Out of boredom I did something similar. But stats driven. These are using last years stats, so changes in players and Vegas are not included.
Top 10 are green, bottom 10 are red.
And now sorted by rank
If you want to see the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EXmDjZFzqdsQiLzu5flwSBXVtBD8AXEB_ixGfXE2Xj8/edit?usp=sharing
To get the data I ranked each team in 5 categories from last years stats, averaged the rank, then ranked based on that average. The categories are as follows:
Offense - GF60, SF60, FF60, CF60, Sh%
Defense - GA60, SA60, FA60, CA60, Sv%
Goaltending - All Sv%, 4v5 SH Sv%, 5v5 tied Sv%, 5v5 Close Zone Adj Sv%, GA60
Notes:
It clearly shows that stats aren't everything. Or maybe that the stats I chose don't do a perfect job representing how teams will do. For example, LAK was ranked 9th overall and 2nd defensively, but they didn't even make the playoffs. Or Ottawa which is 21 on my list but were 12th in the standings last season. And the Cup winning Penguins are 11th.
That said, it is fairly accurate, with a correlation coefficient of 0.845.