I think the Pittsburgh Penguins might suffer the hangover for the Stanley Cup celebrations, and I think Detroit's hungry
A genetic experiment gone great ... They cloned a couple of beautiful hockey players in Sweden in Daniel and Henrik Sedin. They play like triplets a lot of nights, they way they support one another. They're going to be fantastic again.
I think Philadelphia is bang on the mark because of their depth ... Vancouver, I think they are the real deal and I think they will come out of the West.
I like the Pittsburgh Penguins ... There's a lot of good teams, very good teams, in the National Hockey League, but the Penguins have the two best players in hockey in (Sidney) Crosby and (Evgeny) Malkin.
LA intrigues me. It's been an interesting managerial job by Dean Lombardi
Tampa Bay has got good goaltending in Mike Smith if he can be healthy ... They've beefed up their defence, they've got plenty of offensive firepower with the likes of (Vincent) Lecavalier and (Martin) St-Louis. Look for Steven Stamkos to have a bigger year. I think Tampa Bay could challenge for a playof...
I think Florida might be a team that's poised for an advancement ... Playing against them last year, they were a completely different team that what we've seen out of the Florida teams in the past. They were really an attacking team, they played the game with a lot of energy. I give Pete DeBoer a lot of...