Last year it took LA a while to get the offense going so this shortened season might really hurt them. Hopefully they start out as hot as the playoff run but I doubt it.
Boston always puts a good squad on the ice. Seguin and Lucic are beasts. I see Nashville struggling a little with no Suter. Minnesota is scary in the West.
I'll tell ya, Boston does regularly make the playoffs, but until they won that cup the fansbase was incredibly skeptical, and rightfully so. After Joe Thornton bombed out in the playoffs a few times, then got shipped to the sharks and won the MVP, it was a team that was good enough to get to the postseason, but really didn't have the intangibles needed for that long run to June, and everyone knew it. So finally 6 or 7 years later better pieces came along and the rest is history.
The Phil Kessel trade to Toronto goes down as the best move the Bruins have made since they drafted Bobby Orr. That's how we landed Seguin, and Dougie Hamilton, a Defenseman that's one of the top prospects at that position. He's gonna be a good one, like Seguin is quickly becoming.
I don't think he's going to put up the same scoring pace that he did over in Europe though, the defense in the NHL is better. I have a feeling he'll end up being a 50-goal scorer within the next few years...he has highlight reel skills, it's really a pleasure to watch.
I'm so excited!
.. but I can't help being pissed that the fan base is the last consideration.
