Central Division offseason

 Arizona offseason breakdown


Additions 

Ryan Dzingel, Antoine Roussel, Jay Beagle, Loui Eriksson, Andrew Ladd, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Liam O,Brien, Bokondj Imama, Michael Carcone, Connor Timmins, Shayne Gostisbehere, Anton Stralman, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Cole Hults, Josef Korenar, Carter Hutton, 2021 1RD (VAN), 2021 (2RD) (COL), 2022 1RD (COL), 2022 1RD (MON or CAR), 2022 2RD (VAN), 2022 2RD (SJ), 2022 2RD (COL or NYI), 2022 2RD (PHI), 2023 CON 3RD (NYI), 2023 7RD (VAN), 2024 2RD (FLO), 2024 2RD (MON), 2024 CON 3RD (COL), 2024 4RD (SJ)


Subtractions 

Christian Dvorak, Connor Garland, Derrick Brassard, Tyler Pitlick, Michael Bunting, Lane Pederson, Michael Chaput, Dryden Hunt, John Hayden, Brayden Burke, Beau Bennett, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Alex Golgoski, Jordan Oesterle, Jordan Gross, Darcy Kuemper, Adin Hill, Annti Raanta, 2022 7RD (ARI), 2023 7RD (ARI)


2022 Draft Picks: 11

1RD Arizona, Colorado, Montreal

2RD Arizona, San Jose, New York I, Philadelphia, Vancouver 

3RD Arizona 

4RD Arizona 

5RD Arizona 

6RD Arizona 

7RD None


Current Cap Space: $10.89 Million 


Projected lineup 

C.Keller-N.Schmaltz-P.Kessel

L.Crouse-B.Hayton-R.Dzingel

J.Larsson-J.Jenik-C.Fischer

A.Ladd-J.Beagle-D.Jaskin

      J.Chychrun-C.Timmins

S.Gostisbehere-V.Soderstrom

      A.Stralman-I.Lybushkin

                     J.Korenar

                     C.Hutton

A.Roussel-L.Eriksson-K.Capobianco


2020-21 record 24-16-6 54 PTS 5th in the West


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Phil Kessel, Ryan Dzingel, Dmitri Jaskin, Antoine Roussel, Jay Beagle, Johan Larsson 

D Anton Stralman, Ilya Lyubushkin 

G Carter Hutton


Chicago offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Tyler Johnson, Jujhar Khaira, Seth Jones, Jake McCabe, Caleb Jones, Marc Andre Fleury, 2021 1RD (TB), 2022 3RD (TOR), 2022 CON 3RD (EDM), 2022 6RD (COLU), 2023 2RD (TB)


Subtractions 

Pius Suter, Vinne Hinostroza, David Kampf, Joel Quenneville, Tim Soderlund, Mikael Hakkarainen, Duncan Keith, Nikita Zadorov, Adam Boqvist, Brent Seabrook 2021 1RD (CHI), 2021 2RD (CHI), 2022 CON 1RD (CHI)


2022 Draft Picks: 8

1RD None*

2RD Chicago 

3RD Vegas, Edmonton*, Toronto

4RD Chicago 

5RD None

6RD Chicago, Columbus 

7RD Chicago 


Current Cap Space: $1.86 Million 


Projected lineup 

A.Debrincat- J.Toews-P.Kane

D.Kubalik-D.Strome-K.Dach

B.Hagel-T.Johnson-A.Nylander

J.Khaira-H.Borgstrom- P.Kurashev

          J.McCabe-S.Jones

          C.Jones-C.Murphy

          W.Kalynuk-C.De Haan

                   M.A Fleury

                  K.Lankinen

A.Gaudette-B.Connolly-R.Stillman

LTIR A.Shaw (Carrer ending injury)


2020-21 record 24-25-7 55 PTS 6th in the Central


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Ryan Carpenter

D Calvin De Haan

G Marc André Fleury, Kevin Lankinen, Malcom Subban


Colorado offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Darren Helm, Mikhail Maltsev, Dylan Sikura, Stefan Matteau, Ryan Murray, Kurtis Macdermid, Jordan Gross, Roland Mckeown, Darcy Kuemper, 2021 2RD (NYI)


