RANKING Every NHL Team For The 2024 Season

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[@OhNyquist]

Apologies for forgetting Tampa Bay, I edited in a part where they should have been after St. Louis!

[@peterhaber592]

would the rangers be a cup contender if they resigned tarasenko

[@OhNyquist]

@@peterhaber592I don’t think I would have put them there, I only wanted to have 2 from each conference and was pretty set on it being Carolina and New Jersey!

[@Akm-cd9qi]

Witch tier would you have put the lighting

[@Habsfan56744]

@@Akm-cd9qiI’d say he’d put it in the playoff team or even maybe the wildcard team Because they have gotten a lot worse

[@hoopskillerproductions2921]

@@Habsfan56744Tampa Bay is the best Atlantic Team in all of NHL

[@Fungamer4570]

I would LOVE to see a mid season update on this. Then before the playoffs you can look back at all your predictions, and make predictions for the playoffs

[@andrewl4162]

Avs under oilers is interesting but we’ll see how things shake out. Cool vid

[@hoopskillerproductions2921]

Don't forget Boston lost Nick Foligno to CHI in this off-season

[@BiasedSportsFan]

Watch him get 40 goals this season. Him and Bedard are bouta pop off.

[@goodguygav4522]

Addition by subtraction. I don't care what the numbers say, I watched all 89 of their games last season and the guy is useless at this point.

[@Habsfan56744]

@@BiasedSportsFannah more like 80 goals

[@sidetrak85]

@@goodguygav4522 Useless. There's a league minimum for the cap, how else are you going to pick 1st again 😂 😂

[@CheeseGrater69]

​@@goodguygav4522idk mandont be sleeping on good 3rd / 2nd line players like that

[@drstrubb8725]

I think it would be a great idea if you did this yearly and compared your current chart with the one from the previous season and see who changed where. Love the content! Been watching for years!

[@stephenventura4075]

I agree that the Bruins are probably a wildcard team with their significant worsened roster but I wouldn’t be necessarily surprised if they win a series, or at least come close. They still have lots of goaltending talent, as well as Pasta, Marchy, McAvoy, Coyle, and the regain of Lucic

[@Weird_VR1]

As I reply to this they are first place in the whole league

[@Jremo.]

Love going back to these videos and see how people’s predictions were

[@Hockeyyekcoh]

The Atlantic will be so fun this year. Looking at the wild card tier and seeing 4 teams from there is wild. Also the fact that none are contenders even if the leafs are probably gonna win the division.

[@justinshields3819]

I think Detroit deserves to be in the wildcard spot. You have to remember Detroit's depth improved alot. Daniel Sprong, Klim Kostin etc. Seider and Raymond should be better. I'm expecting Detroit to finish between 13- 18 overall, that's wildcard territory.

[@zachgamingzone]

The avalanche didn't even need to get "better" from last season much, they mostly just needed to get healthy. I think of they had the full roster for all of playoffs they would've gone up against Vegas

[@HipHopCantSaveMe]

Landesgog out again all year. Avs are surprisingly lacking some firepower. If they could get a legit 2C they would be untouchable

[@zachgamingzone]

@@HipHopCantSaveMe you don't seriously think landy was the only health issues do you? There was a legit a month in the last regular season where the team was about 90% made up of Colorado eagles AHL guys. Most of the top 6 who played against Seattle were still dealing with injuries while playing. Just watch, it's gonna be difficult this season.

[@Nathanielhiggerson66]

@@HipHopCantSaveMeRyan Johansen, I dont think its gonna be that hard to get legit 2c numbers out of him if you drop Rantanen next to him. Theres Tatar, Drouin 1,5M and league min no risk high reward contracts, Ross Colton, and Miles Wood. Rantanen was the only top6 to play the whole season last year, actually he was left alone 5/6 injured around him. Had a career year 55g50a

[@Leo-ck5xq]

No way bro put the team with some of the worst goaltending in the league in cup contender 💀

[@Dust_bucket]

The Devils or the Hurricanes?

[@TheGreyCrayon]

Recency bias is a hell of thing.

[@llllllll153]

Freal

[@HumanAction76]

F for forgetting Tampa.

