Go leafs go
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Since it is hot take season here goes:
Matt Murray turns into an absolute stud and is in Vesina contention, only to suffer a career ending injury just after the trade deadline (which saw the leafs acquire Max Domi). Samsonov rises to the occasion, posting respectable numbers, to take the leafs to the Stanley cup finals. The leafs lose in game 7 overtime to the Calgary flames, with Nazem Kadri getting the OT winner.
McDavid is first in points, no surprise, but second is Sebastian Aho, who also wins the Hart trophy (65 goal Matthews wins the Ted Lindsay). Jaccob Slavin wins the Norris, and the Hurricanes win the presidents trophy.
Patrick Kane ends up on the Penguins, who are struggling mid season and want to make the playoffs. Due to Kane absolutely sucking and Crosby being injured, they miss the playoffs by one point.
Jake Sanderson wins the Calder and the sens make the playoffs.
Juuse Saros wins the Vesina.
Patrice Bergeron DOESN’T win the Selke (but he retires after the season and the NHL renames it in his honour).
The coyotes arena situation is terrible, Tempe rejects them and they lose so much money that the owner pulls out mid season, forcing the NHL to take over operations and look for a new home for next season. Someone in Quebec offers to buy them, but Bettman tries to put them in Atlanta instead. No one from Atlanta has interest in buying the team so Bettman sells them to the owner of the Houston Rockets, and the team plays out of Houston for 2023-24.