No expectations for my Flames other than a lottery pick.

Yeah, that. So...**** you Blues?

It's gonna take a while to stop hating the damn Canucks as much. Still couldn't get rid of the damn Wild, though.

I love the NHL realignment. The divisions are pretty awesome, other than losing Detroit, Blues division is pretty sweet.

It'll feel natural soon enough.
Just watch a few of their home games. To their fans, that team has never committed a penalty, and the opposing team deserves 5 minute majors every shift.
It's basically 20,000 Petes.

Glad to have hockey back for a full season - good luck to all your teams boys & gals...

I will admit I'll miss hating the Wings a bit. I'll try to keep up the hate for a while, but with them having a minimal impact on the Avs from now on, it'll be hard to care that much.

Hell, I'm going to the game tomorrow night with a Wings fan, and I think he's planning to actually root for the Avs.

Penguins start it off on Thursday against the Devils.

Also, **** the Capitals.

Wow...another goal by the Hawks to tie it up for the 4th time in the game. Crazy.

Yeah, pretty much.... I really thought there was a lot of promise two years ago. Still needed a big improvement on defense and goaltending if they were ever going to make some noise in the playoffs, but you could really see the potential. Then last year, partly due to all the injuries, there were times when it looked like they hadn't ever played hockey together... it was like watching the Missouri Mavericks.

How will the Blues fail this year?

The Predators are going to suck. Again.

Avalanche look like they've played with each other before... played hockey with each other before.

Something new this year.

Playing like the good ol Nichols arena days!

Good comeback win by the Jets last night. It was nice to see the young draft picks (Trouba and Scheifele) have an immediate impact in the lineup.

I'm thinking it's going to be tough making the playoffs this year with the Jets moving over to the West but it gives me hope.