i know boston lost bergeron and krejci but thats still the best d-core in their division and two solid goalies. Cant see either buf or det making it over them.

SEA over LA as well but im biased too lol

OTT's not making it and EDM isn't making cup finals. Although it would be fun to watch a Toronto-Carolina playoff series

I just really hate Boston, Lol

I will move it up, but if Devon Levi is that guy for Buffalo I can see them making it above Boston

I guess, but hes an undersized rookie with seven games to his name. Historically this doesnt work out.

Also buffalo goaltending isn’t cup contender. So they’ll probably miss the playoffs

Ottawa will somehow find a way too miss the playoffs

yeah thats who i was talking about, the goalie lol

I’ll update

Canes can’t score in playoffs; KK would not play in top 6 on any other competitive team, never mind 2C. No chance they emerge victorious

Edmonton just need's Skinner's regular season form and they can make that conference finals

Hahahaha... Slavin and Staal would suffocate the Matthews line and KK/Aho would handle the Tavares line... You guys aren't going to be able to generate enough offense to emerge victorious... Staal is going to do to Matthews what he did to Hughes in Raleigh during the Canes-Devils series... The Hurricanes have superior D-Core, Goaltending, and coaching

You just got swept 🧹

You guys didn't do much better and you had all of your top players

😂still making excuses😂

Not an excuse but the truth... I mean at least my team didn't lose to a Zamboni drive who worked for us and blow a 4-1 lead in the third period of a game 7

I’ve been saying this for the whole off-season: The coyotes are just a cardboard copy of last season’s ducks, not a playoff contender

I don't see Ottawa making it. Buffalo is more likely. IMO norther of them make it (maybe Buffalo im on the fence about them)

Man. I’m a leafs fan and I’m saying, if Svech and Pac play, and if Freddy Anderson plays decent, team demolishes Florida in 5/6 games

You’re hardly a leafs fan 😅. And maybe you can drive down to Carolina when they raise the banner “ we would have won but …”😂.

Goaltending?
Forwards+Goaltending
Leafs>Canes
Defence+Coaching Leafs < Canes
Canes have the best coach and D-core in the league,
Anderson and Raanta is barely a top 16 goalie tandem

But did the ducks have my lord and saviour Alex Kerfoot?
Okay but I do kind of agree, but Durzi, Cooley, Zucker, Dumba, Kerfoot plus Hayton being older, and a crap ton of draft capital if they want to be partial buyers at the deadline (should almost be all in, cuz if their bad no one will watch and they’ll get shipped out of Arizona). Also might be a hot take but don’t think it should be Clayton Keller can get a 100 point season and should get the C.

I would take Andersen and Raanta over an average starter and a rookie every day of the week
The Hurricane's bottom six forwards would mop the floor with Toronto's bottom six

It would be an interesting finals. The best offense vs the best defense.

I don't see Carolina winning it all though, they simply don't have enough scoring depth. They have a lot of smaller forwards and don't do well when the other team brings a heavy game.

The problem with Carolina isn't scoring depth... they have more than enough scoring depth the problem is scoring from the top-6

That's kinda what I mean by poor scoring depth - their scoring gets shallow very quickly at 5v5.

Two guys who score at below average 1st line rates.
Four guys who score at below average 2nd line rates.
(That's their top-6)
One guys who scores at above average 3rd line rates.
Four guys who score at below average 3rd line rates.

It's not just their top-6 as their 3rd line is below average too.

These are last year's numbers, but I don't see Bunting and Lemieux carrying the team to great heights this year.