How will Jonathan Toews look in his return to the NHL for his hometown team? How will Kirill Kaprizov and Connor McDavid’s contract situations impact the Wild and Oilers?
This week, The Athletic asked its staff for one burning question facing each NHL team heading into training camp, and those were just a few of the enticing storylines we heard about in response.
With camps right around the corner and the preseason set to open in one week, here’s what we have our eyes on.
The specter of McTavish’s potential absence looms as Joel Quenneville returns to the NHL head coaching fraternity. The 22-year-old McTavish is the most notable unsigned restricted free agent outside of New Jersey’s Luke Hughes. GM Pat Verbeek had sticky contract dealings with Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale in 2023. Both are now gone. Can he avoid going down the same road with McTavish? — Eric Stephens
David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie proved to be a good goal-scoring combination. But beyond that, the Bruins could be in a bind offensively. Casey Mittelstadt, Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson may not be top-six threats. Offseason signings Tanner Jeannot, Sean Kuraly and Mikey Eyssimont are bottom-six bangers. — Fluto Shinzawa
