Hello everyone and welcome back to another End to End Hockey video, in this video we have out ninth offseason preview video to discuss as we look at the 17th and 18th teams who were eliminated from playoff contention this year in New Jersey and Montreal, we talk about how injuries and poor special teams lead to New Jersey being eliminated in round 1 in 5 games to the Canes, we look ahead to their UFA’s and RFA’s for next year as well as their draft capital as they have 6 picks and I give 5 ways I believe this team could look to improve in the offseason for next year including moving Palat and Hamilton, adding a top 6 goal scorer and finding a backup goalie for Markstrom, and then we talk about how being inexpierenced and having now offense 5v5 forced Montreal who stunningly made the playoffs be eliminated in 5 games to the Caps, we look at that teams UFA’s and RFA’s and draft capital as they have 12 picks and I give 5 ways I believe this team could look to improve in the offseason for next year by adding a veteran top 4 defender, having some more bottom six help and moving draft picks for immediate help and I would love to hear your thoughts on all that was discussed in today’s video down in the comments section below.
0:00 Intro
1:14 Why Devils missed playoffs
5:52 Devils RFA’s, UFA’s and draft capital
8:47 5 ways I think NJ can improve in offseason
11:55 Why Habs missed playoffs
16:57 Habs UFA’s, RFA’s and draft capital
19:25 5 ways I think MON can improve in offseason
22:48 Outro
Photo Credit
Jesper Bratt: John Jones Imagn Images
Dougie Hamilton: Mark DesRosiers Imagn Images
Robbi Fabbri: Gary A Vasquez Imagn Images
Nick Suzuki: James Carey Lauder Imagn Images
Aaron Ekblad: Nathan Ray Seebeck Imagn Images
Ivan Demidov: David Kirouac Imagn Images
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Video intro made with royalty free music by Ruzer on Canva
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