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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.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS effectively stood pat with their lineup last season – and ended up further from winning a title than they’d been in some time. In the wake of a first-round playoff loss to the Dallas Stars – the first time in four years Nashville failed to win a round – GM David Poile returned to what made his team a competitor in the first place. He made a deal. Poile’s decision to trade P.K. Subban was different than other big moves in recent years because he did not get a proven player in return – not immediately, at least – such as when he shipped off Patric Hornqvist (James Neal), Shea Weber (Subban) and Seth Jones (Ryan Johansen). Sending Subban to New Jersey in exchange for two second-round draft…
The Fans Say
We asked you in an online poll who’s going to take home the team hardware this season, and, in general, you agreed with us on both fronts: it’s a Tampa double.
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN
WHEN THE COLORADO Avalanche selected Gabriel Landeskog second overall in 2011, the franchise was adrift. Though the Swedish power forward would go straight from the draft to the NHL that fall, Colorado continued a streak that would see the once-mighty team miss the playoffs three years in a row and six times in seven seasons. But thanks to steady building through the draft and some deft trades, the Avs now look like a serious contender in the Western Conference, with former captain and all-time legend Joe Sakic at the helm as GM. So as Landeskog hit the links for the NHL Players’ Association’s annual charity golf tournament this summer, he was plugged into off-season rumors and at the same time above them. “You want to be informed, and you want to…
MIRO HEISKANEN Vs. RASMUS DAHLIN
I want to share a secret before you read the descriptions and conclusions that I have made on Rasmus Dahlin of the Buffalo Sabres and Miro Heiskanen of the Dallas Stars. As I was scouting these two highly skilled young defensemen, I began to imagine they were both eligible in the same draft. I am the GM of the NHL team with the first pick. My primary objective is to determine which of the two players the team with the second pick prefers. I would then try to make a deal with that team so that I would “pass” on picking their preferred player. In exchange, I would be able to acquire a valuable asset, either a player or another draft pick. My reasoning is simple – I love both…
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