Central Division Balanced Heading Into 2024-25 (Off-season Recap)

Which teams improved the most this offseason? Which ones may have gotten a little worse? Let's take a look.

1. Dallas Stars
2023-24 season: 52-21-9, 113 points, 1st in Central

Signed Matt Dumba (2 years)
Signed Ilya Lyubushkin (3 years)
Signed Brendan Smith (1 year)
Signed Casey DeSmith (3 years)
Signed Colin Blackwell (1 year)
Re-signed Matt Duchene (1 year)

Key departures:

Chris Tanev, Craig Smith, Jani Hakanpää, Scott Wedgewood, Joe Pavelski, Ryan Suter

2. Winnipeg Jets
2023-24 season: 52-24-6, 110 points, 2nd in Central

Re-signed Dylan DeMelo (4 years)
Signed Kaapo Kähkönen (1 year)

Tyler Toffoli, Sean Monahan, Brenden Dillon, Nate Schmidt, Laurent Brossoit, Rick Bowness

3. Colorado Avalanche
2023-24 season: 50-25-7, 107 points, 3rd in Central

Re-signed Jonathan Drouin (1 year)
Signed Calvin de Haan (1 year)
Signed Erik Brannstrom (1 year)
Signed Parker Kelly (1 year)
Signed Oliver Kylington (1 year)

Andrew Cogliano (retired), Pavel Francouz (retired), Brandon Duhaime, Yakov Trenin, Sean Walker, Jack Johnson, Zach Parise

4. Nashville Predators
2023-24 season: 47-30-5, 99 points, 4th in Central (WC1)

Signed Steven Stamkos (4 years)
Signed Jonathan Marchessault (5 years)
Signed Brady Skjei (7 years)
Signed Scott Wedgewood (2 years)
Signed Nick Blankenburg (2 years)
Re-signed Alexandre Carrier (3 years)

Ryan McDonagh, Cody Glass, Anthony Beauvillier, Tyson Barrie, Kiefer Sherwood, Jason Zucker, Kevin Lankinen

5. St. Louis Blues
2023-24 season: 43-33-6, 92 points, 5th in Central

Signed Philip Broberg to offer sheet (2 years)
Signed Dylan Holloway to offer sheet (2 years)
Signed Ryan Suter (1 year)
Signed Pierre-Oliver Joseph (1 year)
Acquired Mathieu Joseph
Acquired Alexandre Texier
Acquired Radek Faksa

Kevin Hayes, Marco Scandella

6. Minnesota Wild
2023-24 season: 39-34-9, 87 points, 6th in Central

Signed Yakov Trenin (4 years)
Acquired Jakub Lauko
Acquired Graeme Clarke

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7. Utah Hockey Club
2023-24 season: 36-41-5, 77 points

Acquired Mikhail Sergachev
Acquired John Marino
Signed Ian Cole (1 year)
Signed Kevin Stenlund (2 years)

J.J. Moser, Josh Brown, Travis Dermott

8. Chicago Blackhawks
2023-24 season: 23-53-6, 52 points, 8th in Metro

Signed Tyler Bertuzzi (4 years)
Signed Teuvo Teravainen (3 years)
Signed T.J. Brodie (2 years)
Signed Alec Martinez (1 year)
Signed Laurent Brossoit (2 years)
Signed Patrick Maroon (1 year)
Signed Craig Smith (1 year)
Acquired Ilya Mikheyev

Sam Lafferty, Tyler Johnson, Colin Blackwell, Nikita Zaitsev, Taylor Raddysh, MacKenzie Entwistle