Ok, so I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict the regular season standings before the season actually starts (particulalrly the teams who'll actually make the playoffs). Here we go!
EAST:
1) Pittsburgh*
2) Montreal*
3) Washington*
4) NY Rangers
5) New Jersey
6) Philadelphia
7) Ottawa
8) Tampa Bay
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9) Boston
10) Buffalo
11) Carolina
12) Toronto
13) NY Islanders
14) Florida
15) Atlanta
WEST:
1) Detriot*
2) San Jose*
3) Minnesota*
4) Dallas
5) Anaheim
6) Calgary
7) Edmonton
8) Chicago
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9) Phoenix
10) Nashville
11) Vancouver
12) Colorado
13) Colombus
14) St Louis
15) Los Angeles
* denotes divisional winners