The 2022-23 NHL season is set to begin Tuesday night with a doubleheader on ESPN and ESPN+, but we’re looking beyond just those two matchups.
Will the Colorado Avalanche repeat? Which team will top the standings in each division? Who will take home all of the individual hardware?
We’ve gathered our cross-platform ESPN hockey family together to predict the winners of each division, along with the Stanley Cup champion and players who will win all of the major awards.
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Power Rankings, key intel
Jump ahead:
Atlantic | Metropolitan
Central | Pacific | Cup
Hart | Ross | Richard
Norris | Vezina | Calder
Atlantic Division
Sean Allen: Maple Leafs
Blake Bolden: Panthers
Brian Boucher: Maple Leafs
John Buccigross: Maple Leafs
Ryan Callahan: Lightning
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Maple Leafs
Sachin Chandan: Maple Leafs
Chris Chelios: Maple Leafs
Ryan S. Clark: Lightning
Linda Cohn: Maple Leafs
Ray Ferraro: Maple Leafs
Leah Hextall: Maple Leafs
Emily Kaplan: Lightning
Tim Kavanagh: Lightning
Hilary Knight: Maple Leafs
Don La Greca: Lightning
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Maple Leafs
Steve Levy: Maple Leafs
Vince Masi: Maple Leafs
Victoria Matiash: Panthers
Sean McDonough: Maple Leafs
Mark Messier: Maple Leafs
AJ Mleczko: Panthers
Dominic Moore: Maple Leafs
Arda Öcal: Maple Leafs
Kristen Shilton: Maple Leafs
Kevin Weekes: Lightning
Bob Wischusen: Panthers
Greg Wyshynski: Lightning
Totals: Maple Leafs (18), Lightning (7), Panthers (4)
Metropolitan Division
Sean Allen: Rangers
Blake Bolden: Hurricanes
Brian Boucher: Hurricanes
John Buccigross: Rangers
Ryan Callahan: Rangers
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Hurricanes
Sachin Chandan: Hurricanes
Chris Chelios: Rangers
Ryan S. Clark: Hurricanes
Linda Cohn: Rangers
Ray Ferraro: Rangers
Leah Hextall: Rangers
Emily Kaplan: Rangers
Tim Kavanagh: Hurricanes
Hilary Knight: Rangers
Don La Greca: Hurricanes
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Rangers
Steve Levy: Rangers
Vince Masi: Hurricanes
Victoria Matiash: Rangers
Sean McDonough: Rangers
Mark Messier: Rangers
AJ Mleczko: Hurricanes
Dominic Moore: Hurricanes
Arda Öcal: Rangers
Kristen Shilton: Hurricanes
Kevin Weekes: Rangers
Bob Wischusen: Rangers
Greg Wyshynski: Hurricanes
Totals: Rangers (17), Hurricanes (12)
Central Division
Sean Allen: Wild
Blake Bolden: Avalanche
Brian Boucher: Avalanche
John Buccigross: Avalanche
Ryan Callahan: Avalanche
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Avalanche
Sachin Chandan: Avalanche
Chris Chelios: Avalanche
Ryan S. Clark: Avalanche
Linda Cohn: Avalanche
Ray Ferraro: Avalanche
Leah Hextall:
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