A long-awaited shakeup of the Atlantic Division's traditional pecking order might finally be approaching with young, retooled teams such as Buffalo and Ottawa finally appearing set to contend.
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Sitting at the bottom and looking up, Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes has a unique perspective of what he anticipates to be a long-awaited shakeup coming to the Atlantic standings. The cap, meantime, has benefitted Buffalo, Ottawa and Detroit by allowing each team to patiently spend the past few seasons developing their young rosters, which are showing signs of blossoming., a team that overcame an injury-riddled regular season to clinch the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot. They then surged to the Stanley Cup Final by knocking off Boston, Toronto and Carolina, before losing to Vegas.
The Senators weren’t far behind, and spent the offseason shoring up their goaltending by signing Joonas Korpisalo to a five-year contract, and adding offensive depth with the addition of Vladimir Tarasenko.
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