Weekly Power Rankings: 10 NHL players, coaches, and GMs facing the most pressure this season

These people need to have good seasons, and need their teams to have good seasons.

Before we dive into this week’s Weekly Power Rankings, a quick note: I have added another freelance writing job to my stable of freelance writing jobs and will be contributing some weekly NHL content to Bleacher Report’s NHL coverage for the 2022-23 season.

You can read my first entry here.

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In this week’s edition of the Weekly Power Rankings we take a look at some people around the NHL that are facing the most pressure this season.

The list includes coaches on the hot seat, general managers whose teams need to perform, and of course some individual players who are under pressure to perform for their team and for themselves.

Who all makes the list?

To this week’s Power Rankings!

1. Sheldon Keefe and Kyle Dubas, Toronto Maple Leafs