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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Voted Montreal as the top Canadian Team, simply because they feast in the East.
Calgary has Kings, Sharks and Ducks to contend with in their own division, plus the Central which is by far the toughest division. Can't put Winnipeg in there either, because they are in the Central.
Now, which team is better? I would say Calgary is better than Montreal, and Calgary and Winnipeg are in a pretty close spot relative to one another. Calgary by a hair as the best Canadian Team, but Montreal will get the most points.
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Ranking based on Points
Montreal
Calgary
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Edmonton
Toronto
Ranking Based on actual team strength:
Calgary
Winnipeg
Montreal
Ottawa
Vancouver
Edmonton
Toronto
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Just based on last year the Flames, Canucks and Ducks had inflated points because they played a lot of their Games against the Oilers / Yotes.
Pretty simple to rank divisions.
Average point of teams in the Division:
Central 99.4
Metropolitan : 91.8
Atlantic: 90.8
Pacific: 87
Pretty sure that it wouldn't take a lot of mathematics to show that that the 2014-15 Flames and Canucks do not make the Playoffs if either team was in the Central and Dallas and Colorado do make the playoffs playing out of the Pacific.
That was last year. If Edmonton and/or Arizona were to move into the ranks of the competitive teams then the Flames have to play a lot better to maintain their 97 pts.
The other thing that both the Jets and Flames and Predators have to contend with is being a playoff team rather than a team in the McDavid lottery as they were at the start of last year. A lot less backup goalies this coming season.