It’su200b Future Week hereu200b onu200b Theu200b Athletic’su200b NHLu200b pages.u200b So today,u200b let’s head intou200b that future. Howu200b doesu200b five years sound?
Ifu200bu200b you said “way too far to predict with any accuracy, you idiot”, then you’re right. But we’re going to do it anyway, by trying to figure out which NHL teams have the best odds of winning at least one Stanley Cup at any point in the next five years.
It’s a deceivingly tough question, one that touches on everything from current rosters to prospect pipelines to coaching to cap management. I tried to tackle it three years ago at Grantland, with mixed results (more on that in a bit).