1.Avalanche- forsberg, sakic, kariya, selanne, hejduk, blake, and the possibility of a comeback for patrick roy- wow!!!
2.Canucks- naslund and bertuzzi will do it again, but more offense will come from the sedin bros as they will have breakout seasons
3.Wild-gaborik slumped and they still won in the 2nd half- this team is for real
4.Oilers- comrie hurt, york hurt, make the playoffs- it may be harder this year but they still have a chance
5.Flames- getting reinprecht may help but they lose drury, a heart and soul player- they will learn how the rangers feel after they traded away mike york

Avalanche-Its gonna be fun to see what transpires between the pipes. Can the young guys carry the load or will they need to bring in another guy. With that offense though they will be tough to stop.

Vancouver-One of my favs to watch. I think they are gonna be in the conference finals for sure but aren't strong enough yet to go to the finals. Still a bit of a 1 line team.

Minnesota-I don't really know what to think. They are a great young team but I think they will be fighting down to the wire for a playoff spot.

Edmonton-Kinda like St.louis they don't do anything in the playoffs and will probably continue the trend this year.

Calgary-7 years is a long time thats all I can say.

avs- roy is goin to come back, now that they have a stacked team but their d might be weak losing de vries, maybe skoula can pick it up

canucks- agree, maybe not the conference finals tho- cloutier is shaky

minnesota- agree

oilers- agree

calgary- no comment, lol

MN will be better this year than last. Dupuis will have a breakout year and the Avs will suck without Roy.

GO OILERS!!

avs wont suck since they have the best offense in the league

dupuis will have a breakout year but it wont be that much of a big deal