AP Hockey Writers Larry Lage, John Wawrow and Stephen Whyno get you ready for the season with a rundown of what to know. Seattle would have to reach the Stanley Cup Final to match the Golden Knights. ON THE HOT SEATThree teams changed coaches last season, including Montreal, which went to the final after replacing Claude Julien with Dominique Ducharme. He faces pressure, leading a franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs in five of the last nine years and whose last Cup Final run came in 2010. Wawrow: Montreal’s undersized Cole Caufield proved during the Cup Final run he can produce on a big stage.

Source: thestar October 11, 2021 06:22 UTC