Subtractions 

Brandon Saad, Jonas Donskoi, Pierre Édouard Bellemare, T.J Tynan, Sheldon Dries, Matt Calvert, Liam O’Brien, Michael Vecchione, Ryan Graves, Patrik Nemeth, Connor Timmins, Daniel Renouf, Kyle Burroughs, Philipp Grubauer, Adam Werner, 2022 1RD (COL) 2023 4RD (COL), 2024 CON 3RD (COL)


2022 Draft Picks: 4

1RD None

2RD None

3RD Colorado 

4RD None

5RD Colorado 

6RD Colorado 

7RD Colorado 


Current Cap Space: $.659 Thousand 


Projected lineup 

G.Landeskog-N.Mackinnon-M.Rantanen

A.Burakovsky-N.Kadri-V.Nichushkin

T.Jost-J.T Compher-M.Kaut

D.Helm-A.Newhook-L.O’Connor

           R.Murray-C.Makar

          S.Girard-K.Macdermid

            B.Byram-E.Johnson

                    D.Kuemper 

                    P.Francouz

M.Maltsev-K.Sherwood-J.MacDonald

IR D.Toews (should miss the first couple weeks or month)


2020-21 record 39-13-4 82 PTS 1st in the West


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Nazem Kadri, Andre Burakovsky, Valeri Nichushkin, Darren Helm

D Ryan Murray, Kurtis Macdermid

G Darcy Kuemper, Pavel Francouz


Dallas offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Luke Glendening, Michael Raffl, Ryan Suter, Jani Hakanpaa, Alex Petrovic, Andreas Borgman, Braden Holtby, 2021 3RD (VAN)


Subtractions 

Jason Dickinson, Andrew Cogliano, Justin Dowling, Jamie Oleksiak, Mark Pysyk, Taylor Fedun, Stephen Johns


2022 Draft Picks: 7

1RD Dallas

2RD Dallas

3RD Dallas

4RD Dallas

5RD Dallas

6RD Dallas

7RD Dallas


Current Cap Space: $.443 Thousand 


Projected lineup 

J.Benn-T.Seguin-A.Radulov

J.Robertson-R.Hintz-J.Pavelski

D.Gurianov-R.Faksa-J.Kiviranta

M.Raffl-L.Glendening-T.Dellandrea

          E.Lindell-J.Klingberg

           R.Suter-M.Heiskanen

           T.Harley-A.Sekera

                    J.Oettinger

                    A.Khudobin

B.Comeau-J.Hakanpaa-B.Holtby

LTIR B.Bishop (possible career ending injury)


2020-21 record 23-19-14 60 PTS 5th in the Central 


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Alex Radulov, Joe Pavelski, Michael Raffl, Blake Comeau 

D John Klingberg, Andrej Sekera

G Braden Holtby


Minnesota offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Fredric Gaudreau, Dominic Turgeon, Alex Goligoski, Dmitry Kulikov, Jon Merrill, Jordie Benn, Joe Hicketts, Kevin Czuuczman, Jon Lizzotte, 2022 CON 7RD (TOR)


Subtractions 

Nick Bonino, Zach Parise, Marcus Johansson, Gerald Mayhew, Luke Johnson, Gabriel Dumont, J.T Brown, Ryan Suter Carson Soucy, Ian Cole, Brad Hunt, Brennan Menell, Louis Belpedio


2022 Draft Picks: 8

1RD Minnesota 

2RD Minnesota 

3RD Minnesota 

4RD Minnesota 

5RD Minnesota, San Jose

6RD Minnesota 

7RD Toronto*


Current Cap Space: $2.29 Million 


Projected lineup 

M.Zuccarello-M.Rossi-K.Kaprizov

K.Fiala-J Eriksson Ek-J.Greenway

M.Foligno-N.Sturm-M.Hartman

F.Gaudreau-M.Boldy-N.Bjugsatd

       J.Brodin-J.Spurgeon

   A.Goligoski-M.Dumba

      D.Kulikov-C.Addison

                  C.Talbot

                K.Kahkonen

V.Rask-K.Rau-J.Merrill


2020-21 record 35-16-5 75 PTS 3rd in the West


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Nico Sturm, Nick Bjugstad, Victor Rask

