NHL Teams Unveiled: Surprising Grades for the 2024-25 Season's Highs and Lows – The New York Times
Now that the regular season is behind us and all 32 clubs get set for the playoffs or offseason, there’s no better time to reflect on every team’s season as a whole.
That’s exactly what The Athletic did this week when it asked its NHL staff to assign a grade to every team’s entire 2024-25 regular season with expectations in mind. You’ll definitely be proud to show some of these to your parents (or general managers). Others … maybe not so much.
Anaheim Ducks (35-37-10): B-
The Ducks were supposed to improve. A jump from 59 points last season to 80 does represent progress. But they didn’t fare well in their first meaningful second-half games in years, and never squeezed into the wild-card race. Important young players such as Leo Carlsson, Mason McTavish and Jackson LaCombe took necessary strides forward, while Cutter Gauthier had a good rookie season. Lukáš Dostál proved he’s got the chops to be a No. 1 goalie. But they’re still very leaky defensively and inconsistent from period to period and game to game under Greg Cronin, with special teams that were mostly brutal. — Eric Stephens
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