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2019-2020 Atlantic Division preview: The pretenders

Tampa Bay Lightning hockey is back, folks. The previews are flying around the hockey writing world and it’s no different here at Raw Charge. Just like last season, we’ll be breaking down our preview into two sections: pretenders and contenders. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the teams that we predict will be in the bottom three of the Atlantic division.

We’ll provide the blog’s aggregate ranking of the teams with their highest and lowest rank in parentheses. Additionally, we’ll provide the reader ranking.

Projected Cap Hit - $83,337,857

Projected Cap Space - $0

Projected LTIR Used - $1,837,857

Contracts - 44/50

33-39-10, 76 points (6th Atlantic)

77 GP, 28G, 54A, 82P

82 GP, 9G, 35A, 44P

Ranking

Staff: 6th (Highest: 4th Lowest: 7th)

Readers: 6th

Misery knows Buffalo all too well.