I am sure all of you, especially Greg, have been waiting to hear from the Stars GM to tell you who is going to be good this year.  His magic formaula has been applied to the ratings and here are the results!

What?! Maple Leafs are #2?!  This can't be legit, but think about what just happened in FA...Garrett has acquired the second best goalie in the league, so he has jumped a ton to be near the top.  The goalies, Rask and Khudobin, are so much better than the remaining goalies, they have catapulted the Briuns and the Leafs.  Now my rankings formula shows that Bruins by a FAR margin are the best team, so the Leafs are no where near the same league as them, but they have become the best of the 2nd tier.

Greg has done a phenomenal job of retooling and now is the team to beat.  I think they can crown the cup winner at this point.

As previously said, the Leafs are slightly better than the other teams in the 2nd tier, the Oilers, Islanders, Stars, and Avalanche.  Seems like there will be a battle for the West title and in the East a battle to play the Bruins to get crushed.

The West still has a lot more teams in contention, so many teams will be near the playoff team bubble.  Any big injury can make a team slide right out of contention.

East will have a few teams way at the top with all the tanking teams.  Until the playoffs come, there will not be much intrigue with 7 of 8 teams at the bottom of the rankings.

CAN YOU DIIIIIIG IT?!?!?!?!