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The Montreal Canadiens won the Atlantic division last season, and we’re projecting them to do the same thing this year. That’s perhaps unexpected considering the strange off-season they had, but the team had a solid foundation and mostly replaced the value they lost. There was turnover, but the team didn’t exactly get any better or worse. They’re just…different. The team should produce a similar result, though, and that’s all that really matters. I can see why there’s skepticism around the team, and why expectations took a step back, but my model projects the Canadiens are still the favourites to come out of the Atlantic.



GSAR/60 is Game Score Above Replacement Per 60 which measures a player’s projected efficiency relative to a replacement level player at their position. GSVA is Game Score Value Added which is their GSAR/60 multiplied by their projected ice-time...