On a tenté de prédire cinq équipes qui vont progresser cette saison et cinq autres qui vont régresser: voyez dans quelle catégorie se situe le Canadien

This is a new season, everyone goes on an empty page. We spent the period “It was my best summer training”, and now it's time to prove it on ice.

But, despite all the good intentions, only half of the 32 teams on the Bettmann highway will be able to claim a series.

Five teams that will achieve more success than last year

Montreal Canadians

There are those who believe that the loss of important veterans will damage Ch, then there are those who believe that the young core is ready to go to the next step. We are part of the second group, here. Nick Suzuki will already be in his seventh season in the NHL, Cole Kaufield will be in his fifth, and Yuraj Slavafkovsky and Kaida Gule will be in the fourth. Adding the fact that Line Hatson and Ivan Demidov will have more experience, although no one will be safe from the second -Gin, and that Ivan was demided, it seems, is ready to hatch, you will find the recipe, at least the command of the most exciting observation. Yes, Joel Army, Christian Dvorak and David Savard played an important role in the shade, and they will have to be replaced by the committee, especially in a digital shortage.

Rangers de New -York

Last season there was a real disaster for New York rangers. At first there were contradictions related to the exchange of Jacob Pipe, which, it seems, did not make many happy inside, and then the sequence of performance below the expectations from several key players. According to overall admission, the rangers are aging, but the fact remains that they consider their alignment players, whose reputation is well known, Artemy Panarin, Mika Zibanezhad, Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin. Blue shirts should hope that Alexis Lafrener will finally leave his sink after five honest seasons, but still disappointed, given his status as a full choice.

Utah mammoth

The mammoth was still far away, but not bad less than in recent years, from the place in the series last season. A detachment of Andre Turini took six points in a place in the play -off, and this young group seems to be ready to reach the next level. The acquisition of striker J.J. Peterka from Buffalo Sabers means that the mammoth will count on two dangerous trio, while the defensive brigade is very respectable. The main question mark remains before the network, while Karel Weimel remains a trusted person after the best career season was the best career last year.

Ducks d'Aanhaim

Is this, finally, the year of hatching of young ducks? In recent years, the organization has survived its share of failure, which allowed Leo Karlsson, Mason Mactavish and Pavel Mintiukov to restore. In addition, speaking of McTavish, he finally got along with the team after a long outbreak. The ducks also extended the contract of excellent young defender Jackson Lacombe for eight years and $ 9 million, which made him the best paid player in the history of the concession. In short, the core is in place. It is still unknown whether he will cross the next step.

Canucks de Vancouver

We would like to start in the same way as for New York rangers slightly higher: the last season was a real disaster for Canucks. The quarrel between Elias Peterson and J. T. Miller, now a member of the Rangers, became a distraction that the team could never overcome. The good news for “sets” is that Peterson cannot worsen in 2024-2025, when he scored only 45 points in 64 games. Vancouver finished in the front row of his unit in 2023-2024, and although this may not be required to expect this, it is not surprising that the team will return in the series this year.

Five teams that will regress

Wild you, Minnesota

When the season begins with a contractual argument, in addition to medicine, it is quite difficult to be optimistic. Imagine when, in addition, a player who should develop in the center of the second trio (read Marco Rossi) was also covered by long negotiations and rumors about exchanges. Maybe everything that will not have any influence, but we have a strange impression that this season can quickly break on the side of Minnesota. Moreover, we are not talking about superpower in the league. The team received one of the last two places in the series available in the West last year.

Capital de Washington

You should not put your head in the sand: the capital of Washington was headed by motivation to allow Alex Ovechkin to beat Wayne Gretzky's goals last year. This adrenaline will no longer be present this year. Does this mean that capital will miss the series? This is not what is said. Nevertheless, it is not believed that the OVI group will again be able to finish in the first row in the east and become one of the five teams in the league that received 50 or more victories.

Pittsburgh hangs

Penguins finished 24^En The rank last season. How can they be in the category of teams that go down in the classification? Because eight teams finished them last year and that we believe that at the end of the season 2025-2026 there will be no as much. Yes, Sidney Crosby is still there, but how long? 87 were repeated again and again that he did not want to start reconstruction. This can be the beginning of the Age of Crosby-Malkin-Latang in Pittsburgh.

Flames de Calgary

The flame was on the blow to the very end, last year, missing a series of accuracy due to the incredible sequence at the end of the season. But when you look at their alignment, it is difficult to see a team that can really fight again for a place in the series. Kanax’s return will hunt, in our opinion, the flame of the race in the Pacific Division.

Maple Leafs de Toronto

We can say that we want Mitch Marner, the fact remains that this is a star attacking in the NHL. It would be quite surprising that his loss has absolutely no effect on Maple Leafs, which will probably replace him with Matias McCelly with Oston Matthew and Matthew's legs. The window begins to close for leaves, and it is not believed that they will still finish on the top of the Atlantic division, as it was in 2023-2024.