NHL Power Rankings

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Power Rankings: Capitals regain supremacy over Penguins

Gee, Connor McDavid is good. Gee, the Oilers still stink. Go figure. The Oilers have an interesting offseason ahead as they look to move at least one -- if not a couple -- of their key young building blocks from their forward corps.

 

[forty_three]

Power Rankings: Capitals regain supremacy over Penguins

Gee, Connor McDavid is good. Gee, the Oilers still stink. Go figure. The Oilers have an interesting offseason ahead as they look to move at least one -- if not a couple -- of their key young building blocks from their forward corps.

Nuge needs to come here.

 

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Matthews needs to come here.

Win that lottery.

 

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Nuge needs to come here.

I don't want to see any crying in hockey, but I think Torts could make Nuge cry.

 

[esls79]

I don't want to see any crying in hockey, but I think Torts could make Nuge cry.

Shot blockers don't eat salads for lunch.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

power rankings should supersede the draft lottery in determining draft position

 

[forty_three]

Win that lottery.

Him too

I don't want to see any crying in hockey, but I think Torts could make Nuge cry.

We still have a few months for Torts to fall into a vat of boiling oil.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i think ORM had canucks up 1 spot

 

[forty_three]

i think ORM had canucks up 1 spot

Well, hey. The Ducks and Kings are behind the Jackets. So we got that going for us, which is nice.

 

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Speaking of the ORM©, anybody seen comeds lately?

Edit: Looks like he posted on Monday of this week, so he's still kicking around.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Speaking of the ORM©, anybody seen comeds lately?

Edit: Looks like he posted on Monday of this week, so he's still kicking around.

he responded to a post i made on the entertainment board ... he let me know hes fine and he was just wet-nursing Carey price back to health

 

[forty_three]

he responded to a post i made on the entertainment board ... he let me know hes fine and he was just wet-nursing Carey price back to health

Anyone know what Carey Price's license plates have on them? I am developing a theory on his illness.

 

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Not that you guys need any more ammo to laugh at Power Rankings (especially Scott Cullen power rankings), but I couldn't resist.

7. EDMONTON OILERS 14-10-3
THIS WEEK: 7 LAST WEEK: 8
GF: 2.93 GA: 2.56 SA CF%: 52.3
PP%: 19.0 PK%: 85.7
The Oilers have one regulation win in the past six games, but they also have five points in the past six games, they remain near the top in the Pacific Division. Watching Leon Draisaitl get an offensive boost on the wing with Connor McDavid is solving one issue, but the supporting cast still needs to pull its weight.
Key Injuries: D Brandon Davidson (lower body), D Darnell Nurse (lower-body).

22. CALGARY FLAMES 13-13-2
THIS WEEK: 22 LAST WEEK: 27
GF: 2.46 GA: 2.89 SA CF%: 50.1
PP%: 12.6 PK%: 77.9
The Flames have one regulation loss in the past seven games, and have Johnny Hockey back in the lineup, so they appear to be recovering from a tough start to the year. G Chad Johnson (.928 SV% in 15 starts) has been a big part of the turnaround.
Key Injuries: None.

If the formula/algorithm is no good (and this one isn't), throw it out and come up with a better one.

Rangers back on top of NHL Power Rankings - Article - TSN

 

[esls79]

Not that you guys need any more ammo to laugh at Power Rankings (especially Scott Cullen power rankings), but I couldn't resist.

7. EDMONTON OILERS 14-10-3
THIS WEEK: 7 LAST WEEK: 8
GF: 2.93 GA: 2.56 SA CF%: 52.3
PP%: 19.0 PK%: 85.7
The Oilers have one regulation win in the past six games, but they also have five points in the past six games, they remain near the top in the Pacific Division. Watching Leon Draisaitl get an offensive boost on the wing with Connor McDavid is solving one issue, but the supporting cast still needs to pull its weight.
Key Injuries: D Brandon Davidson (lower body), D Darnell Nurse (lower-body).

