Today, I decided I was going to share who are my favourite players to watch on each NHL team. As a die hard Habs fan, it was definitely difficult actually saying I enjoy watching certain Bruins and Leafs players. I try to leave out the fact that I am a Habs fan and I try to be as non-biased as possible. Each player that I have listed I enjoy watching due to a bunch of different factors including: style of play, personality, ability to take their game to the next level at any time, etc.
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins: David Pastrnak
Buffalo Sabres: Victor Olofsson
Detroit Red Wings: Anthony Mantha
Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov
Montreal Canadiens: Brendan Gallagher
Ottawa Senators: Thomas Chabot
Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor Hedman
Toronto Maple Leafs: William Nylander
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes: Sebastian Aho
Columbus Blue Jackets: Oliver Bjorkstrand
New Jersey Devils: Nikita Gusev
New York Islanders: Mathew Barzal
New York Rangers: Mika Zibanejad
Philadelphia Flyers: Kevin Hayes
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby
Washington Capitals: Alexander Ovechkin
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks: Alex DeBrincat
Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon
Dallas Stars: Miro Heiskanen
Minnesota Wild: Kevin Fiala
Nashville Predators: Mikael Granlund
St. Louis Blues: Ryan O’Reilly
Winnipeg Jets: Mark Scheifele
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks: Rickard Rakell
Arizona Coyotes: Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Calgary Flames: Rasmus Andersson
Edmonton Oilers: Leon Draisaitl
Los Angeles Kings: Anze Kopitar
San Jose Sharks: Joe Thornton
Vancouver Canucks: Elias Pettersson
Vegas Golden Knights: Shea Theodore
UPDATE (May 22nd): I realized last night that I neglected to share any of my favourite goalies. So what I am going to do is tell you who my favourite goalie is in each division, because if I were to choose one per team, that would be 50 percent of all NHL goalies and im my eyes wouldn’t make much sense. Anyways, here are my favourite goalies per division!
Atlantic Division: Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)
Metropolitan Division: Braden Holtby (Washington Capitals)
Central Division: Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets)
Pacific Division: Jacob Markstrom (Vancouver Canucks)