Pittsburgh Penguins Offseason – Metro Division Early Offseason Power Rankings
By Mike Necciai
It seems that the Metro is the most improved division in the NHL, as the Pittsburgh Penguins and their rivals continue to load up with top-tier talent.
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While a few of the teams within the Metropolitan division remain stagnant, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Washington Capitals are loading up with high-profile, impact wingers. As far as the teams that aren’t very active, a few of them feel as if they’re in good shape for next season. And, considering their success last year, they may be right.
It’s obviously extremely early in the summer. But we’ve now concluded day two of free agency and most of the true impact players available have found homes. As expected from an offseason that saw a weaker than usual free agent class, trades were occurring throughout the league and we witnessed a ton of names change logos.
I enjoy doing an early power ranking, and then we’ll revisit closer to the start of the regular season to see what has changed. There will be more acquisitions, roster movements, and personnel changes. But, until then, let’s see where these eight teams sit at this point.