I think Ottawa will beat out Montreal and I also think buffalo will do better than everyone is saying

Montreal is still deep. Perhaps not built for a whole bunch of regular season success, and I wouldn't be the farm on them even grabbing a playoff spot, but they're still better than the Habs IMO.

Buffalo is rolling with Craig Anderson and Aaron Dell in net to start the season. UPL likely gets a shot, but I can't see him carrying them out of the basement in that division. Better record than last year? Sure. Out of the basement? Not a chance.

Habs are built for the playoffs, not for the regular season. It will be hard for them to get in

With Buffalo I was more so going for what you said, better than last year, but in no way close to playoffs. They played well towards the end of the year last year and I think they can continue a bit of that

Yeah, will come down to which versions of Carey Price/Jake Allen they get, IMO. I have them fighting for a wild card spot all year, but the Metro division is going to be tough to steal a spot from.