[@OhNyquist]

I know I know, but I edited in where I would have put them!

[@EDKal2023]

​@@OhNyquist😮 where edit ...Lightning

[@andrewcanosa]

we want to see more tier lists, keep it up 👍

[@timomajere]

I'll be honest. Pandemic really shook up my hockey world where I wasn't really paying attention much. Appreciate that I can consider this a bit of an update. Thanks for these videos. GO WINGS! OH we SO making a run for playoffs this year.. Bold prediction made!

[@johanjotun1647]

He just rated us under a Calgary team who gave up T.T. for nothing, a Sens team who gave us Debs for Kubi, and an Older slower Pens who just broke the bank on a D-man who plays offence, I'm thinking we should smash all 3.

[@pilonpatrick573]

The Wings are my 2nd favorite team. Edvinsson and Kasper will be beasts. Go Habs Go !!!!

[@Jacob-zm1cu]

@@johanjotun1647 The sens replaced debrincats goals with norris (25-35), kubalik (15-20), tarasenko (20-30) I think they will be fine

[@johanjotun1647]

@@pilonpatrick573 Danielson and Sundin flew under the radar, cause Bedard and Fantilli are so good.

[@johanjotun1647]

@@Jacob-zm1cu I for got about Vlad, either way i'm expecting a shake up this season or next Buff, Det, and the Sens weren't as far out as everyone was acting. any one of them could have been in this year i expect an absolute log jam if they get off to a decent start.

[@Spingus33]

"Orlov signed in Boston" i dont remember the hurricanes being there

[@tommypelletier265]

jumped in the comments to see if i was the only one who noticed

[@aNiDiOtOnVr01]

Well this is the complete opposite of what is happening to the flyers😂

[@tinyrick1853]

My tier list: Stanley Cup Contenders: Carolina, NJ, Vegas, Dallas Playoff team: Colorado, Edmonton, Minnesota, LA, Toronto, Tampa, NYR Wildcard Race: Florida, Buffalo, Ottawa, Calgary, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Nashville, Seattle, Boston Mediocre: Winnipeg, NYI, St. Blues, Arizona, Vancouver, Columbus, Washington Basement: San Jose, Montreal, Philadelphia, Anaheim, Chicago

[@tioluwaoladimeji5712]

As a new fan this was extremely helpful

[@shiixsu]

I feel like stars have a chance at the cup if there’s an injury crisis on 1 or 2 good teams

[@micahbrownlee1663]

Sharks fan here, I haven’t even watched this and I already know we are gonna be ranked last

[@slicer7713]

Blues fan here. Cap space wasn’t there for a move with those picks so we used them. Those players are going to be NHL’ers. Our drafting and development has been great the last 7-10 years. I think we improved because of the coaching turnover. I believe they can fix the defense but we have to wait to see.

[@davecollins607]

Are you doing the NHL standings and playoff predictions soon

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

I think people are putting way too much stock into the Avs having 1 random 1st round loss. Like stanley cup contenders randomly get upset all the time, its no big deal. When you have 4 guys like Mackinnon, Rants, Makar and Toews you are contenders, lets not overthink this stuff

[@scrungus483]

**Stock dude lol

[@hoopskillerproductions2921]

Samuel Girard

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

@@scrungus483 thx for catching that,it must have auto corrected

[@thegreatbadon8033]

As a caps fan I see us being between wild card and mediocre were getting older and the metropolitan is just stacked and all were doing is trying to get Ovi the goal record

[@23E623]

I would say Wild Card team for sure. 2nd half of the season was a disaster but overall Caps were #1 in players missing games due to injuries. Not expecting Caps to have less than 80p this season

[@reynardus1359]

Wow, this didn't age well. Minnesota and LA are playoffs teams and Boston and Florida wildcards? Brilliant#

[@LatinxGoyslop1488]

Only things I would change Dallas moves up 1, they'll win the central that makes them a contender Wild move down 1, they got worse & have TONS of dead cap Panthers move up 1, they under performed most of the regular season. I anticipate they'll play more like how they did in the payoffs

[@benoitrobitaille5235]

Changing the categories names for fun. SC contenders = My favorites Playoff teams = Cup contenders Wildcard team = Wildcard teams ? Mediocre = On the way up or on the way down Basement = Rebuilding

[@N3tan0]

Jersey Kit Tier list for 2023/24 season

[@gregrehkemper8196]

Oilers win 1 round= Cup contender! Stars win 2 rounds = same as minnesota

[@fmboss7276]

True but Vegas was better than Seattle and you could argue LA was better than Minnesota

[@llllllll153]

Welcome to the NHL fanbase, no matter how well or bad a team does they’ll screw up power rankings because of favoritism…..

