Defending Cup champ Hurricanes start season on top of Super 16 power rankings

HERE’S HOW WE RANKED ‘EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Dallas Stars; 5. Montreal Canadiens; 6. Vegas Golden Knights; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Utah Mammoth; 10. Buffalo Sabres; 11. Edmonton Oilers; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. San Jose Sharks

JEAN-FRANCOIS CHAUMONT

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Minnesota Wild; 6. Montreal Canadiens; 7. Vegas Golden Knights; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Utah Mammoth; 11. Buffalo Sabres; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. New York Islanders

NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA

1. Florida Panthers; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Colorado Avalanche; 5. Montreal Canadiens; 6. Buffalo Sabres; 7. Anaheim Ducks; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Dallas Stars; 10. Philadelphia Flyers; 11. Edmonton Oilers; 12. Utah Mammoth; 13. Tampa Bay Lightning; 14. Pittsburgh Penguins; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Ottawa Senators

TOM GULITTI

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Vegas Golden Knights; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Buffalo Sabres; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. Montreal Canadiens; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Utah Mammoth; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. New Jersey Devils; 16. Ottawa Senators

PAUL JANNACE

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Montreal Canadiens; 5. Minnesota Wild; 6. Vegas Golden Knights; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. Florida Panthers; 9. Buffalo Sabres; 10. Edmonton Oilers; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Utah Mammoth; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Pittsburgh Penguins; 16. San Jose Sharks

ADAM KIMELMAN

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Buffalo Sabres; 5. Vegas Golden Knights; 6. Tampa Bay Lightning; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Montreal Canadiens; 9. Utah Mammoth; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Florida Panthers; 12. Philadelphia Flyers; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. San Jose Sharks; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Anaheim Ducks

JON LANE

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Dallas Stars; 5. Buffalo Sabres; 6. Montreal Canadiens; 7. Vegas Golden Knights; 8. Edmonton Oilers; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Tampa Bay Lightning; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Utah Mammoth; 13. Ottawa Senators; 14. Philadelphia Flyers; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. San Jose Sharks

MIKE G. MORREALE

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Vegas Golden Knights; 5. Montreal Canadiens; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. Dallas Stars; 9. Buffalo Sabres; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Edmonton Oilers; 12. Utah Mammoth; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Philadelphia Flyers; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. San Jose Sharks

TRACEY MYERS 

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Montreal Canadiens; 5. Buffalo Sabres; 6. Vegas Golden Knights; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. Philadelphia Flyers; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Florida Panthers; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Utah Mammoth; 14. San Jose Sharks; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Edmonton Oilers

SHAWN P. ROARKE

1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Dallas Stars; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Minnesota Wild; 6. Tampa Bay Lightning; 7. Montreal Canadiens; 8. Vegas Golden Knights; 9. Anaheim Ducks; 10. Buffalo Sabres; 11. Philadelphia Flyers; 12. Utah Mammoth; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. New Jersey Devils; 16. San Jose Sharks

DAN ROSEN

1. Montreal Canadiens; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Minnesota Wild; 6. Vegas Golden Knights; 7. Dallas Stars; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Utah Mammoth; 11. Buffalo Sabres; 12. Edmonton Oilers; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. San Jose Sharks

DAVID SATRIANO

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Vegas Golden Knights; 6. Buffalo Sabres; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Florida Panthers; 9. Montreal Canadiens; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. Edmonton Oilers; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Philadelphia Flyers; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Utah Mammoth

PAUL STRIZHEVSKY

1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Dallas Stars; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Buffalo Sabres; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Montreal Canadiens; 9. Anaheim Ducks; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Edmonton Oilers; 13. Florida Panthers; 14. New Jersey Devils; 15. Ottawa Senators; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins

DEREK VAN DIEST

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Montreal Canadiens; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Buffalo Sabres; 9. Edmonton Oilers; 10. Boston Bruins; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. Anaheim Ducks; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Utah Mammoth; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins

MIKE ZEISBERGER

1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Vegas Golden Knights; 6. Montreal Canadiens; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Edmonton Oilers; 10. Utah Mammoth; 11. Minnesota Wild; 12. Buffalo Sabres; 13. San Jose Sharks; 14. Toronto Maple Leafs; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Boston Bruins