Yes. I run my own ranking for players and teams since 2011. Buffalo in regular season was at 7th spot minus goalie and special teams, and coaching. It's possible Buffalo can make a big run. They should have this year.
Florida was 4th in my ranking with Seattle being number 1.
The algo (Ai) I created a decade ago almost always predicted the CUP winner within top 7, and 100% of the time within top 10. Buffalo is 7th now.
This is the ranking for 2023 regular season:
SEA
BOS
NJD
FLA
VAN
NYR
BUF
CGY
VGK
WSH
I was not surprised who the winners will be in the matchups. Very often it showed in my rankings. I knew CAR and DAL will hit matchups they won't be able to score on.