Lol at people mentioning the Atlantics weak teams but forgetting that Phoenix’s AHL team is in a playoff spot.
If the Kings, Ducks, Oilers, or Nucks were in the Atlantic they’d likely all be worse record wise than everyone but Ottawa.
The East has the best contenders and has had them for 3 years now. The West had an expansion team run through their best in the playoffs last year. I am not being facetious when I say I legitimately believe that the GK would have lost to Pittsburgh, Tampa, Boston, Toronto and probably Columbus last year. I just dont see a scenario where they’d beat any of them. West was best for a long time but the East is objectively better by the West now, and it’s not really close. They win more head to heads and have many more top teams.