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My newest hot take on how the Pacific Division will pan out this season....
I looked at all the current rosters on capfriendly.com for the 8 teams in the Pacific Division and ranked them looking at their current rosters based on their forwards, dmen and goaltending.
These ranks are my subjective opinions (obviously) of where each team is RIGHT NOW... barring any other further roster moves before the season begins (which of course will happen and these rankings could and will possibly change)... but anyway on to my current ranks and hot takes...
I ranked each category for each team "optimistically"... taking into account player performances from last season plus some young players that are coming up the ranks for each team that may have shown reasonably well at the NHL in their cups of coffee/short stints.
I'll be updating this during the summer as teams add/subtract from their rosters and final opening day rosters begin to take shape.
I've now also added my "hot take" looks at the other divisions as well across the NHL and have taken that into account as to how that likely impacts the Pacific Division rankings as well.
So on to the ranks...
Pacific Division
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[/TBODY]One more BOLD hot take look at the projected Overall NHL standings (and again this still could be subject to change as the rosters take shape throughout the summer)...
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[/TBODY]So there you have it... cancel your Sportsnet/NHL TV hockey season package as you already know the Pacific division season results as well as the standings for the rest of the divisions and overall for the league as well and tune in to the playoffs in May when the real action begins. 
Flame away at all those ranks if you like or better yet man up and post your own ranks and take a stand instead of just throwing out whiny, bitchy complaints and criticisms at others that actually put it on the line and make predictions.
I looked at all the current rosters on capfriendly.com for the 8 teams in the Pacific Division and ranked them looking at their current rosters based on their forwards, dmen and goaltending.
These ranks are my subjective opinions (obviously) of where each team is RIGHT NOW... barring any other further roster moves before the season begins (which of course will happen and these rankings could and will possibly change)... but anyway on to my current ranks and hot takes...
I ranked each category for each team "optimistically"... taking into account player performances from last season plus some young players that are coming up the ranks for each team that may have shown reasonably well at the NHL in their cups of coffee/short stints.
I'll be updating this during the summer as teams add/subtract from their rosters and final opening day rosters begin to take shape.
I've now also added my "hot take" looks at the other divisions as well across the NHL and have taken that into account as to how that likely impacts the Pacific Division rankings as well.
So on to the ranks...
Pacific Division
| Team | Forwards rank | Dmen rank | Goalies rank | Goals Differential | Overall division rank |
| Golden Knights | 2 | 1 | 3 | +52 | 1 |
| Oilers | 1 | 4 | 2 | +35 | 2 |
| Canucks | 3 | 3 | 5 | +17 | 3 |
| Kraken | 6 | 2 | 1 | +7 | 4 |
| Flames | 4 | 7 | 6 | -27 | 5 |
| Kings | 5 | 6 | 7 | -36 | 6 |
| Ducks | 7 | 5 | 8 | -52 | 7 |
| Sharks | 8 | 8 | 4 | -67 | 8 |
| Team | Forwards rank | Dmen rank | Goalies rank | Goals Differential | Overall division rank |
| Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 1 | +82 | 1 |
| Stars | 2 | 4 | 7 | +14 | 2 |
| Jets | 6 | 3 | 3 | +14 | 3 |
| Blues | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| Wild | 4 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| Blackhawks | 5 | 8 | 2 | -9 | 6 |
| Predators | 7 | 5 | 6 | -16 | 7 |
| Coyotes | 8 | 2 | 8 | -36 | 8 |
| Team | Forwards rank | Dmen rank | Goalies rank | Goals Differential | Overall division rank |
| Rangers | 2 | 7 | 1 | +25 | 1 |
| Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | +24 | 2 |
| Hurricanes | 1 | 8 | 5 | +18 | 3 |
| Islanders | 5 | 6 | 3 | +11 | 4 |
| Penguins | 7 | 1 | 4 | +10 | 5 |
| Flyers | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| Blue Jackets | 6 | 4 | 6 | -14 | 7 |
| Devils | 8 | 3 | 7 | -45 | 8 |
| Team | Forwards rank | Dmen rank | Goalies rank | Goals Differential | Overall division rank |
| Bruins | 1 | 4 | 1 | +58 | 1 |
| Lightning | 2 | 2 | 3 | +46 | 2 |
| Panthers | 3 | 1 | 4 | +39 | 3 |
| Maple Leafs | 4 | 3 | 2 | +32 | 4 |
| Canadiens | 5 | 8 | 6 | -19 | 5 |
| Red Wings | 6 | 7 | 5 | -26 | 6 |
| Senators | 7 | 5 | 7 | -52 | 7 |
| Sabres | 8 | 6 | 8 | -83 | 8 |
| Team | Overall NHL Rank |
| Avalanche | 1 |
| Bruins | 2 |
| Golden Knights | 3 |
| Lightning | 4 |
| Panthers | 5 |
| Oilers | 6 |
| Maple Leafs | 7 |
| Rangers | 8 |
| Capitals | 9 |
| Hurricanes | 10 |
| Canucks | 11 |
| Stars | 12 |
| Jets | 13 |
| Islanders | 14 |
| Penguins | 15 |
| Kraken | 16 |
| Blues | 17 |
| Wild | 18 |
| Flyers | 19 |
| Blackhawks | 20 |
| Blue Jackets | 21 |
| Predators | 22 |
| Canadiens | 23 |
| Red Wings | 24 |
| Flames | 25 |
| Kings | 26 |
| Coyotes | 27 |
| Devils | 28 |
| Senators | 29 |
| Ducks | 30 |
| Sharks | 31 |
| Sabres | 32 |
Flame away at all those ranks if you like or better yet man up and post your own ranks and take a stand instead of just throwing out whiny, bitchy complaints and criticisms at others that actually put it on the line and make predictions.
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