"It was a grind," Couturier said at his end-of-the-season press conference in May. "I only played 45 and it was a grind. Especially when I missed that game there in the Island and I came back, took me probably seven to 10 days to kind of get my legs going again and I wasn't feeling as good as before that injury. But yeah, it was tough to recover from any sort of little injuries, so it was a grind. But every team went through that schedule. It might have been a little tougher because COVID hit us, but we needed to be better and we weren't good enough."
Even if Seattle had made different moves in the expansion draft nobody should have reasonably expected them to repeat the Golden Knights’ success from four years ago but the rest of the division is flawed enough that things could get interesting here.
Detroit Red Wings Lunch Bag
Key losses: C Alex Wennberg, D Anton Stralman, D Keith Yandle, G Chris Driedger (expansion draft)
Carolina Hurricanes Lunch Bag
-Brandon Saad joins Blues: He got $22.5 million over five years. He and Pavel Buchnevich are replacing the offense of departed free agent forwards Mike Hoffman and Jaden Schwartz. The Blues still could move Vladimir Tarasenko.
Arizona Coyotes Insulation Bag
Grade: A-. GM Chuck Fletcher was a busy man this offseason, and most of the work was good. Ellis more than fills the hole that Matt Niskanen left with his surprising retirement before last season. The price for Ristolainen was high (2021 first-rounder, 2023 second-rounder), but a change in scenery and defensive partner could make this a coup, which is the word we'd use for signing Yandle for $900,000 on a post-buyout contract. The swap of Voracek for Atkinson gives the Flyers a player with one more contract year (through 2024-25) but more goal-scoring upside.
Tampa won't be as lucky in 2022. The team has already been forced to part ways with key players such as Yanni Gourde, Blake Coleman, Tyler Johnson, David Savard and Barclay Goodrow. Their depth has been depleted and they'll be relying on lesser and unproven players to fill the voids left behind. According to CapFriendly, the Lightning are currently less than $10,000 under the salary cap for 2022.
MCDAVID: “Kenny such a good GM. He’s built such a good relationship with his players. He certainly keeps guys in the loop — it doesn’t mean he’s asking for what we’re necessarily thinking. He definitely does a good job of keeping us in the loop. I know we all appreciate that a lot.”
New York Rangers Insulation Bag
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