NHL Power Rankings for April 24th 2021

Here are this week's NHL power rankings, only two more to go before it's done for the regular season.
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[@esko9241]

Ah, yes. THG's Power Rankings. The highlight of my weekends.

[@bryanroley4527]

Agree

[@legndery1909]

Every damn time I just wanna see my team be no.1 but the avalanche are just to good right now

[@MNWildFan57]

Indeed my good sir

[@drivethru6155]

We all lead exciting lives.

[@ZueluMTG]

Shannon: They have games against each other, so both of them can't lose! California Teams: Challenge Accepted.

[@tiger5869]

Good job to the Wild for going 4-0 this week, or as we call it in the West, keeping pace

[@guccilibrarian4728]

Poor California. They've been getting bullied this whole season lmao

[@ianstuart7395]

A few good teams and some awful teams will do that... it will be exciting to see the 3 rounds start. See where these teams stack up.

[@codyd6515]

@@joeb.3931 Getting 2 would be nice against Avs or Knights. Personally I'd love a #1 and a cake walk vs. AZ but that's nearly impossible at this point.

[@rojeezee]

Man has the opportunity to take a bit of a break and still works all day. Bless his heart.

[@emerickthivierge5858]

Umim yo

[@emerickthivierge5858]

Urrr de Itr

[@thomastherriault6199]

Make your avocation your vocation...

[@TheSkyatollah]

Holy shit, Detroit made it to the second row!

[@jordannovak2268]

Last week too!

[@beardupbeerdown7355]

Buffalo right behind them 🤫

[@frame3139]

Try 3rd

[@williamapple7705]

Hurricanes fans: QUALITY LOSSES

[@jordannovak2268]

@@williamapple7705 What?

[@jayscott1380]

THG, "the good news for the California teams, is that they still have games against each other". Bawhahahahahahahaha

[@lediona3996]

"They can't both lose" - I'm sure they'll give it a go, though! 😂

[@edalder2000]

Buffalo will in 32nd place after expansion.

[@jayscott1380]

@@lediona3996 they'll always be hoping for OT

[@Bsweds32]

The blue light on the board looks like a hockey stick.

[@meganwilliams4175]

I didn't notice that before, nice!

[@dwaynesbgb]

Good observation

[@Bsweds32]

And the Winnipeg Jets logo looks like a hockey puck.

[@capacitatedflux]

Vegas's greatest strength is that you can never tell who the hero for the day will be. There's just so much possibility in their depth that teams can't necessarily match up every night.

[@kingknightboss]

Fun fact: THG is actually the best KZbinr on the platform, and is very cool.

[@Lukejanssen1987]

Love the dramatic tension after 3rd to pet the cat before giving us the top 2. Go Avs

[@thomastherriault6199]

That's so Wes McCauley

[@Vladiator01]

The wild have been the most surprising team this season

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

That game on Wednesday between Vegas and Colorado is going to be a good one. I can't wait!

[@ichichu]

Only if the Avs are at full strength. Missing Donskoi, Mikko, Gru and Byram, plus the week pause really changes things as it showed against the Blues last weekend. That's over 40 goals and 70 points to go with over 20 wins missing from the lineup. OUCH!

[@Davidgllc]

The Wednesday game was good and personally, I liked the outcome. Hopefully we see a more complete lineup for both teams in the next matchup on May 10th. That should tell us a lot more than the Wednesday game. Interesting home stretch!

[@lrba5524]

I count 12 Stanley Cup Contenders. This year is going to be wild

[@kingknightboss]

Technically there will be 16 stanley cup contenders, like every year (except last year when there was technically 24 contenders)

[@killhouse6130]

What team in the top 13 do u not think is a contender? I got 13 contenders this year

[@juha1428]

I would say 9 contenders and few maybe's. My contenders: Top 4 of east, Canes and Tampa in central, Vegas and Colorado in West and Leafs in Canada. My maybe's: Florida and Edmonton.

[@lrba5524]

@@kingknightboss thanks. I admire your ability to stand out as a loon in the most benign places.

