you're counting Carolina, who are stats darlings but aren't very good. That's a circular argument.
Vegas hasn't been one of the best teams in the league this year (yet). Neither have the Pens. And SJ has been maybe in the 10-15 range, but not elite (ranked 2nd).
I think most people would agree that the best teams this year (so far) have been:
NAS
TB
TOR
COL
WAS
WPG
then maybe
BUF
CAL
MIN
BOS
Two of the top 3, and 5 of the top 6 missing.
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