NHL All-In Power Rankings: Bottom Five

There are a lot of NHL teams in win-now mode these days. Last Saturday, we looked at five teams who are the most committed to winning the Stanley Cup.

Anaheim Ducks are in the bottom five in NHL All-In Power Rankings. They have a lot of young prospects and a stockpile of future assets. But they are rebuilding and they made some all-in moves during the off-season. They are not a good team. The team is in purgatory. It's not good enough. it's bad enough for the future.

The San Jose Sharks have $29,175 in cap space. GM Mike Grier wants to sell off everything and rebuild the team. Erik Karlsson, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl are expensive players. The best option for Grieon is to try to find a way to save money. He has to deal with the contracts of the players he inherited.

Montreal Canadiens finished last in the NHL standings last season. The team has a young core and a good prospect pipeline. They have a lot of cap space and they have the draft cupboard stocked with high picks. They could sell off players at the deadline. Montreal is not a great team right now, but the team's future is promising.

The Chicago Blackhawks have $5,984,565 in cap space. They have first-round draft picks in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The Blackhawks underwent a major roster purge in the summer. They sold Brandon Hagel, Marc-Andre Fleury, Ryan Carpenter, Alex DeBrincat and Kirby Dach for draft choices.

Arizona Coyotes have a cap space of $17.5 million. They have first-round picks in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The Arizona Coyotes have nearly $18 million in cap space and a maximum 23-player roster. They have a lot of draft capital, including three first-round picks, seven second-rounder picks and eight third- and fourth-year prospects. The average age of their positional group is among the youngest in the league. Most players over the age 25 are set to come off the books within the next two years. GM Bill Armstrong will probably sell off expiring assets at the trade deadline for another haul of picks.