With two-thirds of the NHL season behind us, the races the rest of the way have been thrown into sharp relief.
At the bottom of the standings, fans of the pretenders have (mostly) given up hope and are keeping an eye on 30th place and the possibility of drafting Connor McDavid. A little higher up, teams on either side of the playoff bubble are hoping to stay on the right side of the dividing line. Still further up the ladder, the NHL's best jockey for position and home ice.
Our expert panel—Dave Lozo, Steve Macfarlane, Allan Mitchell, Lyle Richardson, Carol Schram and myself—is back and has voted to determine the ranking of the league's 30 teams, with that ranking based on its assessment of each of these teams rather than a pure look at the standings.
Read on to see where all 30 teams are ranked and which rise to the top this week.
News and statistics are courtesy of NHL.com, Hockey-Reference, war-on-ice.com and behindthenet.ca and are current through the start of action on February 9.
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