[@ohlucic]

Dont forget that the bruins added world cup champion milan lucic

[@richrealdeal6606]

And Stanley Cup Champ

[@seancomyn4610]

Edmonton haven't shown any reason to be considered a cup contender imo. It's obviously always possible when you have the best player of all time on your team but they've never shown an adeptness at playing playoff hockey.

[@Skynertia]

They've won three series in the last two years and lost to the cup champions each time. Not really sure what else they could do other than win the cup to prove it at that point...

[@chanses7576]

@Skynertia I mean they got swept 2 years ago lol. And their goaltending is no better now than it was with Mike Smith.

[@Leo-ck5xq]

​@Skynertia their goaltending is bottom 5 in the league, with their defense not much better. Yes obviously they can score, especially on the powerplay. But 5 on 5 with lines 2-4 on the ice they struggle

[@Skynertia]

@@Leo-ck5xq Skinner just put up a .914 and went 29-14-5, and the Oilers second line consists of some combination of Leon Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman, and Kane. The Oilers have two dominant lines and two mediocre lines. Considering they finished first in GF by a wide margin, and ended 16th in GA (not anywhere near bottom 5... that makes no sense whatsoever), I'd say they're perfectly fine assuming Nurse and Ekholm stay healthy and Bouchard and Broberg continue to grow.

[@Tickleyourpickle420]

​@@Leo-ck5xqfor goalies that played at least 20 games, Skinner is 16th in save % out of 62 goalies. Pretty obvious you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about

[@TheChicagogamer]

I got the blackhawks winning 30-35 games and getting some solid picks

[@michaelm1670]

If the Avs are healthy this year they will go on another run. The talent alone puts them in contention but the depth is there you just dont know it yet. Sakic doesnt miss.

[@anotherdaysunday]

showing this vid some love for more!

[@Enraged.]

Are you gonna do a video predicting each teams leading point scorer this year?

[@OhNyquist]

Yes

[@Enraged.]

@@OhNyquistlooking forward to that video!

[@jamiesomerville8196]

Sens looking great, I'd place them in the Playoff tier!

[@MyName-np2sd]

you should do a franchise list like this.

[@TwinsHockeyThoughts]

Toronto should be a cup contender, they have a amazing top 6

[@OhNyquist]

Here is a link to a tier list including all 32 NHL teams, you may have to change the names of the tiers. tiermaker.com/create/all-32-nhl-teams--576833

[@insanum666]

As a Sharks fan, seeing Tim Stützle on Ottawa hurts badly

[@adammarischuk4536]

Buffalo, Boston, Ottawa and Florida cannot all be wildcard teams as that leaves only Toronto and Tampa Bay above them...unless you expect Montreal or Detroit to become playoff teams... I understand your ranking doesn't necessarily reflect the divisions, but the divisions are the reality of the league and once the playoffs begin, as we saw this season with Boston and Florida, the game changes significantly.

[@larrywilliams8063]

"It's probably going to be a really long couple of years for Sharks fans." It's already been a really long couple of decades... It's been down hill, with a few flashes of greatness, ever since they started playing musical Captain. PM, JT, JP, and LC all wore the C inside a few years.

[@footfungus6226]

The oilers ain’t mam it past the second round this year because they will always and still always only know offense.

[@JollyCanadian]

Boston Bruins current core of Pastrnak, Marchand, Lindholm, McAvoy, and the tandem in net will likely be enough to make them a playoff caliber team 2024. Zacha will be 1C to start the season. It’ll be interesting

[@Devilsfan-pd8ov]

Let’s see what brad does with out Patrice

[@dronemachine4694]

Heh

[@Bingchilling_21]

Are you hinting at a tampa bay relocation🤔

[@CalvinBiefeld]

I agree with 30 of what u said...What i would change is have Chicago in mediocre...Having Bedard and Hall will boost their scoring,but the defence and goaltending is still bad..Also Colorado had tons if injuries..They will be slightly healthier...Healthy enough to be cup contenders.

