It’s been an eventful three weeks since we last updated the NHL power rankings here at Bleacher Report, but with the holidays behind us, our panel of hockey writers reconvened to take a look around the league.
The timing is excellent. The Columbus Blue Jackets were dominant over the interim, pushing their franchise-record winning streak to 16 games but came back to earth this week with a pair of losses. The end of that run has reopened the conversation as to which team is the best in the league, though with one or two possible exceptions, that discussion is largely confined to the murderer’s row at the top of the Metropolitan Division.
It isn’t just at the top that there’s serious debate over which team is best. Playoff battles are starting to come into focus around the league as we enter the back half of the year. For teams on the cusp of a postseason berth, every week matters.
In the East, there are around seven teams competing for three playoff spots, with just four clubs inhabiting the conference basement. In the West, two teams are out of the race, and every other club can make an argument that it has a shot at t ...
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