We’re back with our annual Tier List ranking every single team ahead of the season! Who’s your Stanley Cup Champion, and who’s picking first overall? Let us know in the comments!
0:00 Intro
1:28 Washington Capitals
3:27 Pittsburgh Penguins
5:13 Vancouver Canucks
9:30 Nashville Predators
11:15 New York Islanders
12:55 New Jersey Devils
15:00 Chicago Blackhawks
16:28 Ottawa Senators
18:20 Seattle Kraken
20:43 Edmonton Oilers
24:28 Columbus Blue Jackets
26:00 Los Angeles Kings
27:08 St Louis Blues
28:30 Florida Panthers
32:28 Buffalo Sabres
34:20 Boston Bruins
36:39 Minnesota Wild
39:12 Toronto Maple Leafs
41:50 Anaheim Ducks
45:00 Utah Mammoth
46:40 Carolina Hurricanes
47:55 Philadelphia Flyers
49:48 San Jose Sharks
51:04 Detroit Red Wings
52:45 Montreal Canadiens
54:55 Vegas Golden Knights
56:00 Colorado Avalanche
57:27 Calgary Flames
59:20 Tampa Bay Lightning
1:00:30 New York Rangers
1:02:59 Winnipeg Jets
1:04:16 Dallas Stars
22 Comments
wings are garbo.
Maple leafs will never make it past the Panthers
Detroit finally has the youth movement, this year is going to be exciting! There going to surprise some people and next year they have a lot of cap space. They didnt sign any bad contracts this offseason so they can lock up the youth core, watch out for ASP and MBN
New Jersey is overrated, they haven't done nothing since the early 2000s and I don't see next season being any different
As a Kings fan, thanks for not going too deep on the Kings. Really not excited about how this team is being built right now.
Montreal for the cup
WTF are you talking about the Flyers prospects "aren't that great" Bleacher report has them 5 Hockey Writers 8, do some research before talking they are deff rebuilding well
Damn, am i sure glad Jesse isn't the GM of Chicago. I understand wanting a win-now kind of team, but realistically I'd only want one or two big name free agents next season. We have so many prospects that I think are an AHL season away from contributing up front and we have a young, but promising D-Core of Vlasic, Rinzel, Levshunov and I haven't given up on Korchinski yet. We got a lretty damn good netminder that will keep us in games. The pieces are in the pipeline and hemmoraging our cap flexibilty is an awful move.
Carolina analysis was so dry man! 😭
SETH JARVIS literally just had a whole episode on FACEOFF but you don’t think we have STAR POWER! Let me just say your podcasts suck.
Seattle is hard to judge. They've basically got 12 middle-six forwards, and 6 2nd-pair defensemen. They can battle for a wild card spot, or they could finish bottom-two in the pacific.
Crosby has simply said this is what happens when you lose, he said clear as day he does not want to play anywhere else. Also, they are in a rebuild it is happening and has been abundantly clear now since the traded Guentzel. Acting like that remains unknown is ridiculous at this point. No they havent stripped it all down to the studs but you have never had to for a rebuild, nor have you had to do a fire sale and ship everyone out all at once. They have replaced veterans with younger players namely Koivunen, McGroarty, Tomasino, Brunicke, and Kindel and allowing them to learn under the Big 3 and there are more continuing to develop in the AHL that are expected to get chances at some point this season in Broz, Hayes, Pickering, Harding, and Murashov/ Blomqvist. That and they are still looking to shop Karlsson, Rakell, and Rust potentially but you need a dance partner to trade with even if you do want to burn it down. Now that basically any big name free agent for 2026 has signed an extension, I imagine teams looking to add will look to the penguins and make an offer that entices Dubas.
SJS is clearly tanking hard again this year, trading for contracts to remain over the cap floor after selling off players.
Flames make playoffs this year. They beat the 2027 Stanley Cup champs last night.
Oilers above panthers is a 10/10 troll
I feel like you guys only pay attention to Kings when they are playing EDM in playoffs. Kempe aint leaving, but you say "this is his last year."
Ya'll very out of touch.
Detroit fans, it's not 2008 anymore, ya suck
Canadiens have this sickness about Crosby leaving Pittsburgh. He has already stated he has no plans for leaving. His agent is a tool for even mentioning it.
preds have 1 bad season and just get completely written off
pens take aging like spoiled milk
Vegas Golden Knights
how did you put Ottawa and NJ above Minnesota?? And you say minny arent cup contenders because they havent won a series yet. Okay, how many series have those teams won? NJ has one series win and it was a few years ago and theyve been in and out of the playoffs and cant stay healthy
Minnesota is the Leafs of the West? Nah nah Jesse….that's the Jets