Lot of people are sleeping on Anaheim, they were solid in the 1st half of last year before injuries, have a lot of young talent, and added some nice pieces in the offseason. for sure they are above Seattle, possibly them and LA above vegas!

They traded away more than they added though.

The metro is going to be really interesting this year

For sure, there’s gonna be 6-7 teams trying to make the playoffs in the metro this year. It’s really just gonna be an all out battle for the wild cards

I could see an argument for literally any order of Metro teams between Carolina first and Philly last. Rangers lose Shesterkin, they're toast. Time could come for Washington/Pitt. Devils could pop off and finish second or fall on their faces again. Columbus could sail into the playoffs if they get even average defense, or they could be in the lottery with Philly. And the Islanders could jstu regress back UP to the mean and make it. Metro's the hardest division to predict for sure. Honestly, even Carolina could end up with the Leafs version of Andersen and find themselves sliding back into the pack, and I'd never bet against Torts getting his team to overachieve wildly.