On the blue line, 21-year-old Rasmus Dahlin also had offensive career-highs, with 53 points in all. Thompson is just 24 years old, so there’s plenty of upside there. Jeff Skinner had 33 goals - his most in three seasons - and fellow forward Tage Thompson, who paced the Sabres with 38 goals, hit a career-high there, and also in assists and total points, with 68. Last season, the Sabres over-achieved, because many put them at the very bottom of this division. The good news: This is a young team, and there have been encouraging results from some of the older core players, while a crop of youngsters in the system continue to develop. Notable off-season subtractions: Cody Eakin, Dustin Tokarski, Drake Caggiula, Colin Miller, Aaron Dell, Mark Pysyk, John Hayden, Will Butcher Notable off-season roster additions: Ilya Lyubushkin, Eric Comrie, Riley Sheahan Louis, Montgomery was hired in the summer after the Bruins fired Bruce Cassidy, who’d been the coach in Boston for seven seasons.Ģ021-22 season outcome: 32-39-11, fifth in the division missed playoffs. That’s certainly not how you want to open the year, so it’ll be up to the Bruins to weather an early storm, and they’ll also have to do so under a new coach in Jim Montgomery. Defenceman Matt Grzelcyk also starts the season on the shelf after off-season shoulder surgery. Marchand (both hips) and McAvoy (shoulder) had off-season surgery, and neither player is expected back in the lineup until November or December. The bad news: The Bruins are set up for a rough start, because they’ll be without two of their biggest stars to open the season. Many of these Bruins have been together a long time, and in what is likely their last chance at a run together, they have the talent and plenty of incentive to make it happen. It means the core of this dynamic group is still in tact, along with David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall up front, and one of the best defenders in the game in Charlie McAvoy on the blue line.īoston also boasts a solid one-two punch in net with Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, a pair of 20-somethings who last season combined for the fourth-best GAA across the league (2.66) and who now have playoff experience. They’ll also see the return of David Krejci, who went home to the Czech Republic last season to be closer to his family. The good news: In the off-season, the Bruins re-signed captain Patrice Bergeron, one of the best two-way players in the game, who at age 37 was mulling retirement.
Notable off-season subtractions: Erik Haula
Notable off-season roster additions: Pavel Zacha, A.J. Let’s take a look at all eight teams, in alphabetical order.Ģ021-22 season outcome: 51-26-5, fourth in the division lost to Carolina in first round of the playoffs. Looking ahead to this season, on top of the front-runners who are set up to contend again, teams who found themselves lower in the Atlantic standings last season made moves this summer to improve their stock, only making this tough division even tougher. No team had more regular season wins last year than the Florida Panthers, while the second- and third-seeded teams in the Atlantic, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning, went toe-to-toe in Round 1 of the 2022 playoffs, and seven games later, the Maple Leafs - owners of the fourth-best record in hockey - were out, while the Lightning went on to the Final. Is there a stronger division in hockey? Probably not, sports fans.
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