My pick for SC champs this year

I wouldn't say tampa won because of stammer he was out the whole playoffs. That aside I feel all these teams will win a cup when there 1st overall player hits there prime. They better or I would feel bad for the player. If I was to bet on one not winning it would be Toronto probably cause they most likely lose Anderson next year or they will lose rielly the following year.

Toronto won’t get past the 1st round.

Yes, but Stammer was a big reason they were a #2 seed. He had over a PPG during the season.

I still think Tampa is by far the best team in the East. They have a good chance to repeat.

Colorado is probably the best team in the west and they might have the best D core in the league.

I love everything Toronto did this offseason. Brodie, Bogs, Simmons, Thornton, Vesey, Spezza and Dermott signings. And the NHL level, goalie depth. And Lehtonen and Barbabnov signings should help both defense and NHL level depth.

I didn’t love the return for A.Johnsson, but he needed traded and I’m sure there weren’t a ton of teams knocking down their door in this flat cap year. I like what they got back from Kapanen. I just hate the Amirov pick. That’s the only thing I really, really, disliked. If they would have picked C.Zary or H.Lapierre, IMO it would have been a Grand slam offseason.

But still they addressed every need on their NHL roster. Toughness, leadership, defense, NHL level depth. Check, Check, Check and Check. Toronto would get an “A” from me for this off-season. It would’ve been an”A+” if they didn’t draft Amirov.