As the NHL has been divided into new divisions, the Colorado Avalanche has ended up in the western and Jonas Andersson considers it the easiest.

This makes the expert believe that both the broad and star-studded team will go all the way this year.

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I believe a lot in Colorado.

They had a lot of injuries last year, but were still there, he says.

As the main challenger, he sees the reigning champion Tampa Bay Lightning, but they need to get a star back.

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If Nikita Kucherov comes back to the playoffs, they can be part of the fight.

In the battle over which Swede will score the most points this season, he sees two possible alternatives.

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It's either Mika Zibanejad or Elias Pettersson.

Zibanejad had a hysterical shape last year and Pettersson's curve is still pointing upwards.

But if I have to say one, it's going to be Zibanejad.

Of the blue and yellow players in the NHL, he is most looking forward to following Buffalo defender Rasmus Dahlin.

He was first drafted by all in 2018 and is expected to take another step towards becoming a real star defender in the NHL.

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Dahlin feels very exciting.

He has put on some muscle and if he gets more ice time and a bigger role, he can dominate even more.

He has all the conditions, says Andersson about the 20-year-old who last season scored 40 points in 59 matches.