[@nyrfan9555]

4 wild card teams in the east? Devils took rangers out relatively easy? This guy is nuts

[@nyrfan9555]

Obviously I didn't waste my time watching the rest of this

[@tdfmtig]

Slept on the stars last year saying they were going to miss the playoffs and ya didn’t learn from it smh Nyquist!

[@Rudystone1970]

Our Bruins are going for a deep run!

[@csharp48]

I dont know if Vegas getting rid of Smith was a significant loss. Yes Smith is a leader and a very solid player. However, hes 32 and has a pretty steady decline. I love him as a player, but hes getting older and Vegas was actually desperate for a spot for one of their young guys to breakthrough in. Paul Cotter, Pavel Dorofeyev or a player more similar to Rielly Smith's own style like Jonas Røndbjerg. There are even rumors Maxime Comtois is going to sign a PTO with VGK and who knows where that will lead. They actually really need to make space for the kids to come up.

[@jimmybobby1652]

Sens are making a big splash.

[@Potter2010Fan]

2:34 lol "Orlov signed in Boston"

[@JohnSmith-jb2jf]

I got Dallas in S-tier and Edmonton in A-tier.

[@scottymascotty8692]

Florida Panthers have almost the same core that won the Presidents Trophy in 21-22 and people instantly forgot about this and speak like it is now entirely different team

[@Habsfan56744]

I honestly kinda hope the Sabres make the playoffs and I’m a habs fan 😮

[@grantbrickbealer5416]

the kraken took out the avalanche 7 games and all most the dallas stars so that saying the kraken should be in the playoff spot not a wildcard

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Canes fan , Yeah!! they absolutely should be they impressed me every time I saw them last year and if the made conference finals or more it wouldn't surprise me . They lost the whole Geekie line though so they have to replace that somehow .

[@pilonpatrick573]

Interesting. I'd say that all the teams that you described as "playoff teams" could actually win the Cup (except may be Minnesota) . I doubt the Bruins will be so bad. I wouldn't be surprised to see Detroit and Arizona surprise. As for my Habs, it's another development year, but, we'll be better. We could surprise an overconfident team, any given night.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

I predict it will be a good year for the Oilers and a better year for the Sabres

[@footfungus6226]

Seth Jones and Nick Folingo be like watching their team still suck: 👀

[@brendanhurley3358]

You forgot the lightning

[@katherinemcmillan5228]

love your new system! but I disagree - the red wings make the playoffs- oilers have no goal tending and if Saros stays healthy preds are in, senators are a NO GO

[@md_86]

There arent 6 wildcard spots in the east... and if youre counting teams that are in contention for a spot then detroit should be in it

[@liammcmul]

IMO I think Ottawa will finish top 3 in the Atlantic, at the end of the video there were only 2 Atlantic Playoff locks so you’re missing a 3rd which I think and am confident will be Ottawa

[@mrpgr2321]

Anaheim Ducks are a contender....for 2027 Cup.

[@CanadaBricks]

I feel like people are way too high on Columbus going into next season. They’re still a basement team, honestly

[@llllllll153]

Mike Babcock is their coach so u never know what he can do for them…..

[@johnkonecsni8950]

Yeah

[@michaelpostsstuff9958]

Agree with pretty much everything, but I would move Washington to Wildcard and Edmonton to Playoff team. If fully healthy, the Caps shouldn’t not compete for a wc spot (probably won’t make it though). Edmonton, like Colorado and Tampa, doesn’t have the forward depth to be with CAR, NJD, and VGK in my eyes. The defense isn’t that great either.

[@5--.Inertia.--5]

Anyone else notice that Tampa isn’t on this list?🤔

[@NAustin518]

Coming from a Rangers fan I agree with this post, regarding Jersey. They look loaded and the only thing holding them back is maybe their goaltending. Other than that, no holes in the lineup whatsoever.

