NHL Power Rankings, January 27th, 2024 Edition

Summary

This week's NHL power rankings sees Edmonton take the top spot with their 16-game winning streak. Other top teams include Vancouver, Carolina, Florida, and Boston. Near the bottom are Chicago, Anaheim, San Jose, Ottawa and Buffalo, who are struggling this season. There is discussion around playoff spots and contendors, as well as analysis on certain team's performances over the past week. The video also mentions enjoying the upcoming All-Star break and thanks viewers for their support of the channel.

Takeaways

• 😀 It's a weekly NHL power rankings video for January 2024
• 👍 The host is taking a break for the All-Star week after this video
• 🔥 Edmonton is #1 with a 16-game winning streak
• 🏒 Vancouver and Boston are tied for 2nd in the rankings
• 😕 Philadelphia dropped 8 spots to #16 after a rough week
• ⚡ Tampa Bay is playing very well and moved up to #9
• 🐧 Pittsburgh moved up to #18 and is close to a playoff spot
• 😎 Detroit made a rare appearance in the top 10 at #8
• 🤔 The host analyzes each team's weekly performance to determine rankings
• 📺 The video script provides great NHL analysis and power rankings insights

Q & A

What is the date of the power rankings video?

The power rankings video is for January 27th, 2024.

Why is the narrator taking a break next week?

Next week is the All-Star break, so the narrator is taking a break and not doing his regular power rankings video. He doesn't want to leave Disneyland to watch hockey games like he did last year.

Which team is ranked last this week?

The Chicago Blackhawks are ranked last at #32 this week, dropping two spots.

Which matchup is the narrator looking forward to seeing in person?

The narrator is looking forward to seeing the Anaheim Ducks play the San Jose Sharks in person on January 31st.

How many spots did the Philadelphia Flyers drop this week?

The Philadelphia Flyers dropped a jaw-dropping 8 spots this week, from #8 to #16.

Which team had the biggest jump up the rankings this week?

The St. Louis Blues made the biggest jump up the rankings, moving up 8 spots from #23 to #15.

Which Canadian team is ranked the highest this week?

The Vancouver Canucks are the top ranked Canadian team this week at #2.

What is the Edmonton Oilers' current winning streak at?

The Edmonton Oilers are on a 16 game winning streak and moved up to the #1 spot in the power rankings.

Who is playing unexpectedly well in goal for the Oilers?

Backup goalie Stuart Skinner has been playing out of his mind during the winning streak.

What are the narrator's plans for the All-Star break?

The narrator is planning to take the week off, enjoy time with his family, attend a Ducks vs Sharks game, and possibly live stream some outdoor street hockey in California.

Outlines

00:00

😊 Welcome Back and Power Rankings Overview

The host welcomes viewers back and provides an overview of the power rankings for January 27th, 2024. He mentions he will be on break next week so there will be no new power rankings video, but another video will be posted instead. He then jumps into this week's power rankings.

05:01

😬 Bottom Teams Struggling

The host discusses the bottom teams, ranked #32-#25, including Chicago, Anaheim, San Jose, Ottawa, Buffalo and Minnesota. These teams are mostly out of playoff contention. Columbus has moved up after some recent wins.

10:01

😐 Middle of the Pack

Teams ranked #24-#16 are discussed, including NY Islanders, Arizona, Washington, Calgary, LA Kings, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Nashville, and the NY Rangers. These teams have had mixed results lately. The Rangers get a big win over Ottawa.

15:06

😊 Playoff Battles Heating Up

The host talks about teams ranked #15-#12 who are in the playoff chase, including St. Louis, Toronto, Dallas, and Vegas. These teams and others in the top half of the rankings are playing well right now headed into the All-Star break.

20:08

🔥 Red Hot Top Teams

The top teams are discussed, ranked #11-#1, including Tampa Bay surging lately. Detroit cracks the top row for the first time in a while. Edmonton finishes #1 with their 16-game winning streak, playing the best hockey right now.

25:10

🏒 Thanks for Watching!

The host closes out by thanking viewers for their support of the channel and the power rankings. He also mentions some upcoming live stream plans around the All-Star break.

Keywords

💡Power rankings

Power rankings refers to the host's weekly rankings of the 32 NHL teams based on their performance and results over the past week. The host goes through the list from the lowest ranked team to the top ranked team, explaining the reasoning behind each team's placement that week. Power rankings illustrate which teams are playing the best hockey at any given point in the season.

💡NHL All-Star break

The NHL All-Star break is an extended mid-season break in the NHL schedule. It occurs in late January and allows players to rest and recover before the stretch run to the playoffs. The host mentions that he will be taking his own break during the All-Star week and will not film his usual power rankings video next week.

💡NHL playoff race

The playoff race refers to the competitive battle among teams to secure a playoff spot and playoff seeding as the regular season nears its end. The host frequently analyzes where teams stand in the playoff race based on their weekly performance and power ranking.

