By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman
The fifth annual NHL Player Tiers are here and we’ve upped the ante.
This year we’ve cooked up a list of the top 150 players in the league separated into five groups: the MVP cornerstones, the franchise pillars, the All-Star candidates, the bona fide stars and the elite support. That’s one new tier and 25 extra players from last year — plus one new position. That’s right — we’ve included goalies… for better or worse.
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For those new here, this isn’t your typical ranking because it isn’t really a ranking. It’s a hierarchy, one where grouping players together is the primary feature and meant to celebrate exactly how
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