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This Conference Preview
Training camps open in North America last week and hope is abound. The Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers will shortly for the Czech Republic and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators went to Sweden to open their seasons. All teams are rivals in September, but in February after his mettle has been tested, some are resigned to not making the playoffs. This is how the Eastern Conference heading into the season look.
Winners Division:
1. Montreal Canadiens – The Habs will celebrate its centennial season by winning the North Eastern Division and finishing the top of the Eastern Conference for the second consecutive year. Montrealers suffered through a long reconstruction, but a smug arrogance, Montreal is near the top League again. Montreal seek his cup 25 and end their longest drought ever in the back of sophomore goalie Carey Price. The price is a safe bet to fill his cloak with Vezina trophies in his career. Newcomer Alex Tanguay will provide an extra touch to score in the top 6 Beds. The only loss was important to hear about Mark Streit.
2. Washington Capitals – The Capital again come out on top in the increasingly competitive more Southeast Division. The goaltending combination of Huet and Kolzig ended the season has been replaced by former league MVP Jose Theodore, who recovered with the Avalanche after a year by a few. Rookie defenders Karl Alzner is a strong bet for the team this season as a young man of 19 years. Look for permanence constant in the home blue line to be matched with future Norris Trophy winner Mike Green and Green have the green light to jump to the offensive end more often. Oh, and the Capitals have this guy named Ovechkin is more effective than General Electric in the lighting of the lamp.
3. Philadelphia Flyers – The Broad Street bullies was rekindled in Philadelphia. The Flyers are led by brave captain Mike Richards. The guts of the team wins and are backed by authority goaltending of Martin Biron. The team is 4 lines deep with players who can score, hit, and defend. Braydon Coburn is becoming in an excellent form of two defenses, similar to Dion Phaneuf. Two years ago, the Flyers were last in the NHL, but after shrewd moves by GM Paul Holmgren has made a noticeable change. The most significant loss in the offseason was the captain Jason Smith, clearly downward career. There are a lot of young people to offset their departure.
Playoff Teams:
4. Pittsburgh Penguins – It was a tumultuous off-season finalists Stanley Cup. The team lost several key free agents, including Marian Hossa playoff rental, local boy Ryan Malone, grizzled veteran Gary Roberts, Jarkko Ruutu Pest, executor, Georges Laraque, and backup goalie Ty Conklin. Fortunately for GM Ray Shero was able to retain the services of the stable stay home to avoid defenses Brooks Orpik that summer to be a complete waste. inferior to replace these aging players Miroslav Satan comes from a down year with the Islanders and solid third line Ruslan Fedotenko will receive an injection with Crosby Pittsburgh. Crosby, Staal and Malkin will direct the pointer at the front, while veteran Sergei Gonchar, improving as always Ryan Whitney and Kris Letang blue chip prospect will underpin the blue line.
5. Ottawa Senators – The Sens last year exit the door and had the best start to a season of NHL wheels never fell. Concerned goalie Ray Emery got into fights at practice when submitted on time. Injuries the wounded and Sens coach John Paddock was fired in an attempt to shake the team out of its funk. Ottawa is too dependent on Dany Heatley, Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Spezza of goals last season and not much has changed. Young players like Antoine Vermette, Chris Kelly and Mike Fisher will be joined by forwards Nick Foligno not count secondary count. The biggest change for Ottawa will be on the blue line where the long time Senator Wade Redden left via free agency after Two disastrous seasons. Ottawa traded Andrej Meszaros also after his contract demands were too steep for GM Bryan Murray. New to the Sens blue line Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard promising young acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay and former Oilers and Flyers captain Jason Smith. Alex Auld replaced as a backup to Ray Emery Martin The unquestionable Gerber (for better or for worse the number) 1 goalie this year. The expectations are so low in Ottawa as they have been since 1995.
