

The offseason addition of elite offensive defenseman Dougie Hamilton through free agency addressed a major need on New Jersey's blue line. 1 overall draft pick Jack Hughes, whose play took a positive step forward last season.

The Devils have a lot of promising young talent, including 2019 No. He's way too talented to struggle as much as he did in 2020-21. Laine is in the final year of his contract, and it would help both him and Columbus if he has a bounce-back season. Offensive success eluded him last season, though, scoring just 12 goals in 40 games between the Jets and Blue Jackets. He found the back of the net 102 times from 2017-18 through 2019-20. Patrik Laine was one of the league's best goal scorers over the first three years of his career. Tkachuk, a restricted free agent, is a core player for the Senators and led the team in scoring with 36 points (17 goals, 19 assists) last season. The biggest story surrounding the Senators is the ongoing contract negotiations between Brady Tkachuk's camp and the Senators. After tallying 83 points in 2018-19, Burns posted just 29 points (seven goals, 22 assists) in 56 games last year. For the Sharks to compete for a playoff spot, they need defenseman Brent Burns to make a larger impact offensively. The Sharks had a difficult 2020-21 season and because of local COVID-19 restrictions they weren't able to play home games in San Jose for about a month into the year. The addition of goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic was a nice boost for this rebuilding Red Wings team. Not much else of significance happened with the Ducks, who were rumored to be a potential landing spot for Jack Eichel but nothing has materialized so far. Winnipeg Jets (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Dustin Byfuglien (87), Zach Bogosian/Evander Kane (84)Ĭoming up on Friday, your player and teams ratings for the Western Conference.Longtime captain and center Ryan Getzlaf returned to the Ducks. Washington Capitals (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 3.5): Alex Ovechkin (93), Nicklas Backstrom/Mike Green (85) Toronto Maple Leafs (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 3.5): Dion Phaneuf (88), Phil Kessel (86), Joffrey Lupul (84), Louis (87), Vincent Lecavalier/Matt Carle (86) Tampa Bay Lightning (Offense: 3.5, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 3.5): Steven Stamkos (91), Martin St. Pittsburgh Penguins (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Sidney Crosby (95), Evgeni Malkin (91), Kris Letang (90), Marc-Andre Fleury/Tomas Vokoun (87) Philadelphia Flyers (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Claude Giroux (90), Ilya Bryzgalov (86), Chris Pronger/Braydon Coburn (85) Ottawa Senators (Offense: 4, Defense: 4, Goalies: 4): Jason Spezza (87), Erik Karlsson (86), Daniel Alfredsson/Milan Michalek/Chris Phillips (84) New York Rangers (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Henrik Lundqvist (91), Marian Gaborik (89), Rick Nash/Brad Richards (87) New York Islanders (Offense: 3.5, Defense: 3.5, Goalies: 3.5): John Tavares (85), Matt Moulson/Mark Streit/Lubomir Visnovsky (82) New Jersey Devils (Offense: 3.5, Defense: 4, Goalies: 4): Ilya Kovalchuk (90), Traviz Zajac/Adam Larsson (84), Henrik Tallinder (83), Patrik Elias/Anton Volchenkov/Martin Brodeur (82) Montreal Canadiens (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Carey Price (90), Andrei Markov/Tomas Plekanec (86), Erik Cole/P.K. Listed below are the team names (Click the team name for player rating graphic), the rating of that team in three categories and a few of their top rated players.īoston Bruins (Offense: 4, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Zdeno Chara (91), Patrice Bergeron (86), Nathan Horton/David Krejci (85)īuffalo Sabres (Offense: 3.5, Defense: 4.5, Goalies: 4.5): Ryan Miller (92), Tyler Myers (87), Jason Pominville (85)Ĭarolina Hurricanes (Offense: 4, Defense: 4, Goalies: 4.5): Cam Ward (88), Eric Staal (87), Jordan Staal (85), Jeff Skinner (84)įlorida Panthers (Offense: 3.5 Defense: 3.5 Goalies: 3.5): Kris Versteeg/Tomas Fleischmann/Brian Campbell/Dmitry Kulikov/Stephen Weiss (83) If you look at our 'potential' rating system and how we break down the each of the six skill ratings, it is all star based and we wanted to be consistent." "We changed the team overalls for continuity.