[@killhouse6130]

@@juha1428 I agree but I'd have jets as a maybe too but you never know what could happen during the playoffs maybe nashville comes out of nowhere and makes the finals again

[@Altalus]

As a Habs fan, I do think we should be _way_ lower in that list :')

[@tinke808]

Bottom three California teams playoff dreams "Its just a little airbourne, its still good, its still..." Nope, its gone!

[@colliesis]

The Golden Knights absolutely deserve 1st in the rankings imo. I don't know if they're going to carry this into the playoffs, but they've been incredible lately.

[@thenextgreat8652]

I’m an AVs fan and I agree. I still think we’re the better team but THG does it on how they’re playing and cannot look past the streak they’re on. Granted, they’ve been feeding off the bottom half of the division for the majority of the streak but still need to win those games and they’re doing it. Last time they played one of the other top 3 was MN and they lost both soooo....My take is come playoff team, we’ll see which team is really the best in the west. Right now, it’s 3 teams cleaning up on the other 5.

[@thenickfoxx]

Yzerman is going to most definitely resign Bernier this season to stabilize things between the posts. That tandem is so underrated. Greiss has really stepped up his game the past few weeks and Bernier is so consistent, hopefully that carries in to next year **knock on wood**, but i'm sure it will.

[@csolivais1979]

I still think that as this team gets better, people are going to start to realize how good a goalie tandem that they are.

[@jenniferbirchett9490]

I'm a Canes fan in NC and I truly enjoy watching Detroit. I love Bernier, I haven't seen your other goalie much. Seems like a great group of guys, even when they are humiliating my Canes.

[@thenickfoxx]

@@jenniferbirchett9490 lol you guys are a top team in the entire league and we are somehow 4-2 against you guys. The two team's systems are really similar but you guys are jam packed with more talent and depth. And the second goalie is Thomas Greiss which has been really good for us recently.

[@michaelsukut5506]

I remember when California was a tough road trip. Not anymore

[@zachdragon266]

Minnesota has been great this year, they’re on a hot streak right now with a 7 game winning streak and 8-1-1 in their last 10 games. They’re currently 6th in the league standings, 4th in points percentage and the 3rd team to clinch a playoff spot which is the earliest they’ve ever clinched a playoff spot.

[@dtrain9911]

They play in the weakest division not trying to take that away but those California teams boy it would be nice if all the division had 3 teams like that

[@zachdragon266]

@@dtrain9911 the East has the two worst teams in the NHL, and Wild are 4-1-1 against the Golden Knights so it’s not like they’re only beating up bad teams. I’m not sure if I’d call it the weakest team though, it’s just really top heavy, yes they have 3 really bad teams but they also still have 3 of the best teams in the NHL. The top of the division is benefiting from playing worse teams just like the bottom of the division is disadvantaged for playing good teams.

[@dmac26official]

Out of all of the California teams. Man, do I ever hope LA is the one that truly becomes dominant again, soon. Loved watching them 10ish years ago. And will always have a soft spot for them.

[@lucasviveiros2273]

Seems like staying up for this has now become a Saturday night ritual (and I’m on the east coast 😴)

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Go to bed Lucas

[@thomastherriault6199]

Im in Ontario, I get up early. Makes for good reading.

[@TheBoardandThebord]

I’m an idiot. I clicked on this video thinking it was a mascot power ranking.

[@maries2917]

that's definitely something I'd like to see

[@Aversteria]

Amazing content Shannon! What a comeback from Canucks! Tnx for your hard work!

[@oli24yt]

Habs fan here, at this point from an entertainment perspective I’d almost rather watch Leafs-Flames than a playoff series worth of whatever the hell we’re doing on the ice every night right now. Plus the Leafs after all this time having to get past a team with Milan Lucic on it again to finally get out of the first round is just funny

[@longstrider2734]

I miss gallagher.

[@midimusicforever]

One thing about Vegas too, is that they have a goalie with these stats: 2.04 .922 12-1-2 And he's not called Fleury. Gotta be the best tandem in the league by far.

[@Kipindahouse]

Just look at the league standings right now. Teams 1 through 12, you could make the case they are all contenders. Playoffs are going to be ferocious this year.

[@rorypaul153]

U really cant. 8, 11, 12, 14 are not contenders, but 15, 16, 18 could actually be contenders if they make it in.