6. Rangers New York – The Rangers were very active in rebuilding its list this summer, and great movement is to return you to come. It is believed that sometime before November Rangers added former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin. If / when if you look inking Sundin Scott Gomez defenses to try to shore up the blue line. The Rangers also will welcome Nikolai Zherdev, Markus Naslund and Dan Fritsche in advance and Wade Redden and Dmitri Kalinin to their blue line. Past New York is the former captain Jaromir Jagr, veteran leader Brendan Shanahan, super pest Sean Avery and Fedor Tyutin. Despite all the re-jigging, blue shirts go as far as goalie Henrik Lundquist will take them.
7. Carolina Hurricanes – Injuries have prevented the Hurricanes reach the playoffs the past two seasons and the Hurricanes are already having health issues. The end Justin Williams was injured in the first team work out and will miss 4-6 months. Most of the list is intact from last season Joni Pitkanen to be the only newcomer to the consequences. Pitkanen was acquired in a trade for Erik Cole. Bret Hedican Glen Wesley defenses and retired in the offseason. The Hurricanes will be led by Eric Staal and Cam Ward goalkeeper. Carolina will need to win their divisional games have a shot at the playoffs, and Tampa Florida heels.
8. Boston Bruins – The Outsiders Bean returned to the playoffs last season, playing a strong defensive game with new coach Claude Julien. The team was without its best player, Patrice Bergeron for most of the season after a blow from behind led to a terrible shock. Michael Ryder is the acquisition only affects long time, while Bruin Glen Murray was purchased. Improvement will come from within Bergeron and youth with return as Milan Lucic, Phil Kessel and Chuck Kobasew had a major contribution. Manny Fernandez Porter returns from injury to Tim Thomas for the role challenge # 1 so look over your shoulder as Tuukka Rask is expected to fight for a roster spot.
On the outside looking in:
9. New Jersey Devils – Lou Lamoriello has kept the Devils in the fight for the past 15 years despite losing players to free agency and wear. This may finally be the year where Lou magic disappears. The team lost no players of consequence and repatriated former Devils Brian Rolston and Bobby Holik, but that do not keep up with the powers of the Atlantic Division. Having to play the young upstarts of Pennsylvania (Flyers and Penguins) 12 times, so as six games against the Rangers may be sufficient to keep the Devils from further actions to the season. Also working against the Devils is Martin Brodeur is aging and does not seem as able to play 75 games per season. He looked ordinary against the Rangers and Sean Avery make rattle his cage. If Brodeur shows no signs of fail in a dark shot playoff spot will dissipate.
10. Tampa Bay Lightning – No team made more changes than the rays this summer. The team has new owners, new GM, new coach, and almost a completely different list that opened the 2007-08 season. Sales Program if reaching its highest point in St. Pete. Only a star player was removed from the list that ranked last overall in 2007-08 and Dan Boyle. He was traded in a package Young landed Matt Carle defenses. The team also traded Alex Picard and Filip Kuba Andrej Meszaros giving the Lightning two building blocks for the Blue Line go with the young talent up front. Superstar Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis will join Steven Stamka first general election. The Ray was active in free agency adding Ryan Malone, Gary Roberts, Mark Recchi, Radim Vrbata, Vaclav Prospal and. Despite all these acquisitions, the fortunes of the hinge Lightning in the game goalie Mike Smith. Smith was acquired in the trade deadline in Dallas and has yet to demonstrate that it is capable of handling the number one duties. He will be supported by an aging veteran Olaf Kolzig, acquired via free agency after a long career in Washington.
11. Buffalo Sabres – The good news for fans Sabres is that the team locked up Ryan Miller, who could have been a free agent after next season and surely would have almost left the Sabres. Poor news is that the team is still reeling from the departures of Chris Drury and Daniel Briere in the summer of 2007 and again will miss the playoffs. The depth of the minor system Sabres remained competitive league last year and again this season. Derek Roy and Jason Pominville intensified, but a thin blue line proved too much for Sabres beat. No lost or major acquisitions were made by GM Darcy Regier, whose future with the Sabres was consolidated only this week when he signed a contract extension. No major changes will produce the same result as last year.
