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'Powerhouse' Central Division has 7 playoff contenders, from Dallas to Nashville
Nino Niederreiter has taken a bit of a tour around the NHL's Central Division, from Minnesota to Nashville to Winnipeg, so few know better just how deep it is. Dallas is coming off a trip to the Western Conference Final, Colorado could get captain Gabriel Landeskog back after a...
Nashville Predators eager to cash in on their spending spree and chase the Stanley Cup
Nashville Predators Last season: 47-30-5, lost to Vancouver in six games in first round of playoffs. COACH: Andrew Brunette (82-47-30 over 2 seasons with 2 teams, 2 playoff berths) SEASON OPENER: Oct. 10 vs. Dallas. DEPARTURES: D Ryan...
Tampa Bay Lightning have new look but will rely on a lot of familiar faces to get back to playoffs
Tampa Bay Lightning Last season: 45-29-8, lost to Florida Panthers 4-1 in first round of playoffs. COACH: John Cooper (525-279-75 over 11-plus seasons, 2 Stanley Cup titles). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 11 vs. Carolina. DEPARTURES: C Steven...
Defending champion Panthers head stacked Atlantic Division dominated by Bruins, Lightning and Leafs
Spending the summer celebrating a Stanley Cup championship wasn’t enough to distract Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov from paying attention to what Florida’s Atlantic Division rivals were up to this offseason. Three teams — Buffalo ( Lindy Ruff ), Ottawa ( Travis Green ) and...
Barry Trotz using lessons winning Stanley Cup as coach to guide Preds to their first as GM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Barry Trotz won a Stanley Cup as a coach and is showing no patience for a rebuild toward some kind of fuzzy, optimistic future. Winning now isn't easy. The man who coached the Washington Capitals to the Cup in 2018 spent his second offseason as Nashville's...
Tampa Bay Lightning select Victor Hedman as captain, succeeding Steven Stamkos
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning selected Victor Hedman as the team captain on Wednesday as training camp opened, making the big defenseman the successor to Steven Stamkos. Hedman, who is going into his 16th season with Tampa Bay, was considered the obvious choice to get...
