Eastern Conference Power Rankings Position 4

[Inferno]

Rank what will be the best team in the Eastern Conference. You can choose to pick what team you think will win the East and be in the SCF, OR what team you think will finish 1st overall at the end of the regular season, use whatever criteria you think is most applicable.

Here are the current Division setups:

Atlantic Division
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Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers
Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan Division
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Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals


Here are the current results of our polls

Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins (60.53%)
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Metropolitan Division
Pittsburgh Penguins (58.54%)
New York Rangers (73.91%)
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Here are the current Eastern Conference Playoff Rankings:
Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins
New York Rangers
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Playoff Matchups:
Boston Bruins VS Worst Wild Card Team (8)
Pittsburgh Penguins VS 2nd Worst Wild Card Team (7)
New York Rangers VS Metropolitan Division #3
Atlantic Division #2 VS Atlantic Division #3


Poll to come shortly....

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[Inferno]

Assuming Bishop is the real deal, id say Tampa will runaway with this one.

 

[mti79]

Montreal was in the ECF with us last year. They are a team to watch out for.

 

[Thirty One]

Lightning.

 

[Calad]

Montreal was in the ECF with us last year. They are a team to watch out for.

Tampa had a much better offseason and montreal has 1 more year playing under Therrien, I feel thats a reasonable negative as his system and his attitude tends to wear on players, kinda like torts lite.

 

[aufheben]

**** Montreal. I agree with Calad; That guy was such a clown.

 

[Net Front Presence]

Tampa Bay

 

[darko]

Tampa.

 

[pld459666]

My top three are (in no order) Bos, Pitt Tampa

I believe with a new HC known for a solid defensive system now with good offensive weapons and a significant up grade at defence and a full year of Kuznetsov, the Capitals are back in the PO picture in a big way.

I think the Rangers are going to be somewhere in the 6-8 range again

 

[eco's bones]

I'll go with Tampa Bay--but I have to say that if the Bluejackets get Ryan Johansen back in the fold I think they're going to be a team that surprises a lot of people.