NHL Power Rankings Shock: Early Surprises That Turned the Season Upside Down
11. Tampa Bay Lightning, 1-2-1
Sean: 13
Dom: 12
WRONG: Tampa Bay’s top end is unstoppable.
Everyone’s washed! That’s a joke. We will gently note, though, that Andrei Vasilevskiy is at .870 with a negative GSAx and missed most of training camp.
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12. Florida Panthers, 3-3-0
Sean: 14
Dom: 11
WRONG: We’re about to find out whether the Panthers get 53-point Bennett or Playoff Bennett with Barkov out.
Turns out there was a secret third option that we didn’t even consider! Calgary Sam Bennett.
If regular-season Bennett is a $6 million player, playoff Bennett is a $10 million player, the Panthers were getting a pretty nice deal when it mattered. The version from the team’s first six games, though? He’s been bad enough — one point in six games, outscored 9-1 (!) at five-on-five — that he might owe the Panthers some money back.
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