[@jordannovak2268]

Don't be surprised if there is a 6 plus overtime game between one of either Florida, Tampa or Carolina this playoffs.

[@santib9039]

If the Lightning are involved, based on last year, long overtime games are guaranteed LMAO

[@ryanyost4640]

the only issue i see with this claim is how strong all the teams’ offenses are, each team has very high flying offenses, especially the florida teams, so i dont see 6 plus OTs coming from them

[@SilverPortal]

I truly hope not. After last playoffs I would rather see the Lightning end it in regulation. But this division is a coin flip on who comes out. Playoffs are going to be exciting.

[@jordannovak2268]

@@santib9039 Yes, haha

[@jordannovak2268]

@@ryanyost4640 I understand. It was kind of a joke:)

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

Colorado has to get back to playing all 60 minutes if they want to beat Vegas, the way we are playing right now I have no argument with vegas moving ahead of us.

[@AlphaDog0303]

The game between Colorado and Vegas on Wednesday is going to be a BATTLE and I can’t wait

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

@@AlphaDog0303 ya it is, out side of the 5-1 murder and the 3-0 Fluery shutout every game has been down to the wire. I honestly can't imagine a playoff series going less than 7

[@ryebread702]

@@RIPJimmyA7X I think both teams will have their work cut out for them first to get by the blues or wild in the first round.

[@rorypaul153]

@@ryebread702 blues slept on

[@SilverPortal]

No problem with Tampa in 9th position currently. They have been off ever since they went on that initial skid of not scoring and having terrible turnovers. They seem to be chasing the game and playing hard in more of a desperate fashion instead of using their dominant talent. Even Hedman’s stats are horrific. The only player continuing to play to his standards is Vasy, who alone is keeping the Lightning above 500 in the past month.

[@Jeremy-yh8lv]

Shannon calling for Calgary to make the playoffs and having a series with Toronto being “fight filled” is one of the craziest takes I’ve heard on this channel 😂

[@TheHockeyGuy]

You don't see Simmonds and Tkachuk getting into it? That series would get ugly fast.

[@spartan4196]

Personally I'm all for some "Alberton beef" though I would prefer to see the Canucks enter the 4th slot

[@Jeremy-yh8lv]

@@TheHockeyGuy I think that would be the most coveted fight possible for sure. I don’t see any other leafs answering the bell other than maybe Foligno. So I don’t see it as a fight filled series. I also just don’t see Calgary grabbing that #4 spot from Montreal

[@Jeremy-yh8lv]

@@spartan4196 if Toronto playing Calgary, and then Calgary beating the Leafs meant we get a battle of Alberta series, I’d be okay with that. As a hockey fan it would be incredible. Just a lot has to go right for that to happen.

[@jmanjman284]

Calgary would beat the living crap out of TO.. (Fighting) No one on to can take Lucic or Ritchie on that team. Not even Simmons .....

[@SeanK1998]

This is the best power rankings on the internet

[@nicksimcoke208]

I look forward to this every Saturday night

[@Mineav]

Oilers always seem to do brutal after you put them in the top 10, so I'm sincerely happy you keep them out.

[@ooupla2]

As usual watching your video was >then eating breakfast before work lol! Thank you for the power rankings and putting VGK on top this week! Our team is firing on almost all cylinders with hopefully more to come! Lets go KNIGHTS!!!!!!!

[@thepolishprince851]

Didn’t get to watch any hockey all night cuz I had to work, but got to watch this so that made me happy

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Even if by some miracle the Canucks make it in as the 4th seed I don't know if they'll have anything left in the tank for a playoff run.

[@goleafsgo5961]

That would be a awesome story line

[@Johnny_532]

10/10 Thumbnail

[@chrishulse3381]

Shoutout to the old Southeast division - 3 teams in the top 5 - 4 teams in the top 10 - all 5 teams in the top 12

[@davidtuttle7556]

Dont forget 2 out of the last 3 Cups.

[@wilfredhogan]

I saw your cardboard cutout at the canucks game last night lol

[@jaser235]

DOPE

[@goleafsgo5961]

I seen it too as well as the Asian gentlemen that does Canucks videos

[@wilfredhogan]

Yeah I did too

[@JP_HKY_777]

Let’s go my favourite teams are 1-2-3 and the only team missing that I consider a favourite is Vancouver.

