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The Montreal Canadiens are coming off a strong season in which the club made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final, but general manager Marc Bergevin wants the team to put that in the rear-view mirror immediately.
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a number of changes in the offseason, but the bulk of their moves didn’t come on the ice. The team made a slew of front office changes which will have the club assembling its roster in a very different way moving forward, utilizing different methods for analyzing talent and assembling a contender.
The St. Louis Blues should be an angry bunch as we head into the 2014-2015 season – eager to better a 52-23-7 record and equally keen to avenge an almost unbelievable first round playoff exit from last season.
It is truly a different era in Nashville – for the first time in what seems like generations the Nashville Predators will enter a season without Barry Trotz behind the bench.
Perhaps no team in the NHL will be as eager to get back on the ice this upcoming season in order to erase the memory of a brutal postseason collapse from last year as the San Jose Sharks.
The defending Stanley Cup champions Los Angeles Kings will be back on the ice this year looking for a rare recent repeat of Hockey’s Holy Grail. The Kings have been a good, not great Regular Season team the last few seasons.
The Minnesota Wild will look to take the next step during the 2014-2015 and improve on a 43-27-12 record from last season. By all accounts last year was a success for the Wild – the only thing missing was a deep trip into the playoffs which was interrupted by eventual Cup Champs Chicago in six games.
The Dallas Stars were perhaps the biggest surprise in the NHL last season and they certainly didn’t sit back during the offseason and admire their accomplishments.
The Winnipeg Jets enter the 2014-2015 NHL season in a familiar position – full of optimism but not stacked in any one position on the ice.
A new era begins in Vancouver this season after what was arguably the worst season in franchise history last year. Roberto Luongo is gone; Ryan Kesler said goodbye and the team will welcome a new GM as well as a new head coach and a new team president into the fold.
The Anaheim Ducks begin the 2014-2015 season as the reigning Pacific Division Champs. They were terrific in the Regular Season but bowed out early in the playoffs – losing in the second round to the Dallas Stars.
The Calgary Flames find themselves in a familiar position as we head into the 2014-2015 NHL season – trying to stay out of the basement of the overall standings.
The Chicago Blackhawks enter the 2014-2015 NHL season with a little chip on their shoulder after losing in seven games to eventual Stanley Cup winner – Los Angeles in the Western Conference final.
The upstart Colorado Avalanche will be out of improve upon an impressive 2013-2014 campaign in which they won 12 of their first 13 games and eventually won the uber-tough Central Division.
The newly named Arizona Coyotes will attempt to return to the playoffs this upcoming year after finishing fourth in the Pacific Division last year and missing the postseason for the second straight year.
The Edmonton Oilers will attempt to finally realize the enormous potential of an unenviable young roster when they take to the ice for the 2014-2015 season. It seems like every year we talk about the Oilers as an interesting deep sleeper but end up very, very disappointed.
