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 |
 |
22-4-1 |
7-2-1 |
The stars have aligned perfectly for the
B's so far. |
| 2 |
2 |
 |
21-5-1 |
7-2-1 |
Devils have settled in, losing a couple
games recently to the Preds and Isles, but the Bruins have lost, too. Jack
Hughes skated a shift of more than six minutes, supposedly a league record.
Might as well keep the star player on the ice. |
| 3 |
3 |
 |
18-5-6 |
8-0-2 |
Probably the hottest team in the league,
and doing that without Austin Matthews playing to potential. The Leafs are for
real. |
| 4 |
7 |
 |
18-8-1 |
7-3-0 |
Leading the Central Division for now.
Who'd have thunk it? |
| 5 |
6 |
 |
20-9-1 |
5-5-0 |
Eric Karlsson would do wonders for this
roster, but the Knights would need some serious Vegas accounting magic to pull
it off. |
| 6 |
5 |
 |
17-9-1 |
7-3-0 |
Lighting go 2-1 on the week, but the loss
to Detroit had them chasing all night. |
| 7 |
4 |
 |
16-8-3 |
7-3-0 |
Outscoring your opposition to make up for
mediocre goaltending isn't a long-term solution but the Kraken are getting away
with it for now |
| 8 |
11 |
 |
16-8-4 |
8-1-1 |
Kris Letang has suffered two strokes and
still plays in the NHL. Amazing, to say the least. |
| 9 |
8 |
 |
16-7-5 |
5-2-3 |
Joe Pavelski, age 38, has 29 points in 28
games. The Sharks letting him go after the 2018-2019 season seemed like the
right thing to do at the time, I guess. |
| 10 |
9 |
 |
15-6-6 |
5-1-4 |
Nothing Carolina does in the regular
season will matter. They'll be judged solely on if their best players show up
in the postseason. |
| 11 |
10 |
 |
17-12-0 |
6-4-0 |
The Isles have a big win over New Jersey
but finish the week 2-2. |
| 12 |
17 |
 |
16-12-0 |
6-4-0 |
You wonder how long until the Oilers pull
the trigger on a Jakob Chychrun trade? |
| 13 |
13 |
 |
13-8-6 |
5-3-2 |
Stevie Y doing his thing in Detroit,
while Tampa slows crumbles. Makes you wonder who really deserves the credit for
those cup wins. |
| 14 |
14 |
 |
14-11-2 |
7-3-0 |
The Wild could use some help, but the
Suter and Parise buy-outs are dead weight on their salary cap. |
| 15 |
18 |
 |
15-11-5 |
4-3-3 |
The Kings should hire Tom Brady's
personal trainer to see if they can squeeze a few more years out of goaltender
Jonathan Quick. |
| 16 |
19 |
 |
14-10-5 |
5-4-1 |
The Rangers jump three spots with big
wins over St Louis, Vegas and Colorado. |
| 17 |
25 |
 |
14-12-4 |
7-2-1 |
Once Ovie gets his record, will the Caps
keep pushing or will they fade? The Metro Division playoff race is tight. |
| 18 |
12 |
 |
14-10-2 |
4-5-1 |
Avs have descended to mediocrity fast.
Having both Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon both injured will do that.
But if they get healthy for the playoffs, watch out. |
| 19 |
16 |
 |
13-12-4 |
4-4-2 |
Imagine if they didn't have all that
money tied up in Bobrovsky and could use it to get some D depth?! That contract
ages worse with every puck that flies past Goalie Bob. |
| 20 |
15 |
 |
12-11-2 |
6-3-1 |
The Predators had a week to rest, then
promptly lost two in a row. |
| 21 |
21 |
 |
13-12-2 |
5-4-1 |
The Habs compete hard every night and
that keeps them in games. Building good habits now will pay off in the years
ahead. |
| 22 |
20 |
 |
13-11-4 |
4-4-2 |
Mediocre week, but losing to Columbus
helped drop the Flames 2 spots. |
| 23 |
23 |
 |
12-13-3 |
6-4-0 |
Are the Canucks a good team with bad luck
or a so-so team that goes on win streaks? |
| 24 |
24 |
 |
12-14-2 |
5-3-2 |
That Tage Thompson kid can sure play. Too
bad he didn't score a couple more to Leaf fans could finally stop talking about
Sittler's 6. |
| 25 |
22 |
 |
12-15-1 |
2-7-1 |
Another recent Cup-hoisting team that has
fallen down the standings. |
| 26 |
26 |
 |
11-14-2 |
5-4-1 |
The Senators are for sale, Elon. And the
building is already pretty empty. |
| 27 |
27 |
 |
9-13-7 |
2-5-3 |
The good feelings have worn out in
Philly. This is a bad team that will only sink lower in the standings the more
games they play. |
| 28 |
29 |
 |
9-13-4 |
3-4-3 |
Getting outshot 2:1 in every game isn't a
valid gameplan. Some one needs to let the Coyotes know this! |
| 29 |
30 |
 |
9-16-5 |
3-5-2 |
Unfortunately for the rebuild, the teams
that could really use Eric Karlsson can't afford to take on his contract. |
| 30 |
28 |
 |
10-15-2 |
4-5-1 |
Two wins in 5 games, not helping the
Jackets climb the ladder. |
| 31 |
31 |
 |
7-15-4 |
1-8-1 |
Three losses last week solidfying the
Hawks at the bottom of the rankings. |
| 32 |
32 |
 |
7-18-3 |
2-6-2 |
Coach Dallas Eakins always looks like
he's miserable, this season he has cause. They need to trade goaltender Josh
Gibson before he goes crazy from battle fatigue. |
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