💡Winning/losing streaks

The host references long winning or losing streaks for certain teams, like Edmonton's 16-game winning streak or Vancouver's 15-game winning streak earlier in the season. These streaks indicate which teams are hot or cold and directly impact the power rankings.

💡NHL scoring leaders

The host mentions Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche as one of the top scorers in the NHL this season, on pace to surpass 130 points. Individual player scoring performances affect how teams are perceived in the power rankings.

💡Goaltending

Goaltending and goalie performances are frequently cited as factors influencing a team's power ranking, such as strong play from Stuart Skinner lifting Edmonton to #1 and injuries to goalies impacting New Jersey and Washington.

💡Team defense/offense

The host analyzes strengths and weaknesses in team defense and offense to explain power ranking placements. For example, he notes Chicago's solid defense but lack of offense as a reason they are near the bottom.

💡Standings vs. power rankings

The host distinguishes team standings (their position in the league table) from power rankings, which are his subjective weekly evaluation of team performance. The two lists differ, with power rankings intended to be more reactive to recent results.

💡Regular season fatigue

The host suggests some teams like Philadelphia may be dropping in the power rankings due to late-season fatigue from a condensed schedule, rather than their inherent skill level.

💡Playoff matchups

When forecasting potential playoff matchups, the host analyzes how certain teams might fare against each other based on their power ranking and whether they are trending up or down.

