Rank the divisions

[Canadienna]

How would you rank the divisions in terms of toughest to make the playoffs to easiest?

My rankings

East
Canadian
Central
West

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[Tairy Greene]

central
east
nort
west

 

[leafsfan2point0]

East
North
Central
West

 

[Advanced stats]

We're going to be having this discussion all year.

"X division is so much better than Y Division"

Problem is there will be no way to prove anything.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I just noticed that the divisions cross over west and east. So in theory we can get Toronto-Carolina in the final. Interesting.

 

[UseYourHedman]

East
Central
West
North (Would be above west, but only 7 teams makes it easier)

 

[Fisticuffer]

East
North
Central
West

 

[Karl Eriksson]

East
North
West
Central

 

[HabsDood]

The deepest Canadian team is winning the cup in '21

 

[GM Armchair]

East
North
West
Central

 

[Hunter368]

I'll go

East
Central
North
West

 

[Chips]

East, Central, West, North


**Edit: Actually, Most likely

1. East
2. West
3. Central
4. north


Based on both paper rosters, and history. Like, people have hyped the leafs and Canadian teams every year. *ignored injuries. May edit again lol. Feel free to specifically disagree with me based on injury/surgeries and I’ll adjust.

I like some of their acquisitions but I’ll wait til I see it.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

East

North
Central
West

 

[2Pair]

Not sure how anyone has the North ahead of the west? Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas are all better than any of the Canadian teams

 

[HugoSimon]

My guess is whatever it is now, it'll be completely flipped in a months time.

You can't predict this season. There's been far too much of a gap between now and last year.

Ignoring physical atrophy and skill atrophy, mental health is far too much of a factor.

Teams are so built on cohesion and a desire to win. A handful of games will throw the season.

Depression and pro hockey are not things that work well together.

Players are use to summer long gaps in play, but with 10 months of uncertainty I can imagine you'll see a ton of people completely out of sorts.

Alternatively some teams will have major recoveries, because a brake was needed.

 

[jkrdevil]

East
West
Central
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North

The North is by far the weakest division. First, mathematically it provides the easiest path to the playoffs. Secondly, it is Toronto and a batch of bad teams. Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary all had inflated records last year from playing in a weak division.

 

[LakeLivin]

Not sure how anyone has the North ahead of the west? Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas are all better than any of the Canadian teams

Probably a different perspective with regard to weighting the Divisions than yours. I'm guessing some ding the West more for their 3 "bad" teams than they credit it for the 3 very good teams. North only has Ottawa that was bad last year.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

My ranking:
East
North
Central
West

The top end teams in the Central and West division are better overall than the North division. However, the team are closer together in the North division which make it more competitive since the other two divisions are more lopsided.

 

[Mike Liut]

Not sure how anyone has the North ahead of the west? Colorado, St. Louis, and Vegas are all better than any of the Canadian teams

3 of the top 6 teams in the NHL

 

[Team Cozens]

East
West
Central
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North

The North is by far the weakest division. First, mathematically it provides the easiest path to the playoffs. Secondly, it is Toronto and a batch of bad teams. Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary all had inflated records last year from playing in a weak division.

This.

 

[RememberTheName]

East
Central


-Big Gap-


West


-Even Bigger Gap-


North

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

East
West
North
Central

 

[Lobodomy]

So in theory we can get Toronto-Carolina in the final.

Two teams I hate the most, lovely. I would probably kill myself if that happens.

 

[HolyCrap]

Two teams I hate the most, lovely. I would probably kill myself if that happens.

Here’s to looking forward to that happening. Lol.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Two teams I hate the most, lovely. I would probably kill myself if that happens.

How is Carolina one of the two most hated teams for anyone?