Top Teams and Players: The Oilers, the Golden Knights
Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Leon Draisaitl, Mitch Marner, Macklin Celebrini
Bottom Dwellers: The Sharks, the Kraken, the Flames
Reason for Ranking: Look, it’s tough to rank a division featuring the best player in the world and a buzzing Golden Knights team in last. But this is about the strength of the entire division, and the bottom feeders and the middle of the pack really drag the Pacific down overall.
They’ve got the Sharks, who had the fewest points in the entire league last season, the Kraken, who keep trending down, the Flame,s who are expected to take a big step back after a surprising playoff push last year, and the Ducks who are expected to climb a few more spots at least — but even then, playoffs aren’t expected. Then there’s the general uncertainty surrounding the Canucks after losing JT Miller and Pius Suter, as well as the Kings’ underwhelming offseason performance.
Things aren’t moving in the right direction in the Pacific as a whole.
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