[@dennybarlau8065]

I told you Granato was a good coach And it shows

[@BvG_Venom]

I thought Pittsburgh was insane to trade last year's 1st to Toronto guaranteeing this year's to Minn. But they're rolling and this draft will be a mess

[@idiotidiot5821]

Late drafting and development super underrated considering how many high picks they've sent off and where they were viewed on that a few years back.

[@mervynlan7727]

Time to argue why blank team should be above or below blank team.

[@racisturl6723]

As a leafs fan i totally agree with what your saying about calagry

[@Drknnja]

(During hockey season) When do you get a chance to sleep?

[@armandolauritano2304]

With TBL the only player that the other team has to really look out for is Point on line 1. Before they had to watch Kuch, Stammer, and Point which is way to much work. they still have to watch Palat and ABB but Point is the big threat

[@McSomething15]

Tampa out of the first column? Wow, didn't see that one coming this season.

[@crazynova23]

In the offseason, you should do a video on Chandler Stephenson. Interesting Vegas was able to snag him for a 5th round pick.

[@dmonsef]

I think Avs, Canes should have dropped a spot down and the Caps should be 2nd to Vegas. Caps are the best road team in the NHL and they took 4 points against the Isles, who have the best home record in the NHL. The Caps are doing all this with a rookie/young 2nd year goalies. Avs even without Grubauer should have beat the Blues(there is a reason they acquired Dubnyk) and the Canes just blew a 3-1 lead and lost to the Panthers in OT. This is called the POWER Rankings. When you lose, you lose some POWER and when you win you POWER up! With that said the Pens/Bruins should have dropped a spot for losing to the Sabres. Sabres are playing better, but none the less are a bottom 5 team. 2 much higher ranked teams should be penalized in the rankings for losing to a bad team.

[@nathanmerritt9739]

Shadow is awesome :)

[@ChloePrice4Ever]

We better be above 8th after this one. 3rd team to clinch. Kaprizov has single handedly taken the skaters over and propelled us into the playoffs, Wild are 26-3-0 when Kaprizov records a point. 5 game goal streak, and maybe even more coming. And we have the most home games remaining out of any team, 9 of our 11 remaining, where we are 17-4-0. All while rebuilding on the fly. Props to Billy G.

[@billboggs6641]

Tampa Bay - Vegas final. Both have balanced attack and best goaltending

[@maxpowr90]

Boston would be the 8th seed in a typical 1-8 East Conference matchup. That's how stacked the typical Eastern Conference is.

[@waynemclean1799]

Do you dream about hockey? You are so dedicated to your job that I bet you wear NHL jammies. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@trevorgoebel7415]

Surreal day for our Jackets

[@CD-tk2oc]

Im hoping Torontos depth can really help in the playoffs. Guys like Simmonds Thornton and Foligno aren't the best regular season producers but when the playoffs come I expect them to be more effective when the whistles get put away.

[@Tomatohater64]

I agree with your ranking Pittsburgh 7th. I just don't think their goaltending is good enough to advance far into the playoffs. We'll see.

[@dmanchanel]

Vancouver is making the playoffs. I’m making that prediction right now trust me.

[@dmanchanel]

THG if you can see calgary making the playoffs how can you not see Vancouver making it as well. We literally have 7 Games in hand with calgary if anyone has a higher chance of making the playoffs it’s Vancouver over Calgary.

[@rylanmonaghan7694]

@@dmanchanel Vancouver has a much harder schedule than Calgary, from now until our 4 game set Calgary has I believe 4 games and Vancouver has like 11

[@wildestnothing927]

@@rylanmonaghan7694 also as a life long Canucks fan THG knows to not expect exactly anything from the team - hope for everything, expect nothing

[@dmanchanel]

@@rylanmonaghan7694 I see what your saying but before the break the Canucks where playing REALLY well and let’s not forgot we just beat the best team in the division twice. We might’ve gotten outplayed both games but we still won man. To my the path too the playoffs seems really easy for the Canucks and honestly what a story it would be for the Canucks to win the cup as well especially after coming out of the covid protocol situation. And I do think the Canucks can win the cup if they do make the playoffs cause that’d mean they are red hot going into the playoffs.

