Every year, all NHL teams open the season with a clean slate.
Almost universally, organizations and their fanbases believe that their team's offseason changes will improving its standing—whether that means crawling out of the league cellar, pushing into the playoff hunt or becoming serious championship contenders.
Some teams will indeed climb up the standings this year. Others will drop, leaving fans disappointed and management groups eager to shake things up—if, in fact, they're still employed.
Whether it's due to injuries, declining rosters or increased inter-division competition, these 10 teams are at risk of sliding down the NHL standings this season.
The franchises are listed alphabetically. Are there any others that you think will take a step backward in 2016-17?
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The 10 NHL Teams Most Likely to Decline in the 2016-17 Season
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