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1) Philadelphia - nothing more to add than what's already been said at this point. This team is on fire right now.
2) St Louis - Always a consistantly good team but their goaltending over the past few years has been their downfall. This year may be different. Ozzie looks great so far and and you can actually see his confidence growing with each game he plays. They're tied with Detriot in the Central and only 3 points back from Vancouver for the lead in the West despite playing 3 less games, the injury to MacInnis and early suspentions to Weight and Tkuchuk.
3) Atlanta - They're still riding the emotional wave caused by the death of Dan Snyder. Bob Hartley has done an excellent job of focusing that emotion thus far but reality will begin to get in sooner than later. They are a much improved team over last year and playing in the Southeast Division helps but I without Heatly, I really don't see them still contending come playoff time.
4) Ottawa - I don't even know where to begin. I'll keep it short and just say that this team is capable of so much more. Big disappointment so far but they have the talent, now all they need is the direction.
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