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Contents hide NHL 24 best teams ranked Who are the NHL 24 best teams?

Trying to find the NHL 24 best teams? Whether you are looking for the best team to beat your friends with, or begin your franchise mode journey, we have you covered.

Now that NHL 24 early access is here, you can get your journey to the playoffs and Stanley Cup final glory underway. The full NHL 24 release date is not far away either, and there is still time to make the most of NHL 24 Pre Orders.

See the best teams available in NHL 24 below.

NHL 24 best teams ranked

See below the best teams available to use in NHL 24, excluding the NHL Alumni Association and NHL Alumni All-Time teams that are only available in limited modes.

TeamLeagueOFFDEFGOATotalAtlantic All-StarsNHL10010097297Metropolitan All-StarsNHL1009798295Central All-StarsNHL10010094294USAInternational1009893291Pacific All-StarsNHL10010085285SwedenInternational989788283New York RangersNHL929591278CanadaInternational10010075275Carolina HurricanesNHL939488275FinlandInternational978989275Tampa Bay LightningNHL929291275Boston BruinsNHL889492274Colorado AvalancheNHL909787274New York IslandersNHL869493273Winnipeg JetsNHL929091273Dallas StarsNHL948889271Florida PanthersNHL929188271Toronto Maple LeafsNHL939186270Vegas Golden KnightsNHL919485270Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL919385269Calgary FlamesNHL899386268Nashville PredatorsNHL869389268Washington CapitalsNHL929185268Detroit Red WingsNHL928986267Edmonton OilersNHL929085267Minnesota WildNHL908988267New Jersey DevilsNHL948885267Ottawa SenatorsNHL919284267Vancouver CanucksNHL909085265Buffalo SabresNHL929280264Columbus Blue JacketsNHL909183264Seattle KrakenNHL929181264St. Louis BluesNHL919083264CzechiaInternational958781263Arizona CoyotesNHL888983260Los Angeles KingsNHL918782260Montreal CanadiensNHL898783259Philadelphia FlyersNHL878785259Anaheim DucksNHL898584258CanadaIIHF World Championship858980254San Jose SharksNHL878483254Chicago BlackhawksNHL858380248

Who are the NHL 24 best teams?

As you would expect, the best teams in the game come from the Nation Hockey League, or NHL. A handful of international teams are in the mix too, with USA, Sweden, Finland, and Canada all strong.

All the Alumni teams in the game are epic. Each is among the very best available to use. However, you can only use them in quick play game modes.

With the best player in the game, Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers are one of the best teams to use. They also have Leon Draisaitl on their roster, meaning they have the two best centers in NHL 24. Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov, Auston Matthews, and veteran Sistatic.aayyy.com/topic/dn/ey Crosby all feature in the centers list too.

Tampa Bay Lightning have one of the strongest teams too. That is in large part to their goalie, Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Russians goaltending ability is second to none as he ranks number one in the NHL 24 best goalies ratings. Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin come close, but not close enough.

Colorado Avalanche have NHL 24 cover athlete Cale Makar on their roster, and they are not short of talent. Makar is one of the best defensemen in NHL 24, alongside the likes of Roman Josi, Victor Hedman, and Charlie McAvoy.

On offense, the Dallas Stars are among the best with the likes of LW Jason Robertson on their team. Robertson’s overall rating of 92 puts him among the NHL 24 best left wings with the likes of Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk, Artemi Panarin, and Alex Ovechkin.

On the other side it is David Pastrnak who leads the NHL 24 best right wings list. The Boston Bruins star has a ovr rating of 95 this season, making the Bruins and Czechia two of the highest-rated teams available. The Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen and Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov are also among the best having been terrific last season.

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Michael Wicherek

Michael Wicherek is the Sports Editor for VideoGamer. He has over five years of experience creating content around sports games.

NHL 24

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