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Yearbook 2022-23

Yearbook 2022-23

Our annual Yearbook is packed with previews, predictions and features for the upcoming NHL season. We have four pages of analysis on each team, plus our yearly Top 50 NHLers list and in-depth features on Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner, Steven Stamkos, Jusse Saros, Kyle Connor and many more.

Free Agents

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Not everyone had a home by the time Yearbook went to press in mid-August. Several NHLers who played at least 20 games in ’21-22 hadn’t signed deals

NHL Team Previews

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

THN PREDICTION | 4TH IN CENTRAL GETTING SWEPT OUT of the playoffs got old quickly. So, Nashville has reversed course on a short-lived youth movement. After going winless in its first-round playoff series against eventual champion Colorado, the Predators traded away three young players who a year earlier were considered a big part of their future. Right winger Luke Kunin, 24, acquired from Minnesota in October 2020 and signed to a two-year contract, was sent to San Jose, and defenseman Philippe Myers, 25, acquired in a trade last off-season, was shipped to Tampa Bay along with prospect Grant Mismash. The primary return on those moves was 33-year-old defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who will add experience and grit to the blueline. He’s also now the oldest player on the roster. Nashville’s offense, which set…

NHL Team Previews

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

THN PREDICTION | 2ND IN ATLANTIC THE MAPLE LEAFS have become a model franchise. A model for how to come this close but still fail. After leading its first-round series 3-2, Toronto lost Game 7 at home to the two-time reigning champions from Tampa Bay – and became the first team in NHL, MLB or NBA history to lose a winner-takes-all game in the opening round of the playoffs five years in a row. GM Kyle Dubas has often spoken about “narratives,” and how they threaten clear judgment. That’s among the reasons Dubas hasn’t traded any of the “core four” forwards. But how can he deny what has become obvious? Cups are for closers, and the Leafs can’t close. The devastating loss severely dampened the most remarkable individual season in team history,…

Schedule

2022-23 NHL Schedule