from Rory Boylen of Sportsnet,

Each team has a range of outcomes in a league full of parity. Here is our look at the best, and worst, case scenario for each team.

Detroit
Best case: Each of the under-25 forwards breaks through with career years. Andreas Athanasiou scores 20 goals and 50 points with another increase in opportunity. Dylan Larkin takes yet another step up from 63 points, and Anthony Mantha becomes a 30-goal scorer. Meanwhile, Filip Zadina makes the team and makes each team that passed him over at the draft feel instant regret by winning the Calder. A Jimmy Howard-Jonathan Bernier tandem is good enough to not sink Detroit’s season and Ken Holland’s “don’t call it a rebuild” is ahead of schedule.

Worst case: Already without Mike Green to start the season, Detroit’s blue line becomes a black hole in front of an iffy goaltending duo. The scoring depth doesn’t extend beyond one line, if that, and the Wings actually head into full-rebuild mode by hitting rock bottom in the standings.

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On a Mike Green note, Ansar Khan says Green is on the ice for the morning skate.