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For each team, I will highlight the main stories out of the gate and then dig in to my thoughts on the team, grade their PP from a few perspectives, and highlight my Moods Dudes for the 2026-27 season!
I added some general thoughts for the start of the year to the Atlantic Division writeup, so check that out if you missed it (or are just coming by to search for what I think of your favorite team! Your team rules, I think they are super cool and fun!).
Chicago Blackhawks

Out of the gate: Connor Bedard is seemingly set to miss until ~Early November, though the original Mid-November timeline has already seemingly been beaten with his participation in some aspects of training camp. In his absence, Nick Lardis (or Roman Kantserov, depending on where you think Bedard ultimately plays) will get a chance to show their stuff in the top six.
Patrick Kane will debut on Nazar’s wing alongside the aforementioned Kantserov, who in less than two weeks has already garnered Artemi Panarin comparisons. As someone who is classically too high on Chicago Blackhawks at all times, let’s tone it down a bit.
Bowen Byram was acquired (at a price that everyone laughed at, and then like three weeks later looked just fine!) and immediately showed off what he can do as a true #1 in the AHL by tallying a hat trick in his first preseason game. I am a full-on believer in his ability to do well against NHLers, too, but we’ll see when the time comes.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 6/10. The only change I’d really expect at any point is Bedard to replace… well, that’s why this is a 6. I have no idea who he will replace. Bertuzzi feels like a lock, and Nazar plays the interior, so it seems like either Kane or Frondell, I guess. Byram doesn’t seem likely to cede the PP QB role, as Bedard played on occasion down the stretch last year.
Tyler Bertuzzi is one of my biggest stands of the offseason, as I think he adds a completely unique dimension to the CHI top six that skews smaller and skilled. He’s a big ugly thumper with some deft touch around the net, and I think he garbage collects his way to another 30-goal year this year.
Talent: 7/10. Speaking of the Hawks PP down the stretch last year…

Chicago was already out of it, so they set up their PP1 to run through Frondell on the right half-wall. The reason they may have done this becomes quite obvious when you look at the season he had in the SHL before coming over:

mix in a pass, bud.
Frondell looked the part of an NHLer to me, but I should point out that he’s been taking lots of heat in preseason from the writers. I packed my bags all summer long on Frondell, so I am not letting two preseason games of an 18% xGF% at 5v5 slow my roll.. but yeah, yikes. If Patrick Kane is vintage Kaner when Bedard comes back, it’s going to be an awfully interesting situation to see who gets bumped from PP1.
Byram has spent his entire NHL career in the shadows of Cale Makar and Rasmus Dahlin. I’m not sure how anyone can say that we know what his ceiling is. While he’s battled injuries over the years, the past five seasons Byram is 36th among all defensemen in 5v5 points. When you account for his role and missed games by looking at points/60, he’s 19th. And that’s without MacKinnon in Colorado, for the most part. He is 13th, a smidge ahead of Dahlin himself, in goals/60 over 5 years. Having just turned 25 years old, he’s squarely in his prime and has played 82 games in each of the past two seasons. If you can take a top 20 5v5 defenseman and add more minutes and PP1 duties to the mix, you have the makings of a defender who can easily crack the top ten in D scoring, off the board around D22. His shots + blocks don’t look to be strengths, but the point upside is through the roof.
Intrigue: 8/10. Byram is the main attraction, with Bedard’s peak a close second. But Frondell is going to be a fascinating test case on whether the prospect profile can translate to an NHL star.
Moods’ Dudes: Connor Bedard, Bowen Byram, Anton Frondell
And I haven’t even gotten to Nick Lardis and Roman Kantserov yet. I love this team. I’m watching them like… a hawk… for the first month and then doing another close examination when Bedard returns, as I want to be first to whatever fantasy goodness they can provide us.
Colorado Avalanche

