My Thoughts on the Northeast Division's teams

Forgot to add this in yesterday when I posted the Northeast Division Recap.  Hope everyone can find it in their hearts to forgive me.

Boston Bruins
- Will they repeat? The jury is out on that, and I say 75/25 no due to the number a playoff run like this does on the players.  The Penguins will be right there, and the Flyers now have their goalie.  Looking out west, the Kings have a legitimate shot, plus you can never count out Detroit or Vancouver.
- Ryder had a great playoffs, but Chiarelli should remember how inconsistent his play has been in the regular season over the last 2 years before he overpays on him.
- Kind of torn on Kaberle, not resigning him could mean him being the answer to another team's blueline and could come back to bite the B's.
- This team has a high ceiling, and this won't be the last cup before the decade is through.

Montreal Canadiens
- Not really sure about how close or far they are from Cup #24.  Its hard to get an idea because they have the goalie in Price and a potential shutdown duo on D if Markov comes back healthy and Subban alongside him.

Buffalo Sabres
- Should be battling for the top of the division next year based on how they played in the second half of the season.
- Ryan Miller needs to find the game that won him the Vezina in 2010, and led USA to the Olympic Silver in Vancouver, as opposed to the inconsistent play that has seemed to plague his game since the Olympic Break ended last year.
- Future couldn't be more promising with this team looking at Tyler Ennis and Nathan Gerbe having great rookie seasons to back up Tyler Myers' 2009-2010 campaign that won him the Calder Trophy.

Toronto Maple Leafs
- Team that I feel is in the best position to break the Canadian Stanley Cup drought that goes back to 1993, with James Reimer continuing to improve in net under the apprenticeship of Conn Smythe winner JS Giguere, plus plenty of shooters up front.  They just need to improve on the blue line, and they couldn't have a better guy in the front office than Brian Burke, who was the architect of Anaheim Ducks Stanley Cup team in 2007, and played a big role in the success of the Canucks by drafting the Sedins and Ryan Kesler among others in his time in Vancouver.
- If Phil Kessel will ever be a star in this league, he must learn to play 2-way hockey.

Ottawa Senators
- Obviously in the midst of a long rebuilding project, but have to feel good about themselves after their AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, won the Calder Cup.
- It has seemed like decades, but the Sens are just 4 years removed from their first and only Prince of Wales Trophy in franchise history, which they won in 2007 before going to the Cup and losing to Anaheim.
- This team needs to hold on to Jason Spezza and build around him, a guy who is a star on a bad team.  As the Boston Bruins have demonstrated, as far away as the Cup may seem, it could be that close, and Spezza is a guy that can lead a team to the promised land.  Should be the heir appearant to Alfredsson as the captain when he leaves Ottawa, which seeing as he's 38 and coming off a season puting up 14-17--31 (40 point dropoff from the year before), should be sooner rather than later.