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Tough news for the Wings, if they stumble without him they could be caught or passed Wings have 72 points in 61 Tampa has 72 in 63 Philly had 71 in 62 Isles have 66 in 60 Caps have 65 in 60 Devils have 64 in 61 Pens have 62 in 59 Wouldn't be shocked to see either of the Isles or Devils add, but maybe Detroit does too Tampa wants Hanifin but they don't have much to offer, Philly may do a bit of buying as well as selling if they can't come to terms with UFA's, they may try to reward the players

Speaking of buyouts, if they buy him out this offseason he'd give them a 3.8M cap hit next season and a 2M cap hit the following season

It was, but that's also why Caps fans would probably take a buyout pretty well I'd take a Kuznetsov scenario after winning the first cup in franchise history with him playing a leading role too

He's been a good fit in Jersey, they'll probably extend him Hopefully this time round he gets a full NTC, dude has got to be tired of being shipped out at this point

Studs, the both of them Doughty is still a minute munching force, Kopitar is as good as he's ever been, wish we could have watched him as a Canuck

5-3 Kings Kopitar

Probably neither, simply a team that will get some much needed playoff experience

It's honestly impressive how they've turned things around given the context of our last two seasons We've seen firsthand how tough it is to climb out of an early hole, the Oil managed it

They could be Vegas likely adds though, Edmonton will probably try to as well Folks like to shit on McDavid and Draisaitl around here but when they're on come playoff time they've shown that they can be dominant

LA could be a dangerous playoff opponent, they're missing a couple weapons up front right now

They're not out of it yet, but they're losing ground LA on the other hand, they've done a good job shoring up their point lead of late and they have games in hand on teams behind them

Credit Washington, they've certainly been decisive

That's the other thing, players don't acclimatize immediately all the time, and Lindholm is a better player offensively than he's looked

Honestly, they might be better off poking at Vatrano, not that he'd be cheap either If nothing else they'd get this season and next out of his present cap hit, he'd be due for a solid raise though Almost at 30g already

Honestly, I'm completely fine if we don't make another sizeable addition I've always been more bullish on the importance of picks, prospects, and development than some, I'm not interested in our mortgaging the future Guentzel doesn't guarantee us anything, folks would do well to keep the fact that an all-time winning Bruins team got punted out in the first round in mind when considering big deadline trades