Happy near-hockey-camp time all. Thx to all the “tier” posters for the coming season - great info.
Which leads me to a question - anyone else find it a little odd that the Avs are still considered tier 2? Cup winner 2022, playoffs last season, and some decent off-season moves this summer.
The NHL is not a stars league like the NBA is so the team in general doesn't matter except for rivals and maybe O6. What will matter is weekend vs weekday and holidays (tourists). A monday game in Feb against the Avs isn't going to get many casual fans excited.
The tier 5 games are:
Boston the saturday after thanksgiving
Oilers the friday before xmas
Caps the wednesday between xmas and NYE
Caps the sunday before mlk day
Isles sunday on st pattys day
Isles last home saturday of season
The last one is a bit puzzling.