(AP PHOTO/MICHAEL DWYER)
St. Louis Blues celebrate winning the Stanley Cup after defeating the Boston Bruins. The Blues were clearly the cream of the crop down the stretch and throughout the playoffs last season and should be just as dominant again this year.
Nashville cobbled together enough money to land one of the biggest free-agent fish in Matt Duchene.
Colorado added to an already-potent forward group by bringing in Nazem Kadri, Joonas Donskoi, Andre Burakovsky and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
Dallas went surfing in California for some additional veteran scoring and leadership and came away with Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry.