A reckoning might finally be on the horizon for a division that has long been dominated by Toronto, Boston and Tampa Bay. It's the result of teams showing signs of age and a flat NHL salary cap that’s nudged up just $2 million since 2019-20.
In Toronto, the Maple Leafs remain the constant despite a front-office shakeup that led to GM Kyle Dubas being fired and replaced by Brad Treliving. The Leafs maintained their talented core of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and John Tavares that’s proven capable of dominating the regular season.
“It became human nature: ‘We have to win, we have to get to the playoffs.’ And it started so early that I really do think that it helped,” Zito said. “Yeah, this season’s going to be daunting. I mean, there’s a lot of good teams.”The Sabres seem poised to finally emerge as contenders and end an NHL-worst 12-year playoff drought.
The Senators weren’t far behind, and spent the offseason shoring up their goaltending by signing Joonas Korpisalo to a five-year contract, and adding offensive depth with the addition of Vladimir Tarasenko.
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