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From Sportsnet            The Oilers have been a consistent team over the last decade, but it isn\’t the type of consistency you want. They are consistent on being bad, missing the playoffs in 12 of the last 13 seasons. Even with two 100 point players, including the best in the league, the Oilers still couldn\’tContinue reading “Edmonton Oilers 2019-20 season preview”

From NHL.com          In a way, the NHL has been drifting away from former players as GMs, though some do remain. One of the best general managers in the game was a former player, and he\’s now hired by the Red Wings. Steve Yzerman spent his entire 22 season hall of fame career in Detroit,Continue reading “Detroit Red Wings 2019-20 season preview”

         Good goaltending proved to be the answer to the Stars\’ issues. Ben Bishop was nothing special in his first year, but was a Vezina finalist in his second year, and Anton Khudobin had a good season as a backup. Getting inconsistent goalies Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi out of the crease over the lastContinue reading “Dallas Stars 2019-20 season preview”

From NHL.com           Major success in the NHL normally means the Stanley Cup, but the Blue Jackets will take a second round appearance. They hadn\’t won a playoff series in their nearly two decade existence, until 2018-19, when they took down the mighty Tampa Bay Lightning, who tied the record for most wins in aContinue reading “Columbus Blue Jackets 2019-20 season preview”

From USA Today       A skilled Avalanche team always had the chance of making the playoffs for the second consecutive season. But with just 90 points? Thanks to a terrible Western Conference, the Avs were able to capture the second wild card spot, and face the Flames, who had 17 more points than them. ButContinue reading “Colorado Avalanche 2019-20 season preview”