Quoting: NHLfan10506
Maybe playoffs
Unproven goaltending and weak bottom-4
Quoting: mitchmarner16
Idk man I think second round exit
The bottom 4 isn’t winning any awards but it’s not terrible. Zaitsev got a lot of flack in Toronto, but he’s been one of Ottawa’s most solid defensive defensman. Cernak is also solid defensively, and spends a lot of time on the PK as elk. Brodie, Zaitsev, Trouba and Cernak are all top 50, in Shorthanded TOI this season. Honestly, none of the players on the bottom 6 may put up crazy points totals, but there definitely players.
Also, Demko has 55 regular season games, and 4 in the post where he posted a 98.5% save percentage. He’s a careee 90.9% in all 59 games which isn’t crazy good, but definitely not crazy bad.
Campbell as well has played 67 games total and posted a 91.8%, and is at a 95.1% on the season. Though I agree this is still untested, both of them seem pretty solid, and if it made it to the playoffs they definitely may be able to save a few games. I’d say they get past the first round, and if Demkos hot maybe even further.