Read this to learn more about how these projections work and this to understand the uncertainty each projection carries.



Last season’s Edmonton Oilers were one of the most colossally disappointing teams the NHL has seen in years. After a run to the second round in the season prior, the team was pegged as a Stanley Cup contender and the team to beat in the West. Having the best player in the world will do that to a team’s expectations, but as we all learned last season, it takes more than a single player to go anywhere in this league.



That the Oilers didn’t live up to the hype shouldn’t have been all that surprising. In a sport where the range of outcomes are wide and the margin for error is low, it’s to be expected that a few highly regarded teams will underachieve every year and there were many signs suggesting the Oilers could be one of them. Still, no one, not even the most pessimistic, could’ve foreseen the epic collapse that...