Oh dear... Sens over Leafs. Best buckle up!

You misspelt Canadiens and Sabres

NYR above CAR? Carolina got more scoring, improved on DeAngelo, and Shesterkin isn't going to be a .940 goalie to cover their mistakes again, they're not great defensively, and they're still very top heavy. Jersey missing over WSH when Washington finally got a goalie and Jersey are running a Washington reject between the pipes is a bold take.

Irrelevant info

I'd take any post from this guy with a mountain of salt. He's been on a troll war path for the last little bit.

Gotcha

i doubt it, he's not surrounded by germany and russia.

Devils aren’t making it yet

Yah caps are brutal

You're making a lot of assumptions about your team, and neglecting to mention any improvements on the Rangers, it's a pretty bad argument made for a point that I actually agree with

Yes, the Canes did add Burns, but they also lost DeAngelo, Cole, and Smith, which really hurts your defensive depth. You definitely can't say you improved defensively. Offensively, you did at Pacioretty, but you're losing Niederreiter, Trocheck, Domi, Lorentz, and Stepan. Your forward core isn't bad, per se, but having Kotkaniemi as your 2C is a significant risk.

Unless Laffy and Kakko somehow both regress from their playoff form, the Rangers have a better top 6, an arguably better defensive core, and a better starting goalie. I still think the Canes are a better team overall, but you shouldn't brush the Rangers of like they're a joke.

canes can do now wrong how dont you know that by now, how many times have you seen a canes fan admit theyre player isnt good, i had someone last year go off about jalen chatfield lmao

Regress from playoff form? They combined for 14 points in 39 games. Chytil was the best player from that line.

This is a interesting list not to sure why leaf’s aren’t on this list and sens are above them. Strange

they need attention

Mean while the actual conference will look more along the lines of

METRO

Canes
Rags
Pens

Atlantic

Leafs (it pains me to say that lol)
Lightning
Bruins (I need to wash my mouth out for that lol)

WC

Tight battle between Sens, Devils, Caps Panthers, Jackets and Habs (long shot but if they can remain healthy they should be able to keep pace)

For real, how many years in a row since their last playoff appearance have the Devils been predicted to be back in the playoffs and wound up being near the bottom of the league?

1. they played 12-14 mins per night with barely any powerplay time
2. points aren't everything
3. for very young players at the end of a very long season, they played very well especially for the playoffs.