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Yearbook 2018-19
It's THN's annual Yearbook! 188 pages packed with previews, features, stats and everything else you need to know for the 2018-19 season. We've got stories on Doughty, Giroux, Fleury, Hellebuyck and many more; our Top 50 players list; and, of course, four-page previews for each of the 31 NHL teams, including positional analysis, predictions, depth charts, stats and future watch.
DOUGHTY DOUBLES DOWN ON KINGS
DREW DOUGHTY IS HAPPY. Over the moon, really. And who can blame him? It’s a perfect Canada Day in London, Ont., bright and sunny with a slight breeze and the odd cloud when he arrives home. He’s just getting back from the wedding of Philadelphia Flyers right winger Wayne Simmonds, who will return the favor in a few weeks’ time as one of Doughty’s best men when he ties the knot himself. And when Doughty and his bride-to-be, Nicole, jet back to Los Angeles, they’ll be putting down roots in a new home he’s having built. Indeed, everything is coming up Doughty, including a freshly inked pact to remain with the only NHL franchise he’s ever known. Though made official July 1, Los Angeles announced days earlier Doughty had agreed to…
MINNESOTA WILD
A SIXTH CONSECUTIVE post-season berth wasn’t enough to save Chuck Fletcher’s job following a third straight first-round playoff exit for the Wild. After nine seasons guiding the team, Fletcher’s out and Paul Fenton’s in to run a franchise for the first time after nearly two decades being at the right hand of David Poile. By now, every Wild fan expected a big, bold trade, not only because Fenton was right at the heart of the decision-making of several in Nashville, but because the Wild have proven they’re just not good enough to get over the hump each spring. But other than some tweaking in free agency with the pickups of third-pair defenseman Greg Pateryn and fourth-liners Eric Fehr, J.T. Brown and Matt Hendricks, Fenton so far hasn’t been able to execute…
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
ON THE DAY Mike Babcock was hired as the Leafs’ new coach, he prophesized: “There’s pain comin’.” Three years later, his team held a 4-3 lead in Game 7 of its first-round series against Boston but lost 7-4. On that same day he was introduced in 2015, Babcock also declared that once the club had built a “safe” environment, stars from Ontario would come home. On July 1, John Tavares cemented Babcock as a prognosticator, signing a seven-year, $77-million deal with Toronto. While Tavares’ Toronto ties were part of the equation, the 27-year-old franchise center cited Toronto’s crop of young stars as the deciding factor that prompted him to leave the New York Islanders. New GM Kyle Dubas couldn’t resist adding Tavares’ firepower to an already elite forward core, but the…
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
THE STANLEY CUP streak was halted at two, but that doesn’t mean this incarnation of the Pittsburgh Penguins is done vying for championships. Pittsburgh’s bid to win a third straight title was thwarted by the Washington Capitals, who finally got past their nemesis and went on to win a Cup of their own. Despite the second-round playoff exit, the Penguins’ core remains intact and they’ll rely on the same nucleus of stars that helped them go back-to-back. A three-in-fourpeat is certainly attainable. Sidney Crosby, 31, and Evgeni Malkin, 32, proved they are still an elite one-two punch at center and the club will enjoy a full season of trade-deadline acquisition Derick Brassard in the No. 3 hole. With the exception of trading left winger Conor Sheary in what was a salary…
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