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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Ben Pope

2022-23 NHL predictions: Central Division features league’s best, worst in Avalanche, Blackhawks

Cale Makar and Gabriel Landeskog are part of the core that makes the Avalanche the NHL’s preseason favorites yet again. (AP Photos)

The Pacific is volatile, the Metropolitan is unpredictable and the Atlantic is stacked, but no division features as massive a gap between its best and worst teams as the Central.

On one end of the spectrum sit the Avalanche, fresh off one of the most dominant Stanley Cup runs in recent history, and the Wild, a burgeoning title contender in their own right.

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