Eric Stephens’ NHL power rankings (Feb. 26, 2018)

It is on in Tampa. And in Nashville. Heck, even in Las Vegas and, gasp, Winnipeg.
Monday’s NHL trade deadline had general managers of many teams in that one-foot-in, one-foot-out battle for playoff spots balking at the high prices for the best available talent that was on the block. And that’s understandable.
It is a league built for parity and about 20 teams seem to bounce between looking very good for two or three games and then being quite bad for two or three. Or even game to gam