[@Mandolorian1001]

That California joke had me falling out of my chair. Bravo

[@radupitica]

My power rankings of NHL power rankings: 1. THG 2. ... 3. ?? 4. Ottawa. I know this doesn't make any sense but I just wanted to put Ottawa at the bottom of a list again.

[@karendupre3873]

Love love LOVE the team that plays at the thumbnail.

[@gfan1972]

Vegas fan here, and I am still not looking past the Wild or the AVS cause they both could turn it on any second, but man I want a rematch with Ovi and the Caps! Reves v Wilson!!

[@Sam-2468]

The reflection of the lights on the board looks like a hockey stick

[@Treasureson78RPM]

Amazing the Blues are still in it. I hope they make it. They worked really hard.

[@Danielo99]

I didn't know that Shannon's favorite team is Calgary. I keep watching all the great videos in this channel and once in a while I'm asking myself "Which team is Shannon's favorite?". Calgary is in the race for the 4th spot, so we'll see what happens....

[@Dagzfromearth]

As a Wild fan, (still wish it was north stars) who doesn’t have nhl package or anything, so I don’t see the teams outside of the west, are the bottom teams just that bad, or are the rest of the divisions more evenly balanced? This season is weird...

[@Navs126]

You can stream any game you want online nowadays.

[@mbertrand]

Ducks/Kings series this week will be painful to watch. Good news though. Getzlaf is hurt and we might see Zegras or Carrick come back up. That’s bad when your captain gets injured and you couldn’t care less. I am done with this Ducks roster and coaching staff.

[@woodstocknun]

best player out of this draft will be hidden somewhere between 3 and 20.

[@jryersonsmith]

Shannon, A quick question from a Vegas/Chicago fan. In the Chicago Stanley Cup runs, the starting goalie for the playoffs was pretty obvious. However, since the signing of Robin Lehner, Vegas has had a constant rotation between him and Fleury in the regular season games. That rotation has been extremely successful. I think the goalie controversy last year in the playoffs affected the entire team and caused Vegas to fall short. My question to you is why can't DeBoer continue with the rotation of Fleury and Lehner in the playoffs? Why does everyone feel you have to give the net to one or the other when the playoffs begin?

[@alexthebasilisk]

Tampa not playing the best and also not getting any manner of bounces right now. Confident they will be fine

[@johnathankorkie4984]

Shadow showing they're a great caniac

[@wgemini4422]

Wow, Tampa really dropped. As much as I am a Leafs fan, I am not even sure it should be higher than 10. Tampa, Boston are both good teams.

[@adamjroemer]

Vancouver has been the best team in the north since February. Just saying

[@adamjroemer]

If feb wasn’t as bad for them as it was it would be a very different story. Makes me hopeful for next year

[@elwizschold]

I really hope the standings in the central stays as they are right now (sorry Shannon, and any other Stars fan)... but having CAR-NSH and most of all FLA-TBL (with FLA having home ice!) as the first round match ups would be great! Especially since I don't have a horse in that race

[@spencerfurman4705]

Never thought I’d be up late enough for one of these. LOL.

[@iliaponomarev1624]

As for Nashville vs. Dallas race. Both teams have: 2 games to win (CBJ for Preds, CHI for Stars, probably Nashville has some advantage here) 1 game against each other, that will probably decide the thing, and the game is in Nashville A bunch of games vs. FLA, TBL and/or CAR. Dallas has two more of those, but those aren't free point giveaway type of games. So, I would kinda bet on Preds, since they have easier opponent for getting 4 points and home ice advantage vs. two more games with juggernauts for Dallas.

[@McSomething15]

Shadow just wanted some scratchies.

