The staff writers at LetsGoSharks.com submit
their league rankings each week, and we average submissions for each team. Here
are the LGS NHL Power Rankings for this week:
| Rank |
Rank Last Week |
Team |
Record |
Last 10 |
The Skinny |
| 1 |
1 |
 |
33-5-4 |
7-1-2 |
Nothing slows down the Bruins. You have
to wonder if they're going too hard in the Regular season and whether this
catches up with them come April? |
| 2 |
2 |
 |
27-9-8 |
5-3-2 |
Carolina is seriously good, the Metro
division playoffs could be worth skipping work early to watch. |
| 3 |
9 |
 |
29-14-1 |
8-2-0 |
Big jump after quietly winning 8 of their
last 10. |
| 4 |
6 |
 |
27-13-1 |
7-3-0 |
Only the Jets and Kraken have perfomed
better over the last two weeks. |
| 5 |
13 |
 |
28-12-3 |
6-3-1 |
Gem of a game between the Devils and
Sharks on Monday. Devils show what kind of rewards can be reaped from winning
the draft lottery: Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier |
| 6 |
16 |
 |
26-12-4 |
8-2-0 |
7-0 on the recent road trip, including
some good opponents |
| 7 |
4 |
 |
25-12-7 |
6-3-1 |
Dalls goes 6-3-1 and still slips three
spots. That tells you how well some other teams are playing. |
| 8 |
5 |
 |
28-14-2 |
6-3-1 |
Injuries starting to take a bite out of
the Knights. There has got to be a sense of deja vu after last seasons IR
debacle. |
| 9 |
3 |
 |
26-11-7 |
5-4-1 |
Mediocre span bites the Leafs. |
| 10 |
8 |
 |
25-15-6 |
6-3-1 |
Still a team to pay attention to but they
lapsed the last 10 days. |
| 11 |
11 |
 |
24-13-7 |
6-2-2 |
Will be interesting to see what this
roster can do come playoff time. |
| 12 |
7 |
 |
23-16-6 |
5-3-2 |
Russian machine never breaks. Congrats to
Ovi on another 30+ goal season. |
| 13 |
17 |
 |
21-14-9 |
6-2-2 |
Climbing the midfield. |
| 14 |
10 |
 |
24-14-4 |
5-3-2 |
The Wild were starting to turn heads and
then some ho-hum performances hits them in the rankings. |
| 15 |
19 |
 |
24-18-3 |
6-3-1 |
Hey look! The Oilers can't keep the puck
out of their net again. You gotta love throwbacks! |
| 16 |
18 |
 |
23-18-3 |
5-4-1 |
Better than most midfield teams, but
still not a serious contender. |
| 17 |
12 |
 |
21-18-2 |
6-4-0 |
Sabres are a real team, finally, but the
Metro division will be taking all the wild card spots in the Eastern Conference
unless something wild happens |
| 18 |
14 |
 |
21-17-3 |
3-6-1 |
You can only use injuries as an excuse so
long, defending champion Avs could be squeezed out of a playoff spot. Do they
miss Nico Sturm and Nasim Kadri that much? |
| 19 |
15 |
 |
21-15- |
2-6-2 |
The Pens seem listless and uninspired.
Maybe age has finally caught up with them? |
| 20 |
20 |
 |
21-20-3 |
5-4-1 |
Oh how the mighty have fallen in 12 short
months. |
| 21 |
21 |
 |
19-17-6 |
5-4-1 |
This team has the pieces, but they just
never seem to be able to string wins together. |
| 22 |
26 |
 |
18-18-7 |
7-3-0 |
Hey, look who woke up after John
Tortarella decided to get chipp in the media. |
| 23 |
23 |
 |
20-20-4 |
5-5-0 |
Is Sergie Bobrovsky a legit goaltender
again? The Panthers better hope so... |
| 24 |
22 |
 |
19-20-3 |
5-4-1 |
The real Senators show up after a brief
run in December. |
| 25 |
24 |
 |
18-16-7 |
5-5-0 |
The Wings are still in an evolution. Give
their youngsters more time and we'll be singing a different tune in a couple of
years. |
| 26 |
25 |
 |
18-22-3 |
3-7-0 |
Expect the Canucks to take a dive into
the tank before the trade deadline |
| 27 |
27 |
 |
18-23-3 |
2-7-0 |
Going through growing pains right now. It
might not be pretty, but there's a good nucleus being constructed in Montreal.
|
| 28 |
29 |
 |
13-23-8 |
3-5-2 |
If it wasn't for EK65, would anyone pay
attentiont to Sharks games? Do you get the feeling that Karlsson and Meier are
auditioning? Especially Meier in a contract year. |
| 29 |
31 |
 |
11-26-4 |
4-6-0 |
The Hawks show some signs of life and
muck up their run at Bedard. |
| 30 |
30 |
 |
12-27-4 |
3-6-1 |
These bottom ten teams all look the same
on the ice. Flashes of some good things but in the end, they're just a bad
team. |
| 31 |
28 |
 |
13-25-5 |
1-9-0 |
Losers of 9 in a row. Lifeless. Hopeless.
Arizona. |
| 32 |
32 |
 |
13-27-2 |
3-7-0 |
This team has slowly sunk to the depths
of power rankings hell. |
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