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NHL tier list

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Team: 2020-21 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 19, 2021
Published: Apr. 19, 2021
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S-tier: Going into the playoffs with clear objective to win a cup. Typically stars on multiple positions, while filling out with a supporting cast ranging from great to above average for their position in the lineup.

A-tier: Hopeful contenders and playoff locks, but clear underdogs to the S-tier teams. Typically no glaring holes in the roster and at least some stardom.

B-tier: Hoping to make some noise in the post-seasons, but ultimately teams on the rise or decline. Would all be big surprises to win the cup. Typically lacks either high end talent or the supporting cast around it.

C-tier: In need of change, whether it be rebuilding, adding more talent, or shedding salary from useless players. Not on the course of contention.

F-tier: Teams that should collect young talent and sell on veterans exclusively. There are no excuses for signing 28-year olds for 8 years and $72 million, or holding on to 30-year old veterans you could get picks for. These teams should realistically be losing games in order to draft higher.
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36$81,500,000$251,357,452$0$6,275,000-$169,857,452
Left WingCentreRight Wing
SSS, Tier
$9,999,999$9,999,999
AAA, Tier
$9,999,999$9,999,999
BBB, Tier
$9,999,999$9,999,999
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$6,300,000$6,300,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$6,875,000$6,875,000
C
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$925,000$925K)
LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$11,640,250$11,640,250
C
UFA - 4
Logo of the Winnipeg Jets
$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW, LW
UFA - 5
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$5,900,000$5,900,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$12,500,000$12,500,000
C
UFA - 6
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$8,460,250$8,460,250
C
UFA - 4
Logo of the Washington Capitals
$9,538,462$9,538,462
LW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Nashville Predators
$6,250,000$6,250,000
RD
UFA - 7
Logo of the New York Islanders
$7,000,000$7,000,000
C, RW
UFA - 3
Logo of the Dallas Stars
$894,166$894,166 (Performance Bonus$2,500,000$2M)
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$8,700,000$8,700,000
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the New York Rangers
$11,642,857$11,642,857
LW
NMC
UFA - 6
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
$1,875,000$1,875,000
C
UFA - 3
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$3,750,000$3,750,000
RW, LW
NMC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$2,625,000$2,625,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 3
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
CCC, Tier
$9,999,999$9,999,999
FFF, Tier
$9,999,999$9,999,999
Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
$2,463,139$2,463,139
RW, LW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
$6,100,000$6,100,000
C
UFA - 3
Logo of the Arizona Coyotes
$7,260,000$7,260,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
$8,000,000$8,000,000
LD
UFA - 8
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$3,000,000$3,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 3
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$10,000,000$10,000,000
C
UFA - 6
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$5,400,000$5,400,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$4,333,333$4,333,333
C
UFA - 2
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$2,850,000$3M)
C, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$6,750,000$6,750,000
LW
UFA - 2
Logo of the New Jersey Devils
$7,250,000$7,250,000
C
UFA - 7
Logo of the Los Angeles Kings
$10,000,000$10,000,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 4

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Apr. 19, 2021 at 10:51 a.m.
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Not sure how the canes can be a top tier over the Leafs. TO does have more star players and as good of a record in a better division.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:13 a.m.
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Not sure how the canes can be a top tier over the Leafs. TO does have more star players and as good of a record in a better division.


"in a better division" is wildly incorrect
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Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.
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Boston should be no higher than the Blues, who should be higher than several teams in that B tier. Perhaps you need a B+ tier. grin
Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:19 a.m.
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in a better division.


Hahaha
Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:21 a.m.
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Boston should be no higher than the Blues, who should be higher than several teams in that B tier. Perhaps you need a B+ tier. grin


I don't think this is true. Boston's been hampered with injuries while still keeping up in a deeper division. .65 and .51 are very different point percentages
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Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:23 a.m.
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I don't think this is true. Boston's been hampered with injuries while still keeping up in a deeper division. .65 and .51 are very different point percentages



Boston has been hampered? The Blues have been decimated. The Blues would gladly trade for "hampered" any day of the week.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:33 a.m.
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Boston has been hampered? The Blues have been decimated. The Blues would gladly trade for "hampered" any day of the week.


As of April 17, Blues have 211 Man-Games Lost to injury, Bruins at 217.





Now, MGL is only a quantity so if we consider quality by using Wins Above Replacement: Blues at -1.56 in net WAR lost to injury/illness, Bruins at -1.73.



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Apr. 19, 2021 at 11:47 a.m.
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Isles are S tier
Apr. 19, 2021 at 12:04 p.m.
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As of April 17, Blues have 211 Man-Games Lost to injury, Bruins at 217.





Now, MGL is only a quantity so if we consider quality by using Wins Above Replacement: Blues at -1.56 in net WAR lost to injury/illness, Bruins at -1.73.







