Rank the divisions

[The Winter Soldier]

Someone is liking my posts from this thread. Thanks, I had a good chuckle at some of those earlier posts that did not age well that said Pittsburg was a bad team. Isles will have their hands full against the first seed Penguins from the tough East. Should be a great series.

 

[Chabot84]

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

My rankings

East
Canadian
Central
West

North takes the cup this year imo

either Toronto or Edmonton

 

[Canadienna]

Player, singular.

Also, it is hilarious how Toronto was on pace for over 100pts last season after the coaching change, which would have landed them in 7th, ahead of Pit, Vgk, Car, Dal, they must have ungodly offense if they can make up for having no defense.

I agree. I think it's become something people say about the North Division, that has some validity but not near what some are claiming.

Also, we all assume that this quote is from Drew Doughty right?

 

[P10p]

East

Central
West

North

 

[Chips]

North takes the cup this year imo

either Toronto or Edmonton

Toronto is the only north team resembling full depth at every position. Idc how talented McDavid and Drais are, carrying a team through the playoffs isn’t the same as regular season (hot goalie being the exception). That teams not there yet

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Someone is liking my posts from this thread. Thanks, I had a good chuckle at some of those earlier posts that did not age well that said Pittsburg was a bad team. Isles will have their hands full against the first seed Penguins from the tough East. Should be a great series.

Isles are just lucky those powerhouse Sabres didn't make the playoffs instead of the Pens, like some folks predicted.

 

[radapex]

Taking a quantitative approach, 6 of the top 9 teams in overall standings (it matters, as it decides the draft position) are coming from the West and the Central, 2 from the East and only Toronto from the North. The best 2 teams are from the West. Consequently:
West
Central
East
North

On the flip side, the #4 team in the East (NYI) finished with 7 more points than the #4 team in the Central (NSH), 8 more than the #4 team in the West (STL), and 12 more than the #4 team in the North (MTL).

 

[nowhereman]

North takes the cup this year imo

either Toronto or Edmonton

Both of those teams would be embarrassed against a true contender.

 

[Sypher04]

Both of those teams would be embarrassed against a true contender.

I think what's embarrassing is stupid opinions like this one in your post.

The Leafs took the Stanley Cup contending Bruins to back to back game 7s
And that was when they were younger, less experienced, lacked depth they have now and hadn't yet learned how to defend

I think it's fair to comment that a team like Colorado, Vegas or Tampa would be favoured to win vs Toronto, but should it come to fruition, it's most certainly not going to be the one sided affair people like to claim.

 

[Spirits]

East
West
Central
AHL, I mean North

 

[Spirits]

Both of those teams would be embarrassed against a true contender.

For real.

 

[Chabot84]

I think what's embarrassing is stupid opinions like this one in your post.

The Leafs took the Stanley Cup contending Bruins to back to back game 7s
And that was when they were younger, less experienced, lacked depth they have now and hadn't yet learned how to defend

I think it's fair to comment that a team like Colorado, Vegas or Tampa would be favoured to win vs Toronto, but should it come to fruition, it's most certainly not going to be the one sided affair people like to claim.

not much point in even posting on these boards I’m slowly realizing. North will be in the conference finals that’s a guarantee. I’m hoping they make the SCF as then months and months of posts and agendas here will instantly be rotten.

 

[snag]

not much point in even posting on these boards I’m slowly realizing. North will be in the conference finals that’s a guarantee. I’m hoping they make the SCF as then months and months of posts and agendas here will instantly be rotten.

And excuses will be aplenty.

 

[Hollywood3]

On the flip side, the #4 team in the East (NYI) finished with 7 more points than the #4 team in the Central (NSH), 8 more than the #4 team in the West (STL), and 12 more than the #4 team in the North (MTL).

There was no interlocking play so cross-sectional analysis of this type is meaningless.