NHL weekend rankings: Avs, Blues, a new bottom team, and we were all so wrong

We’re over a month in the NHL season, just days away from US Thanksgiving. Are you ready to admit you were wrong?

I am. When it came to predicting how the 2024-25 season would play out, I was very wrong. I almost always am. I’m bad at this, and you should not trust anything I say about anything.

But you’re bad at it too, and I have proof. For the last few years, we’ve had the prediction contest as a permanent record of where the general preseason consensus was among hockey fans, or at least my readers. And one month into this season… woof, you guys are looking bad.

So before we get to my rankings, which will be wrong, let’s humble the howling mob with a look back at five key developments you totally whiffed on.

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