1) Welcome to the highly anticipated second installment of FAUXRUMORS Power rankings. We will rank each team from 1-30 with a brief sentence/paragraph as to why they are where they are using record, strength of schedule, and other 'intangibles': Last weeks rank in parentheses
1 BUFFALO SABRES(1) - Best skating team in NHL. Continuing their great start. Anything less than a finals appearence would be a disapointment in Buffalo
2 ANAHEIM DUCKS(2) - The best of the West, BUT have played few road games so far. lets see them play this well on the road, then we'll be true believers
3 SAN JOSE SHARKS (6) - Coming on strong. Balanced attack has Sharks looking tough
4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS (13) - These Preds are as dangerous on road as home. Easy sched helps too
5 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (14)- Raycroft playing well. Sundin-less Leafs played well. Will his return thow off chemistry?
6 - DETROIT RED WINGS (12) Geezers playing well. Soft schedule like Preds, helping too
7 - ATLANTA THRASHERS (3) Have come down a notch, but Hossa-Kolvalchuk combo deadly. If they played the Caps 80 times would be undefeated
8 MONTREAL CANADIENS-(15) Offensive d-man/good goaltending making difference. Niinimaa trade bait?
9 CAROLINA HURRICANES (20)- Champs finally playing like it. Brind'amour found fountain of youth. Should be next messier award winner!
10 EDMONTON OILERS (12)- Playing much more like last spring behind Roloson.
11 DALLAS STARS (5) - Not as a torrid a pace, but still playing well down in Big D.
12 -TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (22) Finally coming on after slow start. Vote of Confidence fo Tortorella help?
13 -NEW YORK ISLANDERS (25) Nolan has the Isles on war path. Yashin injury could hurt
14 -NEW YORK RANGERS (11) Lundqvist seems to be playing more like last season. Staying home more?
15 -MINNESOTA WILD (4) Injuries slowing the Wild considerably.
16 NEW JERSEY DEVILS (10) - Road blues keeping them down,
17 CALGARY FLAMES (23)- Another team that looks lost on the road.
18 OTTAWA SENATORS (16)- A bit better lately, but Not playing like a contender
19 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (7) Injuries, youth putting Pens where most anticipated
20 - VANCOUVER CANUCKS (9) Luongo can only carry team so far. Miss Bertuzzi? Nah.
21 COLORADO AVALANCHE (21)- Avs hanging in there
22 BOSTON BRUINS (26) - Finally turning the corner? Thomas playing well
23 -LOS ANGELES KINGS (19) Dismal road record dooming their slim playoff aspirations!
24 WASHINGTON CAPITALS (24) - Is this the beginning of the anticipated drop off?
25 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (30) Improvement to a .500 team, but NOT a playoff team
26 FLORIDA PANTHERS(18) As expected these cats are declawed and easy prey
27 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (28) - Still suck, but teams below them sucking more
28 - ST. LOUIS BLUES (27) Not unexpected record. Rebuilding=sucking usually.
29 PHOENIX COYOTES (29) - The Great One thanking Columbus for being worse. Time to leave Wayne!
30 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (17) After promising start, free falling. Can Hitch turn it around? Only if McClean fires himself too!
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9 comments:
How can you have the islanders ahead of the rangers? Yes they are doing ok lately, but we're ahead of them!
1. Faux, I haven't had time yet to read all of your comments and analysis, but what stands out here are the Buffalo sabres.
2. I watched last night's game with the Rangers, and let's just say the New Yorkers should be VERY happy to have gotten out of there with a point. Had it not been for King Henrik, who may be back in last year's form, this could have been quite ugly.
3. Buffalo is phenomenal, and its not simply about the speed. They do EVERYTHING well - backchecking, forechecking, goaltending, play making. They are heads above everyone else right now. Kudos to the Rangers for hanging tough and getting a point, but they were outplayed. True the Sabres had several more power plays, but it was Hank who did the job.
4. Buffalo should be 1, 1a, and 1b in your power rankings. They're scary good right now.
1. With regard to Montreal, please specify , for Pinko's sake of course, exactly which offensive d-men you are refrring to.
2. Let's face it, Niinimaa is just plain OFFENSIVE.
3. I agree with that POINT guy, in that with King Hank back in the fold, the Rangers are significantly more talented than the Islanders. By the way, WHY would Ted Nolan be on a "war path." LOL
4. With regard to the Pens, does Colby Armstrong have ZERO goals? Was that a misprint? They'd be much higher with a little contribution from him.
5. The Crapitals are nose diving as we speak. Not sure when that next "W" will come. I am going Thursday night versus dallas. It could be ugly in the Nation's Capital.
6. Overall, your list seems pretty fair. The Rangers and Devils should be higher, in my opinion, but this isn't MY list.
ANTZ, having weighed in. Now, what does Chin Ho have to say?
I am very happy with my habs! just not happy that the leaves are ahead of us!
Janne as trade bait..hahaha, phew, wow, best belly laugh i have had in quite a while...markov and souray have some sweet stats that is for shizzle...what is offensive about my habs is their disappearing act in second periods. oh and um i find the nolan "warpath" zing kinda offensive as well...but hell i am a pinko canuck.
From the Point, what IS your point? My islanders are playing very well right now. The rangers have played more games and were lucky to get a point last night
i can't wait till tey play eachother
1) We agree with you Antz. Buffalo has been consistently the best NHL team so far. Will be interesting to see how they do what they play more of the west
2) So far it seems though that the East has more teams that have higher quality squads. There are 4-5 really poor teams in the West, while the East is much more competitive from top to bottom
3) Enjoy your game Thursday night. Remember to bring cash!! LOL
The Maple LEAFS are grammatically incorrect... They should obviously be the LEAVES. Nice catch, Ms. Schnall.
Oops, excuse me. The Masked Rider gets the credit for the grammar correction. Ms. Schall gets the credit for supporting her "Yashin-led" Islanders, who incidentally, are on some sort of "warpath."
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