NHL weekend rankings: The good, the bad, and the teams I can't figure out

With three nights off last week, we didn’t have as many games as usual this week. That means that our rankings won’t move all that much from last time. And more importantly, it means fewer opportunities to learn anything new.

That’s bad news for me, because there are a handful of teams where I need all the information I can get, because I just can’t figure them out.

I’m not clueless about absolutely everyone. I know that the Avalanche are good, and that the Blackhawks are bad, and that all of this is futile because the Sabres will never lose again. But for more than a few teams, I can cram everything I think I know into my hockey fan brain and all that comes out is a shrug emoji.

I’ve narrowed the list down to five. Help me, readers, because I can’t figure these teams out.

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