22. CALGARY FLAMES 13-13-2
THIS WEEK: 22 LAST WEEK: 27
GF: 2.46 GA: 2.89 SA CF%: 50.1
PP%: 12.6 PK%: 77.9
The Flames have one regulation loss in the past seven games, and have Johnny Hockey back in the lineup, so they appear to be recovering from a tough start to the year. G Chad Johnson (.928 SV% in 15 starts) has been a big part of the turnaround.
Key Injuries: None.

If the formula/algorithm is no good (and this one isn't), throw it out and come up with a better one.

Rangers back on top of NHL Power Rankings - Article - TSN

Basically spots 7 through 25 are interchangable

PARITY!!! In fact statistically speaking, I doubt any team is even 2 standard deviations from the mean this season. It's just been a meh, mediocre, blah, season so far.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Basically spots 7 through 25 are interchangable

PARITY!!! In fact statistically speaking, I doubt any team is even 2 standard deviations from the mean this season. It's just been a meh, mediocre, blah, season so far.

We might be approaching the point where parity means everybody is meh, blah, very average.

Meanwhile in the NBA, despite the salary cap, superteams are the norm and public attention to the league is sky high.

As long as the NHL is forcing the good teams to jettison players because of cap crunches very good teams aren't going to become great very often and we're going to get meh blah mediocrity.

 

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As long as the NHL is forcing the good teams to jettison players because of cap crunches very good teams aren't going to become great very often and we're going to get meh blah mediocrity.

In addition to the above, this is why I would like to see the 3-2-1-0 point system brought into the NHL. With the emphasis on divisional play, if you have a chance to get 3 points (and your divisional opponent zero points), I think it would be a huge incentive for more exciting play especially in the 3rd period of games. If a game is tied going into the 3rd period these days, more 3rd periods are snoozers with both coaches telling their teams not to take any chances hoping to secure at least one point. Put in the 3-2-1-0 system and at least it's an attempt to make games more entertaining.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

We might be approaching the point where parity means everybody is meh, blah, very average.

Meanwhile in the NBA, despite the salary cap, superteams are the norm and public attention to the league is sky high.

As long as the NHL is forcing the good teams to jettison players because of cap crunches very good teams aren't going to become great very often and we're going to get meh blah mediocrity.

Welp, there are idiots everywhere (see: election, United States of America). If fans' idea of awesome sports entertainment means that:

• Stars are treated 1000% different than other players
• Just about every rivalry ends after 1-2 years because the candy-arsed star from one team gets tired of losing and signs with the team that beat him
• You know before each season that 1 out of 5-6 teams will be champions that year
• Tanking is run of the mill for half a dozen teams every year (or maybe it just seems like that the last few years)

...well then the NBA can continue down that route. NBA teams are forced to jettison star players at least as frequently as NHL teams. That league is a joke.

And this is coming from a former fan of the NBA.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Welp, there are idiots everywhere (see: election, United States of America). If fans' idea of awesome sports entertainment means that:

• Stars are treated 1000% different than other players
• Just about every rivalry ends after 1-2 years because the candy-arsed star from one team gets tired of losing and signs with the team that beat him
• You know before each season that 1 out of 5-6 teams will be champions that year
• Tanking is run of the mill for half a dozen teams every year (or maybe it just seems like that the last few years)

...well then the NBA can continue down that route. NBA teams are forced to jettison star players at least as frequently as NHL teams. That league is a joke.

And this is coming from a former fan of the NBA.

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you but maybe change 1000% to 100% and aren't those four points also valid in the NHL?

Star players get calls others don't.

Name the rivalries of the past decade - Boston-Montreal, Chicago-Vancouver, PA...how long did any of those hold on for?

I am almost positive that one of Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Jose, Washington, TB or NYR will win the Cup and most of those teams have been in the mix for the last 5 years, more true if you throw the Kings in the mix.

The past two seasons have seen tanking so obvious that fans in a hockey market literally cheered for the opposing team once.

I mean, if we're getting the same byproducts but a better show on the ice what's the argument against it? That the league will lose interest from weaker markets? That's already happening anyway.

 

[forty_three]

First place - Rangers.
Third place - Jackets.

Clearly all the work of the Torts.





Also, this: Key Injuries: None.

Maybe we should have tried that sometime before. Looks like it might actually work.

 

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One day after Cullen's Power Rankings come out, TSN has this on the main page:

Are the Oilers starting to slip?