A change of scenery can do wonders.

Whether through trade or free agency, this offseason has seen a shift of power in the NHL and inevitably some situations are sure to provide certain players with better opportunities to improve on last year's outputs than others.

Here are three players that swapped jerseys this offseason and should be nabbed in your drafts.

Alexander Radulov

Alexander Radulov's return to the NHL was an overwhelming success last season. The 31-year-old finished second on the Montreal Canadiens in scoring, but after a seemingly-dropped ball by Canadiens' management, Radulov was plucked by the Dallas Stars as a free agent.

In Dallas, Radulov is expected to play alongside Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, so it's pretty obvious he's going to be much more productive.

Last season, Radulov spent the majority of his time playing alongside Max Pacioretty and Phillip Danault. The two forwards each saw increases in goals-for per 60 minutes, Corsi For, and goals-for percentage while playing alongside Radulov.

With the big Russian slotting next to two of the most elite offensive talents in the league in Benn and Seguin, the trio is destined to be as lethal as any.

Mike Smith

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Mike Smith hasn't backed down from throwing shade at his former club this offseason, and it could very well be because he knows he should be in a place to succeed in Calgary.

The biggest reasons why is because Smith is joining a team and a system that has played much better in front of their goaltenders than he's been used to with the Arizona Coyotes.

This past season the Coyotes ranked 29th in shots against per game, giving up 34.1 per contest, while the Flames ranked eighth, allowing 28.7 per game. On the special teams side of things, the Coyotes had a 77.3 percent success rate on the penalty kill - good enough for 27th - while the Flames had the 12th-ranked penalty kill, killing off 81.6 percent of penalties. Lastly, the Coyotes ranked last with a 44.9 percent Corsi For rating, while the Flames ranked 11th with a 50.4 percent rate.

Factor in the addition of Travis Hamonic to a Flames blue line that already includes Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie, Dougie Hamilton, and Michael Stone, and Smith should be in good hands.

Jordan Eberle

Jordan Eberle may have been pushed out the door in Edmonton, but it's not due to production. The 27-year-old has posted four-straight 20-goal seasons and still managed 50 points in a down year in 2017.

While he has not approached his 76-point season level of production in 2012, there is reason to believe he could this year.

Eberle is expected to play alongside John Tavares, a huge upgrade from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Milan Lucic - whom Eberle spent the majority of last season with. In fact, Eberle averaged more goals-for per 60 minutes and Corsi For when playing away from Nugent-Hopkins and Lucic.

Meanwhile, Tavares dramatically improved the play of his linemates this season, as Josh Bailey saw a 14.6 percent decline in his Corsi For without Tavares, while Anders Lee saw a reduction of 6.6 percent.

Let the magic begin.

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Anthony Duclair has a clear goal heading into the new season.

The 22-year-old winger signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes worth a reported $1.2 million, and will become a restricted free agent once again next summer. In order to secure a bigger and better contract, he knows he must make good on this opportunity.

"I just want to prove myself with this one-year deal," Duclair said Sunday, per the team's website. "Obviously, last season was a little rough for myself. It was a good learning experience but at the same time, I just want to prove this year that I can play at an elite level like I did my rookie season and hopefully have a better contract next summer."

Following his first full season with the club, there was no question about his place as a fairly significant building block. A down 2016-17, however, put his ability to hang at the NHL well in doubt, resulting in a 16-game AHL demotion ahead of restricted free agency this summer.

To be fair, expectations in year two may have been as inflated as his shooting percentage the previous season, but it's clear Duclair's game tailed off by a wide margin.

The arrival of a new voice behind the bench in head coach Rick Tocchet should help, according to general manager John Chayka.

"He’s a goal scorer but he’s got a touch with the puck and he can make plays," Chayka said of Duclair. "It’s more about using his skating to be more involved and that’s Rick Tocchet’s system.

"If he can use his skating to put pressure on defenses, turn pucks over and if that leads to him spending more time in the offensive zone with talented players, they can set him up and he can put them in the net. It’s just a holistic approach. You’ve got to be committed to 200 feet of the ice and Tocchet is going to push him to do that."

Chayka added other contract options were offered, but Duclair chose the one-year deal in hopes of putting himself in an even better position next summer.

"Our stance was if he wanted term and dollars, it would be on our terms or he could have the option of taking the one-year deal and kind of earn that right," said the GM. "He took the one-year option and we're glad in some ways because now he's going to go out and earn it."

And clearly that's what he's intent on doing.

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The Arizona Coyotes have re-signed restricted free agent Anthony Duclair to a one-year contract worth $1.2 million, according to Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.

The 22-year-old registered five goals and 15 points in 58 games for the Coyotes last season, and was sent to the AHL for a 16-game stint with a view to finding his game.

