NHL Power Rankings: Bleacher Report Experts' Week 9 Poll

As the NHL calendar readies to turn to the final month of 2015, we still hold these truths to be self evident: the group that got off to great starts on this season have, for the most part, been able to maintain them. Dallas, Montreal, the Rangers, St. Louis - they all started the season well and not a whole lot has changed as we enter December.

But none of them is the NEW NUMBER ONE TEAM that we have for this week!

Other teams who started poorly - Los Angeles, Anaheim, Columbus - have improved, some more than others. It's still early, though, and my old theory of hockey is that the very best teams don't start to get serious until after Christmas. So, we still have some time before that…