[@ds_colbster9572]

1-0 vs Boston today let’s get it pens

[@AndrewBullard9170]

Would be cool to see Chicago and Calgary in a conference final , a lot of fun and a lot of fighting

[@DavidEderer71161]

The Sabres have 20 players that were either not on their roster last year or didn’t play a full season with them. On Defense they had Dahlin, Risto and Miller and for Forwards are Reinhart, Olafsson, and Skinner were in the roster for the entire year. They are already rebuilt, as you say what do or add next year? On the Injured players list Eichel, McCabe, Girgenson, Hutton, Okposo and Ullmark who comes back? And who coaches them? Do they keep the reverse retro jersey’s.... (hehe)? Lots of questions for the Sabres to answer next year.

[@AceMatthew25414]

As a Habs fan I think we are to high...Calgary should 100% already be ahead of us...injuries suck but welcome to the NHL it happens

[@xx12vortex12xx]

Love this guy

[@holup2691]

Completely agreed with putting Tampa there. It’s a slump, the question is what they do with it.

[@cheekydemon6131]

Man, may I have a question? How do you feel about the blue Lightning jerseys? I like the original black ones much better. I just can't imagine, if the Leafs completely changed to another color. Sure, we have the green St. Pats set, but that's a heritage thing, but with Tampa Bay I am disappointed, that they gave up on the black color.

[@holup2691]

@@cheekydemon6131 Most Lightning fans agree that our identity is black because of the history with winning the 04 cup in black. I think the change was to give the jerseys a cleaner, professional feel, as the team was trending upwards and the identity was changing. A lot of people don’t like our third all blacks, but I personally love them because black is still the heart of Lightning colours to me

[@ericwynne8058]

Watch out Shannon! There's a panther behind you!

[@erikhalvorseth3950]

A bit harsh on Vancouver me think. They beat nr 1 in their division twice- a couple of moves upward seems legit

[@KarelKCZ]

Come for hockey, stay for shadow :D

[@codyd6515]

Minnesota still criminally underrated on this board. Have not lost more than 2 consecutive games all season, while putting together winning streaks of 6, 5, and now 7 games. Colorado is the only team in the division they've lost the season series against, and they single handedly can decide if St Louis or Arizona gets that 4th playoff spot with 5 games left against the Blues. I get that they aren't getting the hype that VGK and COL get, but there is a reason they clinched their playoff spot before any team in any of the other 3 divisions despite being in 3rd place in their own division. In the West, sure they're 3rd. League Wide? They 100% belong higher than 8th.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

The problem is, they only play other teams in their own division. We can't say they are a better team than Washington, Carolina or others because they don't play against the same teams. This year's power rankings involve more guesswork than any other season. The fact the West has three terribly performing California teams in it boosts the records of the three teams at the top. If I have them third on this board, when they are the third best team in their division, I am saying the other division leaders are not as good as Minnesota. There's three division leaders, so the best I could rank them would be fifth, but Pittsburgh has won 8 of 10. Florida and Carolina are both playing very well. Toronto is the best in the North.

[@codyd6515]

@@TheHockeyGuy Pittsburgh has won 8 of 10, but 5 of those are against New Jersey with a loss to the Sabres in there. Minnesota has won 8 of 10 with both losses to STL (1 of those in OT on the last minute tying goal and last second winner) and have the 8-3 win against Colorado to start this stretch. At the very least, they belong above the Pens. Toronto are leading the division because nobody in the North has had any consistency this year. They are easily the worst of the Div. Leaders, and could definitely be below Minnesota. 6th would be reasonable, since FLA and CAR have been tremendous all year, and Washington is on a really good stretch right now.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

This is ironic since Pens fans state their team belongs higher given their winning record against every team in the division except Boston.

[@codyd6515]

@@TheHockeyGuy Hometeam bias I guess. LOL. I know I'm biased towards the Wild, but this season feels justified given the winning record against the Knights and the recency bias of the 8-3 win over the Avs, who are conveniently ranked as the Top 2 teams in the entire league on most Power Rankings.

[@ChrisTrinhnumber1]

I have been waiting for this for all night after nhl games on Saturday night. 😴 💤 🏒 🦆

[@zionraakman6370]

I have a very similar list. I find it so hard to rank the top 8 teams. It's so close

[@jessiegandhi4340]

Damn Columbus, that 31st spot belongs to NJ.. we’re about to get passed by a team that went winless for 18 straight games.. people say we’re tanking, no we just suck.. it’s unfortunate

[@wskeyson3382]

Shannon, Do you think the Kraken are going to take the Bigfoot print from the Av's since Bigfoot is more common to the Northwest?(i.e. former NBA Sonics mascot Squatch)

[@KoBxElucidator]

Let's go Pens!

