The 2024-25 season is underway, and that means the first NHL Power Rankings are here. There have been a few surprises in the early going, and that means there may be a lot of volatility in these first few weeks.

“They need to play games. They have to play games. They’re too young,” Nill said. “You’ve seen the development with the Logan Stankovens, Mavrik Bourques, go back to Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson, all these players spent time in the minors. You need to play games.”

There's a ton of movement in the NHL power rankings early on in the season, although it's not time to overreact yet. Here's what stands out already for each team.

A surprising number of top players have failed to score yet this season, so Ryan Dixon is using this week’s power rankings to call out a scorer from each team who needs to break the goose egg.

The Dallas Stars, who are coming off consecutive Western Conference Finals appearances, have a handful of members among the top 100. ESPN reporters Ryan S. Clark, Kristen Shilton, Greg Wyshynski and their editorial staff had the following Stars players featured, to which you can see below.

Yes, it's early in the regular season, but it's never too early to start weekly power rankings, and here you have the first Super 16 of the 2024-25 regular season with some major surprises. The Calgary Flames,