Out of the gate: 5v5 lines are up in the air, especially since we don’t really know what they are doing in the top six to replace Val Nichushkin. They’ve practiced a handful of ways and then come game-time on Friday (MacKinnon/Makar’s only game) they ran the lines you see above, minus the Nelson line. We’ve seen Nelson with Kadri and them separated. TJ Hughes scored a hat trick and now seems like an NHL roster lock, and I definitely know who that is.
Jaden Schwartz is in Colorado, ICYMI. Five years ago I might have been stoked about that. Now? Not so much. Finally, their GM left and then traded for literally half of the bottom sixers. I think we all just assume everything is just going to be fine?
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 7/10. Brock Nelson is lurking, otherwise this is pretty straightforward. Necas and Makar try to score while MacKinnon tries to bore a hole straight in the goalie’s chest protector. Gabriel Landeskog leaderships his way to a 55-point season in one of the truly great personal stories in the league, and Kadri tries to do the opposite of whatever the hell last year was, after being traded from Calgary to what we thought was a dream (re) landing spot.
Talent: 9/10. I can’t in good conscience give you a 10/10 when the Buffalo Sabres, of all teams, are taking shots at your PP execution. But yeah, you may have heard of these guys, they’re pretty effective at 5v5. I would suggest just matching the opposition’s strength with an all-time rover/retriever, but MacKinnon is also completely ineffective at 3v3 too. Is 4v4 the Goldilocks number of special situations?
Intrigue: 7/10. I’ll let the Buffalo Sabres tell you why you should care:
“If it was simply based on talent, Colorado should be in the top five, if not higher, in the league, right?” Appert said “… Some things that make you a really good five-on-five player from a talent perspective don't always translate into power-play success. Usually, the power-play units that have the chemistry, mixed with the hockey IQ and the ability to think and solve problems together and individually, tend to be the units that have the most success, and then obviously being good around the net.”
I already got to the bottom of this though, and they fixed it. It’s a Marty Necas Party, and we’re all invited!
Moods’ Dudes: Martin Necas, Sam Malinski, TJ Hughes
Cale Makar has been banged up dating back to last playoffs. Sam Malinski looks like a legit player, and it’s about time we see him run a PP unit rather than Devon Toews. While unconfirmed, I think this might be the year.
Any time you can plant your flag on a guy who for three straight NCAA seasons (he was a 20-year-old Freshman, BTW, a sure sign he’s a dominant NHLer to-be!) had a dude named Liam Mclinsky in his top five comps, you just gotta do it. I basically never see that, FWIW. But if he’s going to play with Nelson or Kadri out of the gates, we might as well toss him in some late slates, just in case he carries over his strong offensive production from both college and preseason.
Dallas Stars

Out of the gate: Matt Duchene has been absent from training camp, so at least we don’t have a second create-a-player in the top six? I fully expect Seguin-Duchene to make up a third duo down the Stars lineup, which makes life really difficult. Last year, fortunately, the Stars did a thing where they just never scored at 5v5, so the line combos didn’t matter unless they were also on the PP1 together.
Thomas Harley almost got traded for Zach Werenski 1-for-1 (allegedly, with others saying more was involved) a couple months ago, which is actually kind of insane when you think about it. Look at how far we’ve come, Harley gang.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 9/10. This unit was absolutely nuts last year, even though Hintz missed some time. Hintz could probably easily be replaced with Duchene, but otherwise these are the only relevant guys on the team. Seguin isn’t stealing a job, nor is Jamie Benn and his new salary (league minimum).
Talent: 11/10. Talk about a team that is good and fits well together. Miro tirelessly patrols the point while Hintz transports the puck from defense to offense. Rantanen can bull rush the net and feather a pass perfectly onto his two dangerous weapons’ blades for a one-timer, while Wyatt can apparently shoot 25% and Jason Robertson shot 100% at telling the Seattle Kraken they suck and he hates them when they tried to hand him one hundred and twenty million dollars. Bonus point for that one, JRob.
Not sure I could have done the same, myself. Why yes, as a matter of fact I do believe Matty Beniers has untapped potential, now where do I sign? That’s a lot of new toys for the cats.
Intrigue: 5/10. What’s there to learn about these guys? If they can do it again? Barring injury (and if Miro gets hurt, we know Harley can run the PP1 too!), they’re going to easily be a top ten PP again this year.
Moods’ Dudes: Jason Robertson, Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley
Harley’s fantasy shine took a tumble last year, but I’d like to point out everything was bad last year for him, he was clearly hurt. Let’s throw out the tape (and the trade offer) and start fresh. Nils Lundkvist is getting rave reviews in camp, and was also strong down the stretch last year, so I think this duo could be in for a big year.
Minnesota Wild

