from Michael Traikos of the National Post,

Nikolaj Ehlers wasn’t buying the argument.

No way. No how.

Are you kidding, he asked. Like, for real?

We were sitting at a table inside a Chicago hotel boardroom and talking about the many moves that the Florida Panthers made this past summer — such as hiring a head coach with three Stanley Cup rings and signing a two-time Vezina Trophy winning goalie — and how it beefed up what I had already considered to be the toughest division in the NHL.

After all, the Atlantic Division included three 100-point teams last year. There was Tampa Bay, which won the Presidents’ Trophy, a Boston team that reached the Stanley Cup final, as well as the still-rising Toronto Maple Leafs. And now, the underachieving Panthers were being added to the mix.

As Ehlers listened, you could see the Winnipeg Jets forward mentally preparing his counterargument.

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