Buffalo’s Surprising Edge: What Early NHL Weekend Rankings Reveal—and What They Conceal
And yes, that means your favorite team can win a few games against contenders and not immediately rocket past them in the rankings. I know that’s very upsetting for some of you, but we have resources available in the comment section to help you work through your feelings. (Those resources are other commenters, who will make fun of you.)
It also means this is way too early to be ranking much of anything, because not enough has happened to really alter our preseason predictions. That’s never stopped us before, and it won’t stop us today. Maybe it will backfire — last year’s first rankings had the New York Rangers in the top five. Maybe we’ll be a bit too slow to catch on to teams like last year’s Washington Capitals or Winnipeg Jets, or a surprise team like the Montreal Canadiens.
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