[The Athletic] The Athletic’s 2024 ‘salary-cap era’ NHL franchise rankings
July 29, 2024
[The Athletic] The Athletic’s 2024 ‘salary-cap era’ NHL franchise rankings
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It’s paywalled bud.
The Lightning should not be ahead of the Blackhawks. I don’t care that they lost two SCF series. The Hawks won 3 in 6 and had 2 WCF appearances in a 7 year span.
Tampa beat a #12 seed in the SCF and a nothing Dallas team. They had to play the Islanders in the ECF both years too. They didn’t beat any great teams and got spanked by Colorado, an actual great team, in 2022
1. Pittsburgh Penguins 2. Tampa Bay Lightning 3. Chicago Blackhawks 4. Boston Bruins 5. Los Angeles Kings
T-6. Anaheim Ducks
T-6. Detroit Red Wings
T-6. New York Rangers
9. Washington Capitals
T-10. Carolina Hurricanes
T-10. Vegas Golden Knights
T-12. San Jose Sharks
T-12. St. Louis Blues
T-14. Colorado Avalanche
T-14. Florida Panthers
16. Dallas Stars
T-17. Montreal Canadiens
T-17. Nashville Predators
19. Edmonton Oilers
20. Philadelphia Flyers
21. Ottawa Senators
T-22. New York Islanders
T-22. Vancouver Canucks
T-24. Minnesota Wild
T-24. New Jersey Devils
26. Winnipeg Jets
T-27. Calgary Flames
T-27. Toronto Maple Leafs
29. Buffalo Sabres
T-30. Columbus Blue Jackets
T-30. Utah Hockey Club
32. Seattle Kraken
That 2007 Ducks team was pretty strong. Burke really put something special together with that one.
4 comments
It’s paywalled bud.
The Lightning should not be ahead of the Blackhawks. I don’t care that they lost two SCF series. The Hawks won 3 in 6 and had 2 WCF appearances in a 7 year span.
Tampa beat a #12 seed in the SCF and a nothing Dallas team. They had to play the Islanders in the ECF both years too. They didn’t beat any great teams and got spanked by Colorado, an actual great team, in 2022
1. Pittsburgh Penguins
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. Chicago Blackhawks
4. Boston Bruins
5. Los Angeles Kings
T-6. Anaheim Ducks
T-6. Detroit Red Wings
T-6. New York Rangers
9. Washington Capitals
T-10. Carolina Hurricanes
T-10. Vegas Golden Knights
T-12. San Jose Sharks
T-12. St. Louis Blues
T-14. Colorado Avalanche
T-14. Florida Panthers
16. Dallas Stars
T-17. Montreal Canadiens
T-17. Nashville Predators
19. Edmonton Oilers
20. Philadelphia Flyers
21. Ottawa Senators
T-22. New York Islanders
T-22. Vancouver Canucks
T-24. Minnesota Wild
T-24. New Jersey Devils
26. Winnipeg Jets
T-27. Calgary Flames
T-27. Toronto Maple Leafs
29. Buffalo Sabres
T-30. Columbus Blue Jackets
T-30. Utah Hockey Club
32. Seattle Kraken
That 2007 Ducks team was pretty strong. Burke really put something special together with that one.