Those lowly numbers came after Duclair reached 20 goals and 44 points in 2015-16, demonstrating the offensive acumen Arizona was hoping for in acquiring him by trade from the New York Rangers in a deal centered around defenseman Keith Yandle.

Duclair will be aiming to rediscover that form on this one-year contract in hopes of securing a longer and more lucrative deal when he hits restricted free agency again next summer.

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Patrick Marleau is getting ready to wear blue and white, but a part of his heart will always be teal.

The former San Jose Sharks forward took out a full-page ad in Bay Area News Group publications Sunday to thank the city of San Jose, which he called home for 19 seasons before signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs this summer.

Here's a closer look at the bottom of the page, which includes a heartfelt message from the club's former captain and all-time leader in goals, points, and games played:

(Courtesy: Bay Area News Group)

Marleau, who'll turn 38 on Sept. 15, signed a three-year, $18.75-million contract with the Leafs on July 2.

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The following five players were some of the best fantasy performers last season, but their chances of repeating that success for another year are slim to none.

Mark Scheifele, Jets

Mark Scheifele arrived last season. He set career highs in both goals (32) and assists (50), finishing seventh in the NHL with 82 points. Scheifele is a great talent, and plays on an explosively offensive team, but it's highly unlikely he plays at a point-per-game pace once again.

Scheifele took less shots this past season (160) than the two seasons prior, resulting in an inflated shooting percentage of 20 percent. In fact, his shooting percentage was the third-highest in the league among players who took at least 100 shots. Unless he decides to start shooting more, he will not score 30 goals once again.

Scheifele had a bit of luck in the assist category too. Of his 50 assists, 24 of them were secondary helpers. Even with talented linemates such as Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers, a near even split of primary and secondary assists in not sustainable for a forward.

Given the depth of the center position in fantasy hockey, let someone else draft Scheifele in the early rounds of your draft.

T.J. Oshie, Capitals

Oshie set a career high in goals with 33 a year ago, despite missing 24 games due to injury. He led the league with a completely unsustainable 23.1 shooting percentage.

Oshie, 30, has been more of a 20-goal scorer over the course of his career, and even though he will likely spend most of 2017-18 alongside Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin, this 40-goal pace from last year seems like a total aberration. However, 25 goals should be well within his reach.

Justin Schultz, Penguins

There was plenty of hype surrounding Justin Schultz when he signed with the Edmonton Oilers as a college free agent in 2012. He failed to live up to the bill in Edmonton, but broke out in his first full season as a Penguin, recording 51 points in 78 games a year ago.

Of Schultz's 39 assists, a whopping 17 of them came on the power-play. With Kris Letang missing the bulk of last season, Schultz manned the point on Pittsburgh's top power-play unit alongside forwards Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, and Patric Hornqvist.

It's always a possibility the oft-injured Letang once again misses significant time, but if he doesn't, Schultz will be relegated to second unit power-play duties, and his point total will suffer because of it.

Mikko Koivu, Wild

Koivu was one of the luckiest players in all of fantasy hockey last year. Of his 40 assists, 26 of them were secondary assists - a completely unsustainable rate.

Even if he is somehow able to get lucky two years in a row, he doesn't carry enough upside in any other category to warrant a selection outside of the final few rounds.

Jimmy Howard, Red Wings

Injuries limited Howard to just 26 games last year, but he was spectacular when healthy, posting career bests in both goals-against average (2.10) and save percentage (.927).

Had Howard played a full season, he likely would have came down to earth, but he will be overdrafted because of those sparkling numbers from a year ago.

The Red Wings were a bad team last year, and they project to be even worse this year, further cementing Howard's status as a regression candidate.

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Tyler Johnson is not a fan of missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

For the first time since 2013, and for the the first time since he made a permanent jump to the NHL, his Tampa Bay Lightning failed to qualify for the postseason, and Johnson isn't keen on missing out on future quests for the Cup.

"Something I'd rather never do again," he told Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.

Johnson, who signed a seven-year extension worth $35 million in July, used this extended offseason to recuperate from a series of injuries that have plagued him over the past couple of years, including a broken wrist suffered during the 2015 Cup Final and lower-body injuries that kept him from helping the team make a late push for a playoff spot this past season.

With training camp only a couple of weeks away, Johnson says he feels "10 times better" than he did at this point last year, and sees value in being able to rest after previous long playoff runs.

"Injuries come when your body gets fatigued, that's pretty much what happens," Johnson said. "Sometimes you get some unlucky things here and there, but a lot of times it's fatigue. In a way, it was nice to have that break to relax. I've never had that before.

"But those summers are way too long," he added. "I'd rather not have them."

Tampa Bay went deep in the playoffs in both 2015 and 2016, but missed out in 2017 by a single point despite dealing with a number of man-games lost due to injury, most notably by captain Steven Stamkos.

The long summer, although not a longed-for result, should help the team get back to full strength and into the ranks of Cup contenders.

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