Out of the gate: After a busy offseason of Not Trading For Dylan Larkin, the chickens have come home to roost with Kaprizov being separated from Eriksson Ek and Boldy. For now, Yurov seems set to center him, rather than Moods Dude of the offseason Ryan Hartman, but the real winner here is Max Shabanov, who without playing a single regular season game has made Mats Zuccarello’s departure feel like a minor issue, even immediately working his way onto the PP1 in camp.
Jesper Wallstedt will carry the burden for the first stretch of the season, as Filip Gustavsson will miss at least a month after offseason hip surgery.
Quinn Hughes is still on the team, but doesn’t have an extension in place. His UFA status in July will be, and is now, one of the stories of the season, especially if Minnesota starts off strong and he’s still unwilling to commit.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 8/10. Hughes, Boldy, Kaprizov, JEEK? check. Shabanov is interesting, and he’s absolutely a Moods Dude, but I think Hartman’s performance here last year will earn him looks eventually. Maybe it’ll just have to wait for the inevitable JEEK injury.
Talent: 8/10. Hughes, Boldy, Kaprizov, JEEK? check. Shabanov is interesting, and he’s absolutely a Moods Dude, but I think Hartman’s performance here last year will earn him looks eventually. But this time, let’s look at Shabanov’s stats!

A Gritsyuk clone, you say? Sounds good to me. He had a tough year in NYI under Patrick Roy, but gets another chance in a new organization that is rolling out the welcome mat for him. He looks like a dynamic player, but can he sustain it and produce enough to maintain a spot in all situations alongside a top ten player in the world?
Intrigue: 7/10. Matt Boldy has already entered the superstar phase of his career, so there’s very little breakout potential here. That said, a full season of Quinn Hughes would be fun and a Quinn Hughes trade would also be fun (depending on if you are a Wild fan or not); regardless of what happens, this PP1 is connected to some intrigue, I suppose.
Moods’ Dudes: Matt Boldy, Max Shabanov, Ryan Hartman
I could pull Kaprizov here, too, but I don’t feel any special connection to his breakout, and I never like to assume ownership of those fellas. The above three players I’ve written and spoken about a lot. Like a lot a lot. You’ll just have to trust me.
Nashville Predators

Out of the gate: In comes new GM Chris McFarland, and he brought a bunch of his dudes with him from Colorado. This feels like the OC who left his power conference school to take the HC job at a Sun Belt school, and the entire offensive line with eligibility remaining followed him. But not even the backup QB would commit from the skill position group.
Ross Colton joins Bourque and Marchessault on a new third line, which is interesting, but not nearly as interesting as L2, with Matthew Wood going full time as Forsberg’s center. They played together for a while last year and outscored opponents 16-13 at 5v5.
I don’t really know what the deal is with Kerfoot on the ROR-Stamkos line. I figured the trade of Evangelista was to clear room for a Kemell or Brady Martin. This… this is real bad. A fireable offense, if it lasts to opening night. With Martin sent to the AHL.. I’m scared. Hopefully Matt Wood can save the PP1 and rescue Stamkos’ value.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 6/10. I hope this is a 10/10. But Matthew Wood has the first round draft capital and not a ton else to support his L2 PP1 status at age 21, with Pronman not even ranking him and the Athletic’s tiers having him as a 5B prospect, alongside Easton Cowan and Dean Letourneau. Good prospects, yes, but not difference-makers offensively. You’ll have to wheel Steven Stamkos out to the left circle at age 48 and he still might score 15 goals, while Josi-Forsberg-ROR don’t seem to be vacating their roles anytime soon.
Talent: I did a deep dive on Stamkos a few weeks ago, so let’s take a look at Wood. My Wood, to be precise, and not DJ’s Wood, no matter how much he tries to claim that his Wood takes are equal to my Wood takes. Mine’s bigger and better and longer lasting.

