December has been a weird month for a lot of teams.
It's true that the Anaheim Ducks sit first in the league and have won seven in a row, but a lot of other top teams have struggled to put runs together; of the nine teams with 40 or more points, only Anaheim and St. Louis have active win streaks longer than one game.
At the other end of the spectrum, less-heralded clubs are putting runs together. Toronto has won five straight, while the injury-plagued Columbus Blue Jackets have done them one better and won six in a row.
Given these odd runs, how do we slot these teams? Our expert panel returns once again this week: Dave Lozo, Steve Macfarlane, Allan Mitchell, Lyle Richardson, Carol Schram and myself. All of the rankings here are based both on what's happened so far, what we expect to happen in the future and will not mirror the NHL standings exactly, particularly given the amount of fluctuation we've seen lately.
Read on to see where every NHL team ranks this week.
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