Metropolitan Division
New Jersey Devils – Jesper Bratt is the 1st Devil ever to hit 100 points in a season and Jack Hughes is the 2nd Devil to do so
New York Islanders – will miss the playoffs without the world’s longest running 4th line and go to overtime more than any other team
New York Rangers – Igor Shesterkin’s new deal: 8 x $11.5 million and Jacob Trouba leads league in suspensions in his last year in NYC
Columbus Blue Jackets – Adam Fantilli breaks out in a big way and Sean Monahan has a late-career renaissance
Carolina Hurricanes – Jesperi Kotkaniemi tops 60 points and Sebastian Aho tops 100 points
Washington Capitals – Pierre-Luc Dubois hits 30 goals and Alexander Ovechkin ends up tied with Gretzky
Pittsburgh Penguins – 87 points for Sidney Crosby and 87 points for Evgeni Malkin
Philadelphia Flyers – Matvei Michkov wins the Calder and has 2 stints in the Tortorella dog house
Atlantic Division
Toronto Maple Leafs – no extension for Mitch Marner and he hits unrestricted free agency
Tampa Bay Lightning – miss the playoffs without Steven Stamkos and Mikhail Sergachev
Boston Bruins – re-acquire Taylor Hall before the trade deadline and Jeremy Swayman starts off strong despite no training camp
Buffalo Sabres – make the playoffs behind their 2-headed young goalie tandem (despite the Global Series hole they are already in) and Tage Thompson challenges for the Rocket Richard
Florida Panthers – make playoffs as wild card after their Stanley Cup hangover and Aleksander Barkov is no longer considered underrated
Detroit Red Wings – Moritz Seider is a Norris Trophy finalist and they make the playoffs
Ottawa Senators – miss playoffs but are in it until the last game of season and Tim Stutzle gets close but just misses 100 points
Montreal Canadians – Juraj Slafkovsky scores 40+ goals and Cole Caufield tops 25 goals
Central Division
Winnipeg Jets – win President’s Trophy behind Connor Helleybuck and a contract year from Nikolaj Ehlelrs
Colorado Avalanche – Mikko Rantanen extends for either: (1) Leon Draistail’s contract or (2) Nathan McKinnon’s deal and Gabe Landeskog plays in a regular season game
Utah HC – become the Yetis [Note: it should be Yetis and not Yeti] and Josh Doan scores team’s first official goal
Nashville Predators – Steven Stamkos revenge tour is a 40 goal season (with 3 in his games against the Lightning) and Juuse Saros wins the Vezina
St. Louis Blues – this is a Jordan Binnington is great year and he is top 10 in Vezina voting
Chicago Blackhawks – Connor Bedard tops 100 points and finishes top 10 in Hart voting
Minnesota Wild – will finish middle of the pack as usual and extend Kirill Kaprizov for the same deal as Mikko Rantanen
Dallas Stars – Wyatt Johnston leads the Stars in scoring and Roope Hintz is a Selke finalist
Pacific Division
Edmonton Oilers – lose another game 7 heartbreaker (this time to Devils) and Leon Draisaitl tops 150 points along with Connor McDavid
Vancouver Canucks – both Elias Petterssons suit up for the Canucks this season and they start the most goalies in the league
Calgary Flames – win draft lottery and with the first overall pick are the next Canadian team to draft an American born franchise player
Vegas Golden Knights – Alexander Holtz scores 20+ goals and they make the big move again at the deadline
Los Angeles Kings – Quinton Byfield leads the Kings in scoring and they miss the playoffs
San Jose Sharks – have the 2 other Calder finalists in Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith
Seattle Kraken – Matty Beniers is a point a game player and Shane Wright follows the Alexis Lefreniere slow path to stardom
Anaheim Ducks – trade Trevor Zegras and Cam Fowler by the deadline