12. Florida Panthers, two big changes this season for the Panthers. The first is that the leader Olli Jokinen was traded to the Coyotes on draft day defenses Keith Ballard and Nick Boynton. The second is the new coach Peter DeBoer replaces Jacques Martin, who served as coach and GM last season and was informed by the property to choose a job. The veteran Cory Stillman also was signed and Bryan McCabe was acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Van Ryn. Any improvement to the Panthers in the game will result in sharp divisions and continued development of their young players: Jay Bouwmeester, Steve Weiss and Nathan Horton. If Florida is not at all a place in the playoffs in February expect Bouwmeester, growing tired of losing, which moved in a trade because they will be eligible for free agency next summer and miss it.
Tavares Sweepstakes:
13. NY Islanders – It was a season out of concern for the islanders. Ted Nolan lost his power struggle with GM Garth Snow and was replaced sharply as a coach. The bone of contention was the address of the computer. Nolan wanted to continue using the veteran players and trying to make the playoffs, while Snow decided it was time for a full-fledged youth movement. The team was in the hunt until an injury to star throughout the match starting outside goalie Rick DiPietro and no team franchise playoff aspirations were dashed. Ruslan Fedotenko and Miroslav Satan were two veterans who were dismissed, while the team signed on to play the plug away from Montreal Mark Streit and Doug Weight added Anaheim via free agency in a couple of curious moves. Blake Comeau, Kyle Okposo, Jeff Tambellini and Sean Bergenheim are young people who will see increased its role with the team. A good mix of veterans and young players on the blue line DiPietro combined with to help keep the Islanders in some games but the lack of firepower will prove to be the Achilles' heel.
14. Toronto Maple Leafs – The leaves had a solid performance from 1998-2004 fighting for a playoff berth and make some noise. They have not made the playoffs since the lockout and enter 2008-09 in full rebuilding mode. Gone long Mats Sundin leaves, top scorer in franchise history, Bryan McCabe and Darcy Tucker. Joining them in the march outside the city were chronic underachievement and Kyle Wellwood in smoke Andrew Raycroft. The leaves brought in veterans Jeff Finger and Nicklas Hagman provide stability for extremely high-paid veteran. Curtis Joseph also convinced his retirement with a job playing with the team. The leaves were easy prey last season and added Ryan Hollweg and Jamal Mayers in trade to provide some grain and hardness. Hope for fans Leaves' is years away, but the first steps are being taken as Nikolai Kulemin joins the team from Russia and "The Human Eraser" Luke Schenna was drafted fifth overall. The team will be more younger, more hard and solid defense, but will struggle to score in the first season under coach Ron Wilson. The team is waiting for Brian Burke get from Anaheim to take over as president and GM in 2009. The best hope is that the movements lead the team into the basement of the league and the opportunity to project local phenomenon Juan Tavares.
15. Atlanta Thrashers – New coach John Anderson inherits a team with superstar Ilya Kovlachuk and not much else. A few of depth was gained when Marian Hossa was traded, but the team lacks talent and top 6 forward has a very thin blue line. Ron Hainsey and Jason Williams is third agents aggregate-free in summer while the aging players Bobby Holik and Alexei Zhitnik were shown the door. Often injured and inconsistent ever Kari Lehtonen begins the year as the starting goalie, but will be challenged by Ondrej Pavelec. Bryan Little and this year's third overall pick Zach Bogosian to roles in this challenge talent deficient equipment. It will be a long year for the rookie coach in his first long delay in the NHL level
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Marcus Robbins feeds sports fans with the latest musings at RootZoo.com, where this article was originally published. He’s always on top of the nhl standings and loves to discuss it. He’s also a bigtime Cincy Reds fan and always discussing the latest reds news.
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