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Poll: Who Will Win The Atlantic Division In 2019-20?

September 30, 2019 at 3:33 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 9 Comments

We’ve finally reached the end of the offseason and things kick off this week around the NHL. Exhibition games are underway in Europe and final cuts have come down all around the league. The excitement for the upcoming season is palpable, with even the most minor transactions generating plenty of interest among hockey fans.

With that in mind we’re going to ask you, the PHR reader, to give us your thoughts on the upcoming season. We start with the Atlantic Division, which last season gave us just three playoff teams but each of them recorded at least 100 points. The Tampa Bay Lightning led the way—just as our community predicted at this time last year—taking home the Presidents Trophy as the league’s best regular season team. Tampa Bay recorded 128 points but were stunned in the first round by the Columbus Blue Jackets and will be looking for revenge.

Tampa Bay is the odds-on favorite to win the division once again in 2019-20, but both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins don’t trail far behind. Not only will those three powerhouses battle it out for positioning at the top of the group, but the Montreal Canadiens and Florida Panthers are both expected to compete for playoff spots and potentially improve on their respective 96 and 86-point seasons. The Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators will all have to make large improvements to get into that playoff race, but as we saw last season with the St. Louis Blues, nothing is impossible in the NHL.

Who do you think will come out on top of the Atlantic Division in the regular season? Can Toronto really come out on top after handing so much of their salary cap to a handful of forwards? Will Boston reach the same level even with Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron another year older? Does the feisty young forward group in Montreal have what it takes to dethrone one of the top three? Cast your vote below and explain how you think the season will play out in the comments!

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  1. bigdaddyt

    3 years ago

    17 very sad people voting for wings and sens

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      3 years ago

      They’re sadists…or is it sad-ists? They’re still Dead Wings until Stevie Y pulls that C-130 out of the nosedive. And the Sens are still the Sens. Everybody could chip in for a jumbo can of Melnyk-B-Gone, for the sanity of Sens fans.

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    • Amni

      3 years ago

      I’m surprised only 46% think it would be Tampa. Seems to be a given, and if any team would contend against them It would be Boston.

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    • jdgoat

      3 years ago

      Honestly anyone who didn’t vote Tampa is just simply wrong

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    • binarydaddy

      3 years ago

      Yea goat, but it’s proven that a team can be a regular season lock and get swept in the first round! Let Tampa have it, I’ll take the leafs to finally get that monkey off their backs!

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  2. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    3 years ago

    The Panthers are such a wild card. I could see them finishing anywhere from 1st to 5th.

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      3 years ago

      Agreed, @forwhomjoshbelltolls. It’ll be interesting to see how Bob copes with a somewhat lower-caliber D in front of him. Coach Q might be able to work some serious magic on their blue line. If he can’t, though, Bob is going to find out what it is like being Freddie Andersen & John Gibson, seeing 50 SOGs a night.

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  3. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    3 years ago

    Don’t get suckered in, guys. Some of those votes are dummy votes, not really serious at all. But, naturally, a few will be from wishful fans wanting their boys at the top of the heap come post-season. I certainly expect a Tampa-Boston/Boston-Tampa top 2, but there is a *slight* chance one or both gets displaced. It would almost have to be because of team injuries, though. Can’t see either or both just giving “their spots” away. Coaches are too good & players are too good.

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  4. al avias phone

    3 years ago

    hope Stevie y coming home can get the wings going.theyve got some really good young talent but some of it is still a year or two away.i was surprised as everyone else with his first round pick this year but, he’s the GM for a reason and he brought some of his scouts from Tampa with him.still think the wings are 2 years away from making some noise in the division.

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