We don’t get to the playoffs for 10 years?
Ouch

These are fun and would be fun to dig up 10 years from now. I'm going to try and remain objective...

Multiple cups: Avalanche
Cup Winner/Multiple year contender: Tampa, Carolina, Vegas, Rangers, New Jersey, Toronto, LA, Winnipeg, Boston
Never quite getting there (second round exits) : Edmonton, Anaheim, Ottawa, Islanders, Vancouver, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, Philly, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Minnesota
Mediocre: Arizona, St Louis, Calgary, Nashville, Columbus, Washington, San Jose, Seattle, Montreal
Dumpster Fire: Buffalo

I think the Devils will win a cup. Hughes, Hischier, Blackwood, Smith, Holz, Bratt, Mercer, and Cap Space.

Think he meant that column never quite reaches the Cup. Not a comment on the playoffs.

I think he meant the cup. Make the playoffs but don't win it all

Florida seems to be underrated still What more do we have to do to prove we are good

Nice list, seems legit...

There are a lot of teams who deserve a cup but there is only a limited amount lmao. I could see either team pulling it off though it's not out of the question

That's a cute start, 7 players

Convince Barkov to re-sign and continue to build up the farm.

Cant really argue with anything here

Cap space is a bust.

Cap Space>Dach

Don't forget cap space

Incorrect

The Kraken win 8 Stanley Cups in a row

Led by captain Travis Dermott

🦑

MORE LIKE CRAP SPACE AMIRITE

Ok I need to go to sleep

Hopefully it's not a death sentence ufa bribing a lesser market. Thanks to covid, you avoided any homegrown vet extensions, which are usually long term grey beards ie Kreider =(
Good luck! Not really, of course

Ottawa is going to be one of the best teams for a long time , you just wait

COL, TBL, CAR, VGK complete over next few years
NYI, PIT, WAS fall short, then fall hard
TOR, MIN, EDM, FLA, WPG stay in playoffs, come close, but no cup
PHI, NSH, DAL, CHI retool instead of rebuild stay playoff teams for few years
BOS, STL CGY refuse rebuild and slowly decline
MTL, ARI zigzag between top-10 teams and bottom-10 teams
CBJ, BUF, VAN completely blow it up and enter multi-year rebuilds
SJS wins Shane Wright sweepstakes as their first of three 1st overall picks
Latter half of decade is dominated by ANA, LAK, NYR, NJD, DET and OTT

Cups
2021: Vegas over NY Islanders
2022: Colorado over Carolina
2023: Carolina over Colorado
2024: Ottawa sweeps Edmonton for 1st Canadian cup in a generation
2025: NJ Devils over LA Kings
2026: Ottawa over (Matthews-led) Arizona
2027: LA Kings over NY Rangers
2028: Anaheim over NJ Devils
2029: Ottawa over LA Kings
2030: Detroit over LA Kings
2031: Salt Lake City Roadrunners over Austin Sabres

Good luck to the Rangers who have to sign Laf, Kaako, Fox, Shesty, etc with no cap space and Trouba and Kreider's bad contracts on the team