The NHL is back to its old divisions this year, with the Coyotes shifting to the Central just to make sure we’re all confused. I don’t want to confuse anyone, so I’m going to stick with my traditional four groups for my annual attempt at figuring out who’ll end up where. That means we’ll have eight teams each representing the bottom-feeders, the middle-of-the-pack, the real contenders, and then a bonus division of teams I just can’t figure out.
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