13. Winnipeg Jets - 2023-24 Result: Lost in First Round
The Winnipeg Jets are a very good team year in and year out. They have Connor Hellebuyck, the
Vezina Trophy winner, which makes them hard to beat on any given night. They are probably going to
have a very similar year to what they had in 2023-24.
14. Tampa Bay Lightning - 2023-24 Result: Lost in First Round
The Tampa Bay Lightning have had a lot of success in the last decade. Slowly but surely, however,
they have fallen off.
They might still have a year or two left of being contenders because they have Andrei Vasilevskiy,
Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, and Brayden Point.
They also just acquired Jake Guentzel but both Steven Stamkos and Mikhail Sergachev are gone.
Those are going to be some big losses both on and off the ice.