Welcome to the last Weekend Rankings of the 2024-25 season.
Longtime readers know what that means: You’re getting a Top 16 instead of a Top 5, with every playoff team ranked. We’ll also check in on what the Gold Plan standings would be looking like in the Bottom 5, and we’ll even make a few oddly specific predictions.
When the schedule first came out, I was a little bit nervous about having the season end on a Thursday, since that meant the last rankings would come out when each team still had a game or two left. What if there was a furious race down to the wire, and I couldn’t do a Top 16 because there were 20 or more teams still battling it out for the final spots?
Luckily, the NHL heard my concerns and responded accordingly, delivering an absolute dud of a late-season race in which we basically already know all the playoff teams and most of the matchups. Yay?
We’ll get to the rankings in a bit. But first, let’s make five oddly specific predictions...
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This weekend's NHL standings are really interesting with a full Top 16 and unique predictions, although Retro Bowl the season ends a bit "bland" with most of the playoff spots already decided early.
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