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NHL Power Rankings: Stanley Cup Champion Lightning All Alone at the Top

It was an especially busy week in a remarkably busy season.

The NHL saw another coaching change, welcomed back a superstar after a leave of absence and agreed to a massive television deal that brings ESPN back into the hockey business for the first time since 2005.

Oh, and a lot of teams played a lot of games, too.

That was the main focus of the B/R ice hockey collective as it convened for a weekly debate and compilation of new bottom-to-top power rankings. Significant upheaval remained the rule, with a new occupant at the top, some shifting just above the bottom and several in-betweens seeing dramatic rises or falls.