There is a new order in the NHL and that is disorder.
What else would you call a world in which presumptive third-string goaltender Adin Hill leads his Vegas team to the Stanley Cup?Still, there are tiers. The season opens Tuesday with open season on the Cup, but if there are championship dreams in, say, Montreal or Anaheim or Columbus or Chicago or San Jose, they are merely hallucinations.
The Blackhawks, disgrace tucked under the rug, are starting the road they once traveled with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane — never heard of him — a couple of decades ago, but of course will be a must-see watch. Can Connor Bedard match Connor McDavid’s rookie season? The Predators front office pretty much tore it all down a year ago, so patience will be accorded first-year GM Barry Trotz. He will need plenty of it, too, though waiting for those thousand draft picks the club obtained in exchange for Tanner Jeannot will help ease the pain.
Sorry, but it seems that an organization that began with $81.5 million in cap space as the Kraken did upon entering the league in 2021-22 should have been able to make more of splash and more of an impact. The term “expansion team,” no longer is a pejorative. Shane Wright for Alexis Lafreniere, anyone?
Pavel Zacha replacing Patrice Bergeron as the Bruins’ first-line center? The strange things happening got a little stranger on Monday when Boston’s prime rental target, Scheifele, renewed his vows with the Jets. Adam Henrique, anyone?Maybe the Rangers are a legacy team, the definition of which can be left up to others. Maybe they’re the cream. I expect the Blueshirts to be a better team in December than they are in October and better in March than in December.
The defending champion Golden Knights presumably will find a way to stay within the lines while using cap camouflage to their advantage. Cup-winning netminder Adin Hill will be challenged by Logan Thompson. The franchise that has made a habit of collecting shiny new toys is now buoyed by depth developed through their system.
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