The Red Wings won the President’s Trophy in both 20, so it’s safe to predict they would have in 2005 as well – especially with Brendan Shanahan still in the lineup. Carolina started off the 2006 season on a cold note and Eric Staal, while effective, is not yet the elite player he was that season. The Bolts still win the division in ’05, though. Oddly enough, 2005 is sandwiched between years in which Southeast Division teams (Tampa Bay, Carolina) won Stanley Cups. Zdeno Chara has not yet been acquired, and Andrew Raycroft plays like the real Andrew Raycroft.Ĭhara, meanwhile, plays with newly-acquired Dany Heatley on the first-place Senators (this never happened in real life), who also nab the top seed in the East.īuffalo is on the way up and Toronto is on the way down, but it still takes one more year for Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek to arrive, so the Sabres don’t leapfrog the Leafs just yet. They edge out the Devils for the division while the Rangers get a huge lift from having Jaromir Jagr for a full season.ĭespite still having Joe Thornton on the roster, the Bruins fall mightily from their first-place perch in 2004. The Flyers do not have Peter Forsberg as he stays with the Avalanche, but they can keep 2004 leading scorer Mark Recchi, among others. Here are how the divisional standings may have played out, with each team’s 20 point totals, respectively, in parentheses next to their names. Twelve years after the NHL cancelled its entire season due to the inability of the league and the players’ union to come to an agreement, one question remains: who would have won the Stanley Cup had the 2005 season been played?įor the purposes of this article, we will assume that the salary cap was not yet implemented for the 2004-05 season, instead coming into play in 2005-06 like in real life. Here in 2017, we just enjoyed a fantastic first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, just like any other year. 2021 NFL Mock Draft 3.0 – Full Mock Editionīarton Hall on The 100 Greatest NHL Uniforms….2021 NHL Draft Top 32 Prospect Rankings.2022 NHL Entry Draft: Top Prospect Rankings.Reverse Retro 2.0 – All Uniforms Ranked 1-32.
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