While Filip Zadina is a scarily strong comp that is quite freightening, the still-solid matches have some hits and some misses all the same.
I think what makes Wood’s rookie season more impressive than the stats is the polish he showed, as he’s a fairly large human. Listed at 6’4 204, he’s not quite Tage sized (6’6 220), but I see a ton of Tage in his game. Both even played college hockey at UConn (Wood transfered after his Sophomore season to play a year at Minnesota), which is extremely odd given their lack of NHL alumni. Wood’s hands/skills are really good for a player of his size, AND he’s already comfortable enough with his game to produce at the NHL level. I am incredibly bullish on Forsberg’s ability to elevate Wood’s game, and that Nils Hoglander is their 5v5 linemate is all kinds of fun.
Intrigue: 5/10. I love Matthew Wood, but honestly that just boosts it from like a 3 to a 5. I’m not all that interested in what the rest of the Predators do, as McFarland’s moves seem to be committed to some short-term pain for long-term gain (and hopefully a shot at Landon Dupont).
Moods’ Dudes: Filip Forsberg, Steven Stamkos, Matthew Wood
St. Louis Blues

Out of the gate: The Blues makeover has completed:
McMichael plus futures for Kyrou
McTavish in
Schenn and Faulk out (deadline)
Waivers for Oskar Sundqvist, Nathan Walker, and Jack Finley, three bottom six regulars (and for Sundqvist, dating back to the Cup year).
Robert Thomas named captain
The Blues are fully in the image of Jim Montgomery and Alex Steen, which on its face is pretty cool. It’s not quite a Capitals-level retool, at least not yet and just in my opinion, but to see such actions taken swiftly is refreshing in a league where at this exact moment, several trades have been baking for months despite widely-known requests.
I don’t think there’s much to this build until they find some defenders, however. I just don’t think this blueline is even close to enough to compete for anything of relevance. Fingers crossed they are working the phones for Alexander Nikishin.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 7/10. STL1 on the PP1 seems lock-adjacent, given their 5v5 chemistry, but it’s important to note that they didn’t really click on the PP last year, despite their unbelievable race to the finish line post-Olympics. McTavish feels duplicative to Holloway on the PP1, seemingly moving Holloway to the middle, which is fine but I want to see how that works as well before I commit to Mason there. Broberg is just not a PP1 defender, but neither is anyone else on the roster. Jake Neighbours is your prototypical netfront PP1 option, so I’d love to see Thomas man the point and let the 5F PP1 cook for a bit.
Talent: 6/10. Once again, STL1 is the backbone of this team of this PP unit, and of this build as a whole. Jimmy Snuggerud is your prototypical sniper, Robert Thomas the playmaker, and Dylan Holloway your power forward with elite finishing ability. They are PP1 on my team, but I am not sure about the other two. I think Mason McTavish’s ability to take one-timers from the Zamboni door, a la Leon Draisaitl, is a valuable skill, but I am not 100% sure if they will be utilizing him in that way. I am open to feedback from anyone grinding that preseason tape.
Intrigue: 4/10. I am far more excited to watch the Blues at 5v5 than on the PP, so there’s that. I think Broberg is a good defenseman, but he’s just not a PP1 guy. Bump this to a 7.5 if Nikishin joins the fold. Please, I need this.
Moods’ Dudes: Dylan Holloway, Mason McTavish, Connor McMichael
McMichael has floated around the Washington lineup for a few years now, but I think last year was definitely a low point. Another guy who got kind of overtaken by Justin Sourdif, even the fancy stats saw some clear weakness:

I am a believer in his skill and point production, and am quite excited to see him under Jim Montgomery. Something interesting I came across in digging through some comparable players was just how similar McMichael looks to Lafreniere, with the major difference of course being Lafreniere’s #1 Overall draft pedigree. UDPt Index is shown, but the shot rates and primary points rates (matched by age) are very similar:

One of these players has been a bounceback/breakout candidate for three years running, the other one was just traded and operates in relative obscurity. Something to think about!
Utah Mammoth

Out of the gate: Utah looks to introduce two new top-sixers to their lineup in Vincent Trocheck and Anders Lee, at the cost of Sean Durzi plus some futures. The hole Durzi leaves on the third pair will be filled by Dmitri Simashev, who had a strong year in the AHL last year but appears blocked for offensive output by Sergachev and… John Marino? Marino was PP2 the last time they played in preseason with both he and Weegar in the lineup, but surely some context must have been lost on me.
In any case, Simashev is an interesting name to keep tabs on, especially if Weegar is not viewed as a PP2 fixture. The issue at hand is we have 27 NHL games from last year to go with his impressive 40 in the AHL (35 points, 93 shots), and he was just a non-factor at the highest level, picking up just one point and looking average in the shots + blocks department, below average in hits. This NHL stint is far more in alignment with his KHL stats, where he has shown next to nothing offensively. The AHL, however, is a very good league, so that usage and production shouldn’t be entirely discounted should the sixth pick in 2024 start to flash something resembling offensive upside in the NHL.
Daniil But looks to have made the team out of training camp, and he’s a far more offensively gifted 2023 first rounder. He’s big and fast and can score, with strong shot metrics and an equally good offensive output in the AHL last year that was the first time he put his tools to good use (his KHL production numbers as a teenager were middling to poor). He was a bit lacking in his NHL capabilities, but he still possesses a high ceiling thanks to his toolkit and has another offseason of training and development behind him.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 4/10. They are running out the “optimal” unit to start, but last year Barrett Hayton spent time on the top unit over Logan Cooley (and this I supported thanks to the grind factor lacking with the current four forwards). Now that they added new toys in Anders Lee and Vincent Trocheck, I fully expect one (or both?) to take a crack if their middling PP doesn’t improve in 2026-27. Trocheck and Lee both play interior roles, and could very well usurp Nick Schmaltz for talent reasons and Logan Cooley for fit reasons.
Talent: 7/10. Dylan Guenther is an all-time Moods Dude and I think he rocks. Watching him fire one-timers brings me great joy. Clayton Keller was owed an apology and got one from me. Logan Cooley is undoubtedly quite talented, it’s the shot profile and role insecurity (he and Guenther played shockingly little per night, last season) that I am afraid of. Mikhail Sergachev is my sleeper candidate at D, in that there is always a possibility that a PP1 D that plays a bunch of minutes and goes in the 100s in fantasy could finish as a top five D. That really isn’t the case at other positions, but Sergachev checks all the boxes. He has the PP1 role very securely, and is also the top D on the team in TOI most nights. He has a great offensive profile, dating back to the draft and his time in Tampa, even. He mixes in blocks at decent clip. If he can merely exist on a PP1 that ideally is much better in past years given the talent, that should be good for additional point production, and then you have the makings of a top fantasy finisher if he continues his offensive involvement.
Intrigue: 6/10. We’ve seen what these guys can do in flashes, yet it sort of feels like the expectation is that they do all these great things and become the best team in the league. I guess I am excited for what I know (Guenther is the GOAT) and curious to see if my Sergachev take hits. I am a bit dreading a Cooley nuke season, and am ready for Nick Schmaltz to get off my damn television. A 6/10 sounds about right.
Moods’ Dudes: Dylan Guenther, Mikhail Sergachev
Winnipeg Jets