[@aarongarner5155]

At least Columbus has a bunch draft picks. I am sure they will have a new coach.

[@tIhIngan]

lol at "They can't both lose" Challenge accepted

[@135monster]

3-1 coming back from Covid and Vancouver's only 23rd? Gotta think that's 5 spots too low. Playoffs coming!

[@ticecube]

Wild only have 1 regulation loss against Vegas all year. I wouldn’t necessarily call it an upset if they beat them in a playoff series. Some teams just match up well against others.

[@LevRok]

Not only this year. Wild was always a horrible match for Vegas. Just look it up.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

Definitely nervous if Vegas plays Minnesota in the playoffs. They seem to have their number.

[@dennybarlau8065]

MN matches up well with Vegas

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

@@Mr.Quinlan888 playoffs are a different animal. Look at the Caps against Vegas. Regular season they have never won ar t-mobile and in DC Vegas is on top as well. So, looking at the last 3 years regular season totals you'd think the Caps would be easy, EXCEPT, the killed vegas in 4 straight in the final after giving up game 1. Simply put, yeah, the Wild are a huge hairy ass thorn in our side during the regular season BUT, we could end up sweeping them if we meet in the playoffs. The playoffs are just such a different monster that you cant really compare how 2 teams will play each other based on the regular season, you just cant. So keep thinking China up as I believe it to be DESTINY that the Knights of old, Knights clad in gold, will finish the fight this year, though easy it wont be, no team will let us pass free but all we need, is for all to believe, and the cup of Stanly, to win it be manly, will March down the boulevard of dreams, to finish at the arena, of which none compare, and atop a point most high, we shall unfurl our championship banner to fly so that all whom pass by will forever know that in this year we finally beat every for and earned what had been so so close before, to only slip away in our past, but hang on, not so fast, as we finished the fight, and came out on top, though 5 years ago, no o e would have thought, a brigade of the unwanted into a plan they bought, and the Knightly brotherhood did bond fast, and forever shall it last, for this is but the first, of many to come, and a dynasty shall rise soaring into the skies, that elevate these mere men, to that of nearly gods!!

[@captainkyleconnor7308]

I agree with the rankings. Jets have had the worst week of the their season. They gotta do something if they want to be a real contender.

[@bdonaghu]

This year is pretty interesting in the sheer lack of parity. The best teams are just so much farther ahead than the worst teams by a much larger magnitude than normal. I cannot wait for a normal season. The end of this season is just boring, considering it's just the best teams beating up the bottom teams every night (except Buffalo right now!)

[@cheekydemon6131]

How do you see the Sabres doing in the next season? I just don't think the divisions matter all that much. Great teams get to the POs in any division and in any format. For example my team (the Leafs) played well against the Oilers this year, so it can feel like "easy" points, but in the next season there will be bad teams too. Instead of playing the Oilers 9 times, we will play other bad teams, maybe even worse than the Oil considering they sit in a PO position.

[@csolivais1979]

@@cheekydemon6131 I wouldn't see a huge improvement, but I don't think they will be anywhere near 18 losses bad. I mean, if you look at their division this year, the only team that is in rebuild mode is New Jersey. I think Buffalo was one of the teams that was hurt by only playing division teams. For instance, if they would of came to the Central instead of say, Carolina, I think they would of had a far better time of it.

[@cheekydemon6131]

@@csolivais1979 You are right. The Sabres are in a tough division this year, but don't wish for the Central or Vrána hits you with the four ;-) Seriously though, it was good to see the Wings compete and not give up on the season. Being the underdog puts you in a great spot to learn something :) In the next season when the Sabres are back it will be really tough too, but they will be able to travel outside the division to play easier teams.

[@McSomething15]

Detroit still in the 3rd column. Can't complain.

[@Pazara61]

"There's a team that's not on the board yet that their fans are going wait, what's happening?" ... Can confirm - Me: laugh crying, "yup what is going on!!??"