes (just trades, free agent signings, and coach/GM changes). No expected prospect graduations predictions. A little help for everyone to get up to speed on who's where now too. If you catch something, let me know and I'll update the OP.

Which teams do you think will rise and who will slide this year?

Pacific
Flames 107pts
In: Talbot, Lucic, Davidson, Stone
Out: Smith, Hathaway, Prout, Fantenberg, Neal, Stone

Sharks 101pts
In: Prout
Out: Braun, Donskoi, Pavelski, Nyquist, Ryan

Golden Knights 93pts
In: Pirri, Sparks, McCrimmon GM
Out: Haula, Miller, Carpenter, Bellemare, Gusev

Coyotes 86pts
In: Kessel, Soderberg
Out: Connauton, Panik, Galchenyuk, Cousins, Archibald, Pickard

Canucks 81pts
In: Miller, Benn, Myers, Fantenberg, Ferland
Out: Pouliot, Granlund, Spooner, Schenn, (Hutton)

Ducks 80pts
In: Eakins, Deslauriers, Stolarz, Del Zotto, Wideman
Out: Carlyle, Perry, Dotchin

Oilers 79pts
In: Holland GM, Tippett, Neal, Granlund, Jurco, Sheahan, Archibald, Smith
Out: Chiarelli, Hitchcock, Lucic, Sekera, Rattie, Rieder, Petrovic, Puljujarvi, Stolarz, Gravel

Kings 71pts
In: McLellan, Ryan
Out: Desjardins, Phaneuf, Budaj

Central
Predators 100pts
In: Duchene, Santini
Out: Subban, Simmonds, Boyle

Jets 99pts
In: Pionk, Letestu, Bitetto
Out: Trouba, Myers, Chariot, Tanev, Morrow, Hendricks, Hayes

Blues 99pts
In: Pouliot, Borgman, Dotchin
Out: Schmaltz, Maroon, Del Zotto

Stars 93pts
In: Pavelski, Perry, Sekera
Out: Zuccarello, Spezza, Ritchie, Nichushkin, Pitlick, Lovejoy, Methot

Avalanche 90pts
In: Kadri, Burakovsky, Donskoi, Nichushkin, Bellemare, Connauton, Francouz
Out: Barrie, Kerfoot, Varlamov, Soderberg, Bourque, Brassard, Nemeth, Andrighetto

Hawks 84pts
In: Lehner, De Haan, Maatta, Shaw, Nylander, Smith, Carpenter
Out: Anisimov, Ward, Kruger, Kahun, Jokiharju, Forsling, Forsberg, Davidson, Kunitz

Wild 83 pts
In: Zuccarello, Hartman, Donato, Guerin GM
Out: Bitetto, Aberg, Fehr, Prosser, Fenton GM

Metropolitan
Capitals 104pts
In: Gudas, Panik, Hathaway, Leipsic
Out: Burakovsky, Niskanen, Orpik, Connolly, Jaskin, Smith-Pelley

Islanders 103pts
In: Varlamov, Brassard
Out: Lehner, Filpulla, Sbisa, Seidenberg

Penguins 100pts
In: B.Tanev, Galchenyuk, Kahun
Out: Kessel, Maatta, Cullen, Wideman

Hurricanes 99pts
In: Reimer, Gardiner, Haula, Dzingel, Forsberg, Forsling
Out: Darling, McElhinney, Ferland, McKegg, De Haan, Roy, Williams

Blue Jackets 98pts
In: Nyquist
Out: Bobrovsky, Panarin, Duchene, Dzingel, McQuaid, Letestu

Flyers 82pts
In: Vigneault, Hayes, Niskanen, Braun, Pitlick, Prosser
Out: Hakstol, Gudas, MacDonald, Lehtera, Varone, Simmonds, Hartman, Talbot, Neuvirth

Rangers 78pts
In: Panarin, Trouba, McKegg
Out: Pionk, Vesey, Gilmour

Devils 72pts
In: Subban, Simmonds, Gusev, Hayden, Boqvist
Out: Santini, Stafford, Quenneville, Noesen

Atlantic
Lightning 128pts
In: Schenn, Maroon, Shattenkirk, McElhinney, Condon
Out: Miller, Erne, Callahan, Girardi

Bruins 107pts
In: Ritchie
Out: Acciari

Maple Leafs 100pts
In: Barrie, Kerfoot, N.Shore, Spezza, Agostino, Gravel, Ceci, Harpur, Aberg, Smaltz
Out: Kadri, Marleau, Zaitsev, Brown, Hainsey, Gardiner, Borgman, Sparks, Cap room to sign Marner

Canadiens 96pts
In: Chiarot, Cousins, Kinkaid
Out: Shaw, Deslauriers, Benn, Niemi

Panthers 86pts
In: Quenneville, Bobrovsky, Stralman, Connolly, Acciari
Out: Luongo, Reimer, McGinn, Sheahan, (Brouwer)

Sabres 76pts
In: Kreuger, Miller, Johansson, Vesey, Jokiharju, Gilmour
Out: Housley, Pominville, Nylander

Red Wings 74pts
In: Yzerman GM, Erne, Filpulla, Nemeth
Out: Holland GM, Kronwall, Vanek, Witkowski

Senators 64pts
In: DJ Smith, Callahan, Anisimov, Brown, Zaitsev
Out: Boucher, Smith, Condon, Ceci, Harpur, Paajarvi