Out of the gate: It sure seems like Viggo Bjorck has done the thing everyone in the world thought he would do, and that’s make the team as an 18-year-old rookie. Right away, he gets placed in what looks like the offensive zone start line alongside Isak Rosen and Gabe Vilardi.
This leaves a top-line role open for Cole Perfetti, immediately vaulting him to a really strong value in the season-long streets. The bottom-six is also new-look, so the fact that Connor Hellebuyck wants out is really the only constant from three months ago. Go figure.
Since Hellebuyck hasn’t been traded yet, it still feels possible he comes back for some starts or even tries to mend fences.
PP1 Grades:
Consistency: 9/10. The only way this changes is if Bjorck is an undeniable force right away. We don’t have a ton of 17 year old studs in the SHL and immediately play in the NHL, but it’s worth noting that at 17, Leo Carlsson, William Eklund, and Lucas Raymond were above average in point production and Bjorck was below, with similarly low shot totals as well.
Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele are as locked in as it gets, and there’s no one on the roster seriously challenging Vilardi’s or Morrissey’s role.
Talent: 8/10. Mark Scheifele is just really good, regression be damned. He shoots 20% every year, especially since the shot tracking rules changed, and sits in fourth place on the league’s active career Sh% list (behind Draisaitl, Point, and… Barbashev??). Kyle Connor is awesome, if boringly competent for a top 20 fantasy player, and Morrissey regularly doubles the league average primary point rate for a defender.
Intrigue: 7/10. It’s a bummer that Hellebuyck wants out, but I get it all the same. This team feels like they are still pretty good, and maybe the hockey gods smile upon Winnipeg for having to put up with the rude Americans.
Cole Perfetti is an absolute name to keep an eye on, as he had tons of prospect potential and could never really put it all together, largely with Nik Ehlers and nothing at C. Last year he started off the year by getting hurt in training camp, and never really was able to shake his high ankle sprain with no Ehlers and no real second line to play with. Jonathan Toews also took a lot of PP1 opportunities that seemingly otherwise would have been his. If you could go back in time two years, Perfetti’s comps included Kyle Connor, and there was really nothing concerning in his profile or stopping him from becoming another great distributor.
(By the way, Brad Lambert’s AHL season last year has a comp of Cole Perfetti, and 2nd is not even close, so he’s a guy to keep an eye on should injuries strike!)
Moods’ Dudes: Cole Perfetti
Neal Pionk is a maybe on this list, as like Perfetti he was hurt for a long part of last year and had a really poor primary point-production year relative to years past. Despite that, his floor stats ticked up even further, making him a classic good PP2, cheap value D if the price in DFS reflects what he did last year as opposed to his longer track record. A set of competent middle six lines to skate with would also help this endeavor.
Bets to Consider: full disclosure, I do not enjoy betting futures all that much (see: last year’s show where DJ and I torched $1500 for approximately six seconds of a sweat) and much prefer the day-to-day grind. I may bet these, I may not, but I truly do like them, if you do like betting futures! All lines are from DK or FD, of course you should shop around, but this is not a line-shopping preview, now is it? DK also doesn’t have O/Us, so keep in mind you’re likely getting screwed by juice on one-sided bets there.
Blackhawks Make Playoffs - 5/1 DK. This is +390 on FD, an interesting spread of odds. Nashville is also much better on DK, which seems to be because Minnesota is far more likely to make on FD than DK (so thus betting the NO on FD is better for Minnesota). Got it? Good. I also like Nashville fewest points in NHL at 18/1, most because I trust McFarland has the ability to pull the trigger on a tear-down if the season starts poorly.
Kaprizov Art Ross 65/1 FD. Kaprizov is super good. I think he plays with Quinn Hughes at 5v5 more than the JEEK line. You’re betting on finding at least one surprising goal scorer at 5v5 out of Hartman, Shabanov, and Yurov, but these odds feel too long for a player who is a point producer and is 10/1 or lower to win the Rocket. He’s not a one-dimensional scorer!
TJ Hughes Calder 150/1 DK. As I write this on Sunday evening, it appears Hughes has not only made the team, but he was on the PP1. 150/1 for a 24-year-old is crazy in this market, considering everyone else outside of like 50/1 isn’t even in the league right now. We know that the Avalanche PP was bad, so there’s no real reason to stick to the old if it didn’t work!
Mark Scheifele o30.5 Goals -114 FD. He always beats expectation and I wonder if there’s not some of that priced in here, as 31 goals feels iminently doable. Obviously betting these lines sucks because injuries suck and aren’t really projectable (except you, you’re always right in hindsight!), but he nearly beat 30.5 in two of the past six seasons in which he played 70 games, and he coasted past this mark easily in each of the past two seasons in full seasons.
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