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2023 Team Tier Prediction

Created by: nickthehabsfan
Team: 2022-23 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 30, 2022
Published: Jul. 30, 2022
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
What each tier means:

Cup Contender - Pretty self explanatory, teams that I believe can be strong contenders to win it all

Playoff Teams - Teams that I think are good enough to make the playoffs but not as strong as the cup contenders

Wild Card - Teams that I think will be battling to be in a wild card position

Mediocre Teams - Teams that I think aren't bad enough to be considered tankers but teams that I wouldn't expect to be any good or make the playoffs

Tank SZN - Teams that are looking forward to the draft and not the regular season

I'll put 6 teams per conference in the contender/playoff tiers, at least 2 in the wild card, and no limits on how many mediocre/tanking teams there are to try and make it realistic to how the standings work.

Teams are ranked within each tier from best on top to worst on bottom.
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
42$293,908,071$283,283,071$0$0$10,625,000
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Cup, Contenders
$800,000$800,000
Playoff, Teams
$800,000$800,000
Wild Card, Contenders
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$10,000,000$10,000,000
C
NMC
UFA - 8
Logo of the New York Rangers
$11,642,857$11,642,857
LW
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$8,700,000$8,700,000
C
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$8,460,250$8,460,250
C
UFA - 2
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RD
UFA - 8
Logo of the Washington Capitals
$9,500,000$9,500,000
LW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 5
East-West, Seperation Line
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the New Jersey Devils
$9,000,000$9,000,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 6
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$11,640,250$11,640,250
C
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$12,500,000$12,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
$6,100,000$6,100,000
C
NTC
UFA - 1
East-West, Seperation Line
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$6,375,000$6,375,000
C, LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$9,750,000$9,750,000
LW
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$9,250,000$9,250,000
RW, C
UFA - 3
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
$1,875,000$1,875,000
C
UFA - 1
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
$8,205,714$8,205,714
LW
UFA - 6
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$10,000,000$10,000,000
C
NMC
UFA - 4
East-West, Seperation Line
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the Los Angeles Kings
$11,000,000$11,000,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW
UFA - 4
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
$7,850,000$7,850,000
LD
UFA - 5
Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
$3,500,000$3,500,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Nashville Predators
$9,059,000$9,059,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 6
Logo of the Winnipeg Jets
$8,250,000$8,250,000
RW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Dallas Stars
$9,850,000$9,850,000
C, RW
NMC
UFA - 5
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Mediocre, Teams
$800,000$800,000
Tank, SZN
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the New York Islanders
$7,000,000$7,000,000
LW
NTC
UFA - 4
East-West, Seperation Line
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$7,750,000$7,750,000
C
NMC
UFA - 8
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$10,500,000$10,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Arizona Coyotes
$7,150,000$7,150,000
LW, RW
UFA - 6
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$7,875,000$7,875,000
C
UFA - 8
East-West, Seperation Line
$800,000$800,000
Logo of the Seattle Kraken
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$10,000,000$10,000,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 5

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Jul. 30, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.
#1
Le patriote
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You should put Habs in Tank SZN too !!
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Jul. 30, 2022 at 4:12 p.m.
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Why do you believe Toronto are cup contenders? They've not won a single round in the salary cap era. You think they can win 4 this summer? Tampa I understand, Florida I have question marks about too, but not as bad as Toronto. Matt Murray at this stage is going to get a team to the Stanley Cup? They're already over the cap so this iteration of their roster doesn't work. I just don't understand that. They're a lock for the playoffs, but I don't know about a contender
Jul. 30, 2022 at 4:12 p.m.
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I’d swap rangers and leafs
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Jul. 30, 2022 at 4:25 p.m.
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not a lot of bold take here, you are kind of saying everything will be the same as last year, so u can pretty much kmow for sure that wont happen.
Jul. 30, 2022 at 5:32 p.m.
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Lets Get Kraken
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A little bit of a hot take, but I wouldn’t have Florida as a contender. The difference between Huberdeau and Tkachuk was really age and physicality, and not much else. They lose Weegar as well, making an already weak dcore even weaker. Right now Florida has Ekblad and Forsling as their best dmen, and at least in my opinion, that isn’t strong enough to be considered a cup contender. They are also at the cap ceiling, so they really don’t have much room at all to add, so for the Cats to win the cup, Bob will have to play on a level he has never played before and actually play up to his 10mil contract. Add in a coach who is defensively minded to a fault, I see a recipe for disaster. So I am most definitely in a minority here, but I could see a scenario play out where the Cats actually miss the playoffs. As it stands right now, I personally would give the Cats a 50-50 chance at even making the playoffs, but try not to take offense at my assessment.
 
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