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 |
|
65-12-5 |
9-1-0 |
Hats off to the Bruins. Most wins ever in
the Regular Season. Do they really feel like that dominant of a club though?
|
2 |
7 |
|
50-23-9 |
9-0-1 |
Mattias Ekholm would win the Norris if he
had played the entire season in Edmonton, as he's on pace for a +100 rating
over a full 82 with the Oilers. Scary! |
3 |
3 |
|
51-22-9 |
6-1-3 |
The Knights missing the playoffs last
year had Sharks gleeful. Now the Knights are back while the Sharks remain
bottom feeders. |
4 |
2 |
|
52-21-9 |
5-5-0 |
The Hurricanes are hoping they get the
yips out of the system at the end of the regular season, rather than in the
playoffs. |
5 |
9 |
|
50-21-11 |
7-1-2 |
Leafs fans are upset with a playoff
system that has them playing Tampa again in the first round. Umm, how about
beating them before you whine. |
6 |
5 |
|
52-22-8 |
7-3-0 |
In a dogfight with Carolina for the top
spot in the Metro. Either way, it could be a date with a New York team looming.
|
7 |
8 |
|
51-24-7 |
8-1-1 |
Can the Av's stay healthy long enough to
make a long playoff run? |
8 |
11 |
|
47-21-14 |
8-2-0 |
Stars finish strong after tripping over
themselves for most of March. |
9 |
4 |
|
47-22-13 |
5-2-3 |
Rangers just might catch the Devils for
home ice advantage in Round 1. |
10 |
10 |
|
46-25-11 |
5-3-2 |
Minnesota has the goaltending, will they
score enough to win in the playoffs? |
11 |
6 |
|
47-25-10 |
5-5-0 |
Remember when all 3 California teams
would make the playoffs? Now it's just the Kings. |
12 |
13 |
|
46-28-8 |
6-4-0 |
Welcome to the playoffs Kracken! Now you
get to see what the REAL NHL is like. |
13 |
12 |
|
46-30-6 |
4-6-0 |
The worst trade of the deadline was for
Tanner Jeanotte, but he's just a sign of a front office that is running out of
resources and ideas after a lengthy run at the top. |
14 |
15 |
|
46-33-3 |
6-4-0 |
The Jets are limping towards the
playoffs. Can Connor 'Bucky' Helleybuck carry them home? |
15 |
16 |
|
42-31-9 |
5-4-1 |
Can the Islanders make a splash in the
playoffs. They are a team on an upward trajectory but a series win is important
for their development. |
16 |
17 |
|
42-32-8 |
6-3-1 |
The Panthers are red hot, but did they
leave things too late? Boston certainly hopes so... |
17 |
14 |
|
38-27-17 |
6-2-2 |
It's time to be honest: the Flames are an
average, underachieving, aging team. Could they become postseason Cinderella's?
Maybe. But first they have to make it... |
18 |
18 |
|
42-33-7 |
7-2-1 |
Meaningful games in the last week of the
season. The Sabres look to finally be emerging from the wilderness. |
19 |
19 |
|
42-32-8 |
6-4-0 |
This feisty squad just ran out of gas. It
doesn't look like a big rebuild in Nashville. |
20 |
20 |
|
40-31-11 |
5-4-1 |
If the Pens make the playoffs it will be
solely due to the drive, will, and determination of Sidney Crosby. He may not
be the most talented player, but he has champion mettle running through his
veins. |
21 |
21 |
|
39-35-8 |
4-3-3 |
We're still trying to figure out what
they were buyers at the deadline. |
22 |
23 |
|
38-37-7 |
5-3-2 |
Once again, after they're eliminated from
playoff contention the Canucks are playing well. |
23 |
22 |
|
37-38-8 |
4-5-1 |
It's going to boring without any JOrdan
Binnington meltdowns in the playoffs. |
24 |
24 |
|
35-37-10 |
4-5-1 |
The Red Wings jockeyed for better draft
position late in the season when they knew they were not going to compete in
the playoffs. |
25 |
25 |
|
35-37-10 |
2-6-2 |
Caps are spraling toward the bottom of
the standings. No Ovie in the playoffs this year. |
26 |
26 |
|
31-38-13 |
3-6-1 |
Does anyone know or care about what's
going on in Philly? |
27 |
28 |
|
31-45-6 |
3-7-0 |
On to the draft! |
28 |
27 |
|
28-40-14 |
1-7-2 |
A decent middle third of the season was
bookended with poor play that resulted in another miserable season in the
desert. |
29 |
29 |
|
22-44-16 |
3-6-1 |
Snagging only 1 point out of a possible 6
vs. Avs, Oilers has put the Sharks right back in the thick of the Connor Bedard
Derby. |
30 |
31 |
|
25-48-9 |
2-6-2 |
As bad a franchise as Columbus is, can
the NHL really allow Connor Bedard to rot there? |
31 |
30 |
|
26-49-7 |
2-7-1 |
Hawks needed to trade Patrick Kane to
assure tank position |
32 |
32 |
|
23-47-12 |
0-8-2 |
It's going to be hard to swallow Bedard
playing in the same division as the Sharks for years to come of the statistical
odds play out. |
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