[@Sharlez123]

Coming from a Devils fan. I expect some growing pains with the Defense (Luke Hughes mainly), a lesser regular season by Vanecek and slightly improved Offense. Should still go into the playoffs as the #1 or #2 Metro seed. Rangers should have no trouble getting the #3 seed with Shesterkin in net. Anything higher depends on the production from Lafrenière, Kakko, Chytil. Not taking any kind of injury crap into account

[@Sharlez123]

@@bandit9465 oh yeah not worried about L Hughes but definitely not expecting him to be great defensively right away. Will be interesting to see how Holtz, Bahl and possibly Nemec does for us.

[@wynonasbigbrownbeaver6757]

LA and dallas should be in cup contender in my opinion

[@Jax-te5cd]

I agree with you

[@AA_Canuck]

Stars probably but LA hasn’t made it past the first round in a while so I would say there ready yet

[@wynonasbigbrownbeaver6757]

@@AA_Canuck the reason I say LA is because of how close their series was with Edmonton. It really could have gone either way. I also feel like they improved their team from last year.

[@MrSexyNipple]

@@wynonasbigbrownbeaver6757la got worse

[@michaelb5119]

​@wynonasbigbrownbeaver6757 I would agree if their goaltending wasn't such a question mark. Talbot and Copley isn't cup contending tandem

[@Tylerburnham306]

The Flyers in the basement?? Our fan base doesn't care about trading Kevin Hayes anymore. We have Scott Laughton, Travis Konecny, and Couterier

[@rushrush1209]

New Jersey could be a cup contender. But they didn't make easy work of the Rangers. They beat them in 7 games.

[@jordanyoung2280]

Missing Tampa Bay I do believe

[@pilonpatrick573]

The Canes need another sniper. Leafs need defence. Nylander for Pesce (or Slavin) ?

[@recneps8672]

Not a chance in hell they let go of Slavin. Pesce or Skjei is more likely

[@seancolorado]

The disrespect to the Avs..

[@Nick-xg3dd]

The kings don’t have a goaltender I would say they are a wildcard team at best ! Yeah they may have good offensive fire power but like the old saying goes offensive will win you games but defense and goaltending will win you championships ! From a bruins fan fair were you ranked my team not worried about the bruins at all just enjoy this season whatever happens happens! Bruins will be back after this year contending for a cup just re tool at center position and the bruins have a lot more money next offseason just enjoy and have some fun this year boys! I’ll say hurricanes and knights for the cup this year !

[@timmytimmy803]

Where is Tampa???

[@rodneysteffan3073]

People sleeping on Detroit

[@two_tone]

Wings definitely wildcard team guaranteed

[@jamiepike6909]

Cheating a bit with 20 teams in the playoffs, but a I would agree with your tiers.

[@JohnSmith-jb2jf]

Wild Card means "bubble" in this video.

[@norsegamingtv1686]

Not even 1 minute and my favorite team is basement..it took 40 seconds like wtf 😂

[@jakeseay6576]

I think we should at least be a tier higher

[@norsegamingtv1686]

@@jakeseay6576 Definitely! We upgraded this off-season

[@sheldonevaskevich2647]

feel sorry for tampas fans their team must have secretly folded over the summer there not on the list

[@Maukka8]

I don't get why people are downplaying Florida. Yeah they started out pretty poorly last season and went 15-16-4 before the christmas break but after that they went 40-24-4 through the next six months. And that's after a President's Trophy season. So basically they've played one two month period of relatively bad hockey in the last three years and people are talking like they are a complete fluke? Makes no sense.

