Hope is not a strategy, but if Filip Zadina develops into half the player that Nikita Kucherov is then the Red Wings will probably take that.
Oh man. I’m a wrestling fan and I could absolutely get behind an NHL Heavyweight Championship.
Let’s remove the glass from the rink, take the best tough guy/fighter on each team and do a 31-man over the boards battle royal. It can be the NHL’s version of the Royal Rumble. Two men start at center ice and every 2:00 minutes a new player emerges from the dressing room.