D Alex Goligoski, Jon Merrill, Jordie Benn


Nashville offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Cody Glass, Matt Luff, Philippe Myers, Matt Tennyson, David Rittich, 2021 2RD (LA), 2022 3RD (LA)


Subtractions 

Viktor Arvidsson, Calle Jarnkrok, Eric Haula, Nolan Patrick, Brad Richardson, Sean Malone, Micheal Carcone, Ryan Ellis, Erik Gudbranson, Tyler Lewington, Pekka Rinne


2022 Draft Picks: 7

1RD Nashville 

2RD Nashville 

3RD Nashville, Los Angeles 

4RD Nashville 

5RD Nashville 

6RD None

7RD Nashville 


Current Cap Space: $10.37 Million 


Projected lineup 

F.Forsberg-R.Johansen-M.Granlund

M.Duchene-L.Kunin-P.Tomasino

E.Tolvanen-C.Glass-C.Sissons

T.Jeannot-N.Cousins-M.Oliver

                  R.Josi-D.Fabbro

            M.Ekholm-P.Myers

      M.Borowiecki-A.Carrier 

                         J.Saros

                        D.Riitich

Y.Trenin-R.Grimaldi-M.Benning


2020-21 record 31-23-2 64 PTS 4th in the Central 


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Filip Forsberg, Nick Cousins, Rocco Grimaldi

D Matias Ekholm, Mark Borowiecki, Matthew Benning 

G David Rittich 


St.Louis offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Pavel Buchnevich, Brandon Saad, Logan Brown, Matthew Peca, Nathan Todd, Calle Rosen, Tommy Cross, Charlie Lindgren, 2022 CON 4RD (OTT)


Subtractions 

Jayden Schwartz, Mike Hoffman, Zach Sanford, Sammy Blais, Austin Poganski, Vince Dunn, Carl Gunnarson, 2022 2RD (ST.L)


2022 Draft Picks: 5

1RD St.Louis

2RD None

3RD St.Louis

4RD St.Louis, Ottawa*

5RD St.Louis

6RD St.Louis

7RD None


Current Cap Space: $1.75 Million 


Projected lineup 

D.Perron-R.O’Reilly-J.Kyrou

P.Buchnevich-B.Schenn-V.Tarasenko

J.Neighbours-R.Thomas-B.Saad

I.Barbashev-T.Bozak-K.Kostin

                  T.Krug-C.Parayko

        M.Scandella-J.Faulk

              N.Mikkola-R.Bortuzzo

                     J.Binnington

                        V.Husso

K.Clifford-M.Maceachern-J.Walman

LTIR O.Sundqvist (for probably the first month)


2020-21 record 27-20-9 63 PTS 4th in the West


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F David Perron, Kyle Clifford, Mackenzie Maceachern 

D Robert Bortuzzo

G Ville Husso


Winnipeg offseason breakdown 


Additions 

Riley Nash, Austin Poganski, Luke Johnson, Michael Eyssimont, Brendan Dillion, Nate Schmidt 


Subtractions 

Mason Appleton, Mathieu Perreault, Trevor Lewis, Nate Thompson, Derek Forbort, Tucker Poolman, Jordie Benn, Laurent Brossoit, 2022 2RD (WIN), 2022 3RD (WIN), 2023 2RD (WIN)


2022 Draft Picks: 5

1RD Winnipeg 

2RD None

3RD Columbus 

4RD None

5RD Winnipeg 

6RD Winnipeg 

7RD Winnipeg 


Current Cap Space: $.219 Thousand 


Projected lineup 

K.Connor-M.Scheifele-B.Wheeler

A.Copp-P.L Dubois-N.Ehlers

P.Stastny-A.Lowry-K.Vesalainen

J.Harkins-D.Gustafsson-R.Nash

            J.Morrissey-N.Pionk

             B.Dillion-D.Demelo

              L.Stanley-N.Schmidt

                 C.Hellebuyck

                     E.Comrie

D.Toninato-N.Beaulieu

LTIR B.Little (Career ending injury)

SUSP M.Scheifele (1 game)


2020-21 record 30-23-3 63 PTS 3rd in the North 


Notable 2022 UFA’s 

F Paul Stastny, Andrew Copp, Riley Nash

D Nathan Beaulieu

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