[@nicksanderson5059]

Sorry to the oilers but I just don’t see any Canadian team doing it, Canada is cursed

[@KyleMacSkill]

I may be way off but i think the Bruins are going to miss the playoffs this year. Their win totals were inflated last year, and they got worse than any other team in the league. Ullmark is goijg to regress, Marchand is 35 and his 100 point seasons are likely beyind him, and their forward group is just below average now. Maybe their D and goalies carry them to a wildcard spot but i think Zacha gets eaten up by other 1st line centers

[@zaneps151]

Blues fan here I have to disagree with your ranking A lot of the blues struggles came from coaching (going from Montgomery to MacTavish is a huge drop in quality) and not necessarily on the players ROR and tarasenko weren’t the centerpieces of our offense last year or the year before and picking up Vrana is HUGE considering his potential Also binnington is still really good despite what the numbers may show and anyone who actually watched the games last year would know just how bad the defense was in front of him Getting a better defensive coach who will hold players accountable will make our team better I would personally rank them in either playoff team or wildcard team

[@AA_Canuck]

Lmao as a Canucks fan I can say almost the exact same thing

[@brian______]

I argued this point on a different video a while back. Vrana scored more goals than Tarasenko last year but played half the games for the Blues. Kapanen had more points than Oreilly. Hayes had more points than Barbashev, and Blais had more hits than all 3 of them combined. Idk how you could argue the forward core isn't vastly improved along with being much faster, younger, and higher upside. Defense obviously didn't play very good, but like you said, they got a new defense coach this offseason. I'm hopeful for a step forward from them. Then Hofer > Greiss. Very likely see improvement at all 3 player groups. Then a health Krug or Perunovich and Vrana will improve the PP, Blais + Sundquist should help the PK so very possibly also see improvements in all 3 phases. This team is not worse than the team that started last year, I'm optimistic for a return to the playoffs.

[@zaneps151]

@@brian______ exactly I agree on everything you have said Plus kyrou and Thomas have top 10 players in the league potential and Perunovich has Norris potential (in my personal opinion) Plus the young guys in Jake Neighbors, Logan Brown, and Josh Leivo are improving into solid players How they’re mediocre is a head scratcher to me I like OhNyquist but takes like this make me think he doesn’t watch the games and just looks at the stats which don’t tell the entire story

[@Eric.43]

swap devils with stars

[@dragonmon5984]

Heiskanen is their only good defender so they will suck in the playoffs.

[@user-by3nd4rm6c]

Lindell is pretty good too@@dragonmon5984

[@Devilsfan-pd8ov]

We are better then the stars and we play in a harder division lmao

[@Eric.43]

@@Devilsfan-pd8ov exactly why devils will never win another cup

[@Devilsfan-pd8ov]

@@Eric.43 we’ll see about that

[@Darwin00769]

You forgot Tampa

[@eliaminator2313]

This video just shows how competitive the wild card race will be in the East

[@spudlump-uu5kb]

Yea

[@spudlump-uu5kb]

I think Torontos still getting in the playoffs

[@spudlump-uu5kb]

Hopefully

[@johanjotun1647]

If The Wings, Sens, and Buff additions have first year chemistry and contribute any one of the 3 could easily dethrone any of the teams in the ""PlayOff" tier IMO not one of those teams Got any better excepting NJD & maby NYR, they all gave up someone significant

[@eliaminator2313]

@johanjotun1647 mainly the Wings for the chemistry the Sens and Sabres didn't have that much roster turnover should be easier to fit the few additions they did make and get everyone comfortable together

[@aleckfedorkiw4005]

Why would pick edmonton and maple leafs higher the Winnipeg. Both teams cannot defend and they have the worst goalies in the league. Right now winnipeg has the two best goalies that keep them in a lot games. They have a defensive record of holding most to teams to 2 or 3 goals and if they score 5 goals their undefeated.

[@WilliamTheDestroyer.]

Call me crazy but Caps, Pens, Hawks and CBJ will be playoff teams. Kings and Wild will be wildcard contenders. Caps have a new Coach that the core team and a lot of the young players are already acquainted with and believe in. The core team is returning healthy - 4 of their core players missed about half or more of the season due to injury and Ovi missed 9 games. They have great goal tending and they are now younger, and beefier on the blueline. Plus Max Pacioretty expects to join the team by December. If he stays healthy on this team, he is scoring 25+ goals next season and 35-40 the following season. Caps power play is going to be insane with Max on it. He had 3 goals in 5 games last season and 19 in 35 the season before. Carlson is in the top 30 for all-time assist with current players and top ten for defencemen. Backstrom is 3rd over all just behind Kane and Ovi is 7th over all. Backstrom (injuries aside) and Ovi are not slowing down. These guys can easily play and produce consistently into their mid 40s. haha Caps fanboy here. Flames are my home and fav team though.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

You're crazy. I'll take that bet.

