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Yearbook 2019-20
Get everything you need to know about the NHL season with THN's annual Yearbook! It's 188 pages packed with previews, predictions, features and stats. We've got stories on Marchand, O'Reilly, Crosby, Landeskog and more; our Top 50 players list; and our staple four-page previews for each of the 31 NHL teams, including positional analysis, predictions, depth charts, stats and Future Watch.
ANAHEIM DUCKS
ONE ERA HAS come to an end, and a new one is underway. The Anaheim Ducks bought out Corey Perry, accepted the possibility Ryan Kesler won’t play again, hired Dallas Eakins as coach and embraced a remodelling project that began in fits and starts last season. Younger, faster, cheaper is the franchise’s mantra. No longer the elite team they once were, the Ducks are working from the ground up to recapture the status that slipped from their control over the past two seasons. They became too old, too slow and too expensive, but now they’ve done something about it. The Ducks will have a different look after a flurry of moves that included Perry’s buyout and Kesler’s off-season hip surgery, plus the emergence of a number of young standouts, including Sam Steel,…
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
ON PAPER, THE Chicago Blackhawks filled in the gaps that kept them out of the playoffs for a second straight season in 2018-19. Led by career-high output from Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews and a breakthrough season from Alex DeBrincat, the Blackhawks rarely had problems scoring. Keeping the puck out of their net was another matter. Only Ottawa allowed more goals than Chicago’s 291. Blame some of the defensive shortcomings on players adjusting to coach Jeremy Colliton’s systems. Colliton took over when Joel Quenneville was sacked on Nov. 6 after Chicago got off to a 6-6-3 start and amid a “power struggle” that GM Stan Bowman claimed never existed. After settling in with Colliton, Chicago rolled to a 20-10-3 finish, six points shy of a wild-card spot. Bowman has delivered on promised…
EDMONTON OILERS
AFTER WATCHING THE Edmonton Oilers miss the playoffs for the 12th time in 13 years, the frustration level in Edmonton is at a boiling point. Fans are starting to turn away, and there is concern that some of the team’s top players are running out of patience with the never-ending rebuilds and coaching changes (Dave Tippett is the ninth coach in the past 11 seasons). But despite the unrest, anyone hoping for a massive roster overhaul this summer didn’t get it. New GM Ken Holland didn’t have much cap space or pieces to trade, and he doesn’t want to mortgage the future on a quick fix. So the Oilers are expected to look very much like they did last year, as Holland uses 2019-20 to evaluate his assets, employing a patient,…
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
THE COLUMBUS BLUE Jackets went from “all in” to “all gone” in a matter of weeks. After making a big splash at the trade deadline, the Blue Jackets finally won their first playoff series in franchise history, a stunning sweep of Presidents’ Trophy-winning Tampa Bay in the first round. The party ended in the second round against Boston, however, and then the hangover hit on July 1, when goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, left winger Artemi Panarin and center Matt Duchene all departed via free agency. The question “Was it worth it?” will be discussed in Ohio for years to come. GM Jarmo Kekalainen has said repeatedly he would “do it all over again,” and a large swath of the fan base seems to agree. The Jackets’ roster is still dotted with promise, not…
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