The Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets and Utah Mammoth all had one thing in common last season: they looked impressive at times, but in the end, they wound up in the mushy middle of the NHL, close to a wild-card playoff berth, but not close enough. But, with the off-season moves that each of these teams have made during the 2025 off-season, which of the three is most likely to break out and flip the script during the 2025-26 NHL season?

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