[@Devilsfan-pd8ov]

Your crazy

[@DakodaMcMillan]

I won't call you crazy, I will call you an idiot though. It boggles my mind that people lower than casual fans spew nonsense like this out of their ass and expect people to listen and agree with their opinion

[@reilly1491]

Edmonton is the only one I think is way off, they are playoff team but not making far considering terrible goaltending and terrible defence and not depth on bottom lines

[@MrSexyNipple]

You don’t know puck

[@tinyrick1853]

Exactly…McDavid and Draisaitl can only carry you so far

[@reilly1491]

@@tinyrick1853 exactly defence wins championships and neither Drai and Mcdavid are great defenders, yes both are some of the best offensively doesn’t help when you are letting in almost 4 goals a game

[@tinyrick1853]

@@reilly1491 exactly

[@alexcastro7985]

IMO you can be a mediocre team and make the playoffs. Mediocre to me is between .500 and being in the race for the last spot

[@guba33327]

Done, have Edmonton but Dallas not. Same said not much change in roster besides Domi for Duchene. Edmonton can't stop a puck and until they address that team will not make it to the cup.

[@JACKAL747]

Clueless.

[@chrisphillips348]

NJ Devs remind me of a poor man’s version of the 1982 edm Oilers. An entire core of Young 20 year olds who are or will be elite. They h Ave 7 -20 goal guys, great 5 on 5 and if they can up the Power play in Next season, get a repeat of goal tending, and a year older = Better.. on the stars very could result in a Stanley cup final.

[@chrisphillips348]

Plus elite forwards and D men…they have Speed to burn

[@idrinkgasoline72]

Bro put the canucks over the caps

[@idrinkgasoline72]

I think the caps will be better this year even if kuznetsov is mediocre and Pac Man isn't healthy because of the new coach and all the guys coming up from the Hershey Bears. The only old guys on the team then would be Kuemper, Ovi, Backstrom, and Oshie. I think Sandin and Edmundson will do well on the defense same with Iorio because the defense collapsed because Matt Irwin decided to suck and Johnny C got injured. I think the thing with caps defense is that it isn't spectacular but there are no real weak points in it.

[@Nick-xg3dd]

Bruins fan here DONT think the bruins are going to get pushed around if we are talking hockey and not talking stupid or smack the bruins still have a great D core and still have the best goalie tandem in hockey ! Oh and still have guys that can score ! Everyone thinking the bruins are going to be awful doesn’t know what they are talking about bruins will make the playoffs wildcard team for sure ! But the bruins WILL be contending again next year the bruins have more cap space next offseason just need to retool and bruins will be back contending and back at the top of the league! So any haters of the bruins enjoy this year because the bruins being a wildcard team isn’t going to last long !!!!!

[@user-by3nd4rm6c]

Agree with putting Ottawa and Buffalo one tier above Detroit, but I think it would be foolish to even entertain putting the Sabres in as a playoff lock, they still have to prove that what they did last season wasn't a fluke. I don't have a problem with putting the Devils as cup contenders, even though I personally think it's a bit premature, if Luke Hughes doesn't earn a regular roster spot, I think their defense might be in a little bit of trouble. Glad you didn't put Seattle up as a playoff lock either, because their previous season definitely screams overachievement, but also no reason to expect too much regression either, they should definitely still be competitive. While the Canucks understandably aren't earning the benefit of the doubt from being in the wildcard tier, I actually think they're more likely to make the post-season than most will give them credit for. I think they are a better team than Winnipeg, and they improved over the off-season while Seattle actually got worse on paper. One final note, while I think the wise bet is to put Los Angeles as a playoff lock, let's not completely discount the possibility of goaltending letting them down this season, even if they have a good blueline to foster a relatively goalie friendly environment. I'm personally not as high on Calgary as some, because even if Huberdeau bounces back, as well as maybe Kadri, I think we are underestimating the loss of Tyler Toffoli, not to mention the fire sale option at Craig Conroy's disposal.

[@gabrielmarostica1059]

FLA with a WC spot? love your content but that's just not right