2025-26: OOTS Thread

[JelloPuddingPop]

Utah has arrived

The future of the western conference

Utah
Anaheim
Chicago
San Jose
St. Louis
Seattle

While Vancouver stays strong in the mushy middle thanks to the Aqualini Philosophy and Vision.

Hopefully the far future.

SJ has only won one game so far this season, STL has the same record as the Canucks, with worse GF/GA.

Utah looks really good so far this season, ANA is exactly where I thought they'd be, they have some great young players - and this leads to them beating bad teams, or teams playing badly, with large scores (7-6OT SJ/7-5 BOS). But they lose big to the teams that are in the upper tier, CAR, LAK etc.

[Chef Boi RD]

Won’t happen over night for San Jose but when you have Celebrini, Smith, Misa, Dickinson, Eklund, Musty to build upon that’s pretty promising. They are top 10 lottery pickers in 2026 for sure.

Utah and Anaheim are ahead of the pack. Chicago has definitely improved, as well as Seattle. Minny also has a very good young team too with loads of solid prospects.

[Chef Boi RD]

Is this Matthew Schaefer for real? 2 goals tonight. 18 year old defenceman.

[donlever]

Skates like the wind that kid.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQlMz9rEXXi ... R0N3VvbQ==

[Cornuck]

Oilers lost again, and the rangers got shut out.

A good night for hockey!

Hey, we're only 4 points out 3rd overall