The main difference is that Boston's have been a bit more spread out - more of a slow leak, if you will. I'm not saying that isn't being hampered, it is. On the other hand, the Blues had basically half the regular team missing, all at the same time, for like 20 games.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 12:40 p.m.
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Isles are S tier


When the playoffs come around teams are going to ride their best players harder. This is why I debated putting Carolina in S-tier. Who do the Islanders bump up the minutes on? Their #1 defensive unit? sure, but what else? If you have better answers maybe I'll change my mind
Apr. 19, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.
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The main difference is that Boston's have been a bit more spread out - more of a slow leak, if you will. I'm not saying that isn't being hampered, it is. On the other hand, the Blues had basically half the regular team missing, all at the same time, for like 20 games.


Yeah but the fact that it's even arguable when Boston is way ahead on points kind of defeats your argument I think
Apr. 19, 2021 at 1:14 p.m.
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Yeah but the fact that it's even arguable when Boston is way ahead on points kind of defeats your argument I think


Except it doesn't. And besides, the regular season and the playoffs are different animals.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.
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Hahaha


Who in the central beyond the top 3 teams is at all good? None of them. It's a division with 3 good teams and terrible teams. Calgary and Vancouver would likely battle for a playoff spot in that division. And still be so far behind the big 3.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.
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Who in the central beyond the top 3 teams is at all good? None of them. It's a division with 3 good teams and terrible teams. Calgary and Vancouver would likely battle for a playoff spot in that division. And still be so far behind the big 3.


Great*, not good. The North has one great team and maybe one good if you think Winnipeg is good, otherwise it's five mediocre/bad teams. 3 great > 1 great+1 good.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.
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Great*, not good. The North has one great team and maybe one good if you think Winnipeg is good, otherwise it's five mediocre/bad teams. 3 great > 1 great+1 good.


I agree that after TO it's rather mediocre. Still though, winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver I would say are all better than anyone outside of the top 3 in that division. Same with the west where outside of Vegas and Colorado the teams are pretty bad. I think the east could be argued it's the strongest followed closely by the North.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.
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I agree that after TO it's rather mediocre. Still though, winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver I would say are all better than anyone outside of the top 3 in that division. Same with the west where outside of Vegas and Colorado the teams are pretty bad. I think the east could be argued it's the strongest followed closely by the North.


We'll agree to disagree.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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Except it doesn't. And besides, the regular season and the playoffs are different animals.


When Stl were losing during their cup-winning season, they still had really good underlying numbers and play, just really poor luck for the first half of the season. They don't anymore.

What's your argument? That the Bruins are worse in the playoffs cause of one series two years ago? Man what I'd give to be this confident in my own team.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 5:57 p.m.
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When Stl were losing during their cup-winning season, they still had really good underlying numbers and play, just really poor luck for the first half of the season. They don't anymore.

What's your argument? That the Bruins are worse in the playoffs cause of one series two years ago? Man what I'd give to be this confident in my own team.



When St. Louis struggled in the first half of the Cup season, they weren't missing half the team all at the same time for two straight months. That sort of thing tends to give a wrong impression of a team's capability at full strength.

No, my first argument is that, looking forward to the playoffs, the Bruins have some obvious issues that a four-game win streak doesn't fix. And I'd hardly say that placing the team that won the 19 Cup, topped the West in 20 and is finally getting reasonably healthy in 21 a half-step above the Blackhawks to be 11th or 12th in Cup capability is hardly raging overconfidence. That's supremely disappointing, actually.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 6:13 p.m.
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When St. Louis struggled in the first half of the Cup season, they weren't missing half the team all at the same time for two straight months. That sort of thing tends to give a wrong impression of a team's capability at full strength.

No, my first argument is that, looking forward to the playoffs, the Bruins have some obvious issues that a four-game win streak doesn't fix. And I'd hardly say that placing the team that won the 19 Cup, topped the West in 20 and is finally getting reasonably healthy in 21 a half-step above the Blackhawks to be 11th or 12th in Cup capability is hardly raging overconfidence. That's supremely disappointing, actually.


Chicago's looked better recently though. I've bashed that team for years but they're pretty much average at this point again. And to your point about Stl, I was pretty turned off from Chicago pretty much instantly after their latest cup. Again - anything you say about health is equally applicable to the Bruins but you're not backing off on that, which makes me think you're not really trying to take a step back and look at this honestly. And I've already stated - I think the Blues looked better in their cup season even if they were healthy - I'm mostly looking at the numbers.
Apr. 19, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.
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Again - anything you say about health is equally applicable to the Bruins but you're not backing off on that, which makes me think you're not really trying to take a step back and look at this honestly.



And again, there is a difference in degree of difficulty between having injuries thinly spread out across the whole season and having them all occurring at the same time for an extended period. Obviously. You can't really judge the Blues for the weeks upon weeks when half the team was out. Their numbers are certainly affected by having to dig deep into the taxi squad to replace Schwartz, Parayko, Tarasenko, Thomas, Sundqvist, Bozak, etc for such a long stretch. These are not insignifcant parts, to say the least. Before the injuries hit, they were in 1st place even though they weren't even playing their best (which still has a reasonable chance of arriving down the stretch). They've definitely played better and posted better numbers (for the most part) since most of these players came back. I don't think it's a hot take to suggest that the Blues roster is at least slightly more Cup-capable than the Hawks (or Preds or whatever).

And if Boston had lost half their team for 20-something games, I'd say the same things about them.
 
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