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Transcripts

welcome back all right so power rankings

for January the 27th

2024 uh and next week of course is the

allstar break a lot of teams start the

All-Star break tomorrow I start my

All-Star break tomorrow uh so I'm not

going to be doing what I did last year

last year I was trying to leave the the

park and watch hockey games like what

leaving Disneyland to watch hockey games

it was just an absolute complete hassle

I'm not doing that this time around so

just throwing that out there so people

know uh I will be filming a video that

will go in place of Power Rankings next

Saturday but that being said let's jump

into this week's Power Rankings and I'm

I'm going to do my best to enjoy my week

off um I I think I'm kind of nervous

because I got most of my pre-recorded

videos already done I don't really have

to do a lot tomorrow last year I

panicked had to do them all at the very

end I had to do like 40 videos in a day

all right so number 32 and at the bottom

of this week's Power Rankings dropping

two spots is Chicago now Chicago is

keeping games close Chicago is not

winning games but they're keeping games

close so that's the good news all they

need is some offense some creativity

some some luck uh they haven't had luck

they don't have a lot of creativity

offensively they work really hard I'm

not going to say anything bad about Luke

Richardson's coaching I think he gets

the most out of these guys he can but

yeah they're 32nd this week number 31

moving up one spot from last

week Anaheim so there you go I'm going

down to Anaheim you're not lost on the

board all right uh but Anaheim uh all

all jokes aside they did they did beat

an or Minnesota tonight um they're not

going to make the playoffs obviously but

you know staying competitive and I'm I'm

hoping I enjoy there is a game I'm going

to see this week I'm going to be at it

which is Anaheim at home against San

Jose and that's the last game that's on

January 31st before the All-Star break

so uh yeah Anaheim man's up 31st and

their opponents are number 30 uh number

30 this week up one spot from last week

is San Jose uh three game winning streak

got snapped today that's right they were

on a three-game winning streak way to go

San Jose the Sharks uh so San Jose not

making the playoffs but it's the battle

for 30th I'm going to witness firsthand

I might take notes I haven't decided yet

I might I might even talk to them about

you know loaning me a whiteboard or

whatever uh we'll see we'll see if I get

creative or if everybody just wants to

go back to the hotel after the game

everybody I mean the whole family's

coming with me so they may not want to

stick around after but at anyway great

uh yeah San Jose Anaheim I'm kind of

looking forward to seeing that and San

Jose moves up to 30th this week uh

number 29 dropping one spot from last

week Ottawa uh the s that that game

tonight just a microcosm of how they can

look good one period they can look good

they've got it together and then the

rest of the game they're an absolute

complete unmitigated

disaster it's SE AWA way uh it has to be

driving jacqu Marte crazy but when he

inherited the team they weren't in the

play playoff Chase anyways uh it just

feels like last year we saw some some at

least some hope for S fans and they've

just squashed it this year they've just

absolutely squashed it I don't I don't

know how you fix this uh number 28 also

dropping one spot from last week because

they got ped and that's Buffalo uh

Buffalo did beat San Jose today they

beat La as well they lost against

Anaheim and yeah so they end up dropping

one spot uh California games generally

don't move move teams up if they win it

can move teams down if they lose in

Buffalo's case they're already near the

bottom of the board yeah so uh yeah

Buffalo with a good record against San

Jose they're ahead of San Jose on the

board and again if Buffalo could get

like five or six wins in a row something

something but as I said in the review

tonight it feels like we're starting to

see a separation between teams in the

playoffs and not in the playoffs in the

East we're not seeing that same

separation in the west but maybe we will

after the deadline uh or after after the

allstar break as we go towards the

deadline number 27 moving down two spots

from last

week Montreal uh the Montreal Canadians

uh back below NHL 500 uh they they do

know how to get points here and there

and and they work really hard uh and and

so for I I don't think there's any

reason to think that Marty San Louie

won't be their coach as long as he wants

to be he's getting the most out of this

team he can uh the fact they take

Pittsburgh overtime mildly impressive

although Pittsburgh's not above the

playoff line either so yeah Montreal

drops a couple of spots this week many

apologies to people who are going to get

upset about it but that's that's where

it is uh number 26 moving up three spots

from last week and kind of upsetting the

whole apple cart here Columbus uh so

Columbus I bumped them up as soon as I

saw them get that lead on Vancouver uh

didn't bump them up further because they

didn't hold that lead but you know what

they be they won in Calgary uh they've

looked good over the last week it really

is the third period the third Peri just

killing this team so Columbus moves up

we'll see if they stay there uh it feels

like that's one of the higher spots

they've had this year but yeah 26 I I

think they're they're going to win some

games after the All-Star break if they

can keep this up they seem to be

building some some chemistry on their

lines here so we'll see if the the

darkest part of The Season's behind them

obviously we're not going to be talking

about playoffs but if they can at least

have a a good second half of the season

number 25 the last team in this row

moving up one spot from last week

Minnesota uh the wild would have been

out of this row but then they lost

against Anaheim tonight and I felt like

you know what they belong in the bottom

row um Minnesota finds themselves two

games below NHL 500 at this point uh I I

think I can say they're not going to

make playoffs without upsetting

Minnesota fans uh because yeah it just

doesn't look like this team is is going

to keep it together they're not going to

make the playoffs and again as I've

mentioned in once once we get to that

power rankings video on Minnesota I talk

about it I I don't know how you fix

Minnesota either as much as I'm

bewildered as to how to fix Ottawa not

sure you fix Minnesota this is why I

haven't been doing the videos on it

because it's like I could just put all

the numbers on the board and all the

players and just go I I don't know how

to fix any of this this is just a mess

uh but yeah so Minnesota rounds out the

bottom row number 24 same spot as last

week New York Islanders so Patrick W

takes over under Patrick w one two and

one so far so not that far off of how

they were playing before Patrick W took

over you can see the frustration you can

see that he's doing his best to turn

things around but it it is a lot of work

I I I would imagine it's sinking in with

him right now if he didn't know already

probably de uh it's going to take a lot

of a lot of work and probably some time

to turn the Islanders around and it's

unlikely that the Islanders end up in

the playoffs uh this season I I don't

see them being a playoff team all right

so that's the Islanders number 23

dropping one spot from last

week the Arizona Coyotes uh rough road

trip uh going through Tampa Bay Florida

Carolina that's the new sha Valley of

the shadow of death uh for teams to walk

through uh I I used to say that about

the California road trip uh people would

ask oh if you watch the conu game like

yeah they're in the Valley of the shadow

of death I don't watch the games in

California that was well before I had a

channel uh now I feel like it's that

that East Coast southeast part of the

the schedule that uh yeah Arizona just I

feel bad for them they weren't ready for

this Tampa Bay Florida Carolina just not

they're not in that league so we'll see

how Arizona does coming out of the break

and whether or not they can turn things

around but it it definitely feels like

they're trending towards not being a

playoff team which we suspected before

the season started but they were so

close right so at any rate they're 23

this week number 22 also dropping one

spot from last week the Washington

Capitals so for the Caps uh the the

issues are still the same they do have

issues with scoring although they did

come back and tie Dallas before losing

in

overtime there're this is a team that uh

yeah they have they have challenges with

scoring goals their goal ending is

really good their defensive structure I

think is pretty good too it's just it's

a matter of where the goals are going to

come from oetkin had one today it was on

power play goal too maybe right maybe

there's a run there maybe he can go on

one final big scoring binge but it does

feel like those days are behind him and

so the capitals 22nd on the board this

week number 21 also dropping one spot

from last

week Calgary uh the Flames tonight's win

over Chicago wasn't pretty I I can't

pretend it is uh but it's a win and they

desperately needed that win they could

not afford to lose against Chicago

tonight uh so their faint playoff hopes

are faint but there's hope there uh

we'll we'll see see how things go coming

out of All-Star break but uh yeah

Calgary's odds I I don't like their odds

right now um which is is strange because

before the season started I don't know

if I would have had them in the playoffs

necessarily but I I figured they'd be

closer than what they are it's just been

been kind of tough to watch them uh

number 20 on the board dropping four

spots from last week four the LA Kings

yeah uh so the kings were number one at

one point this this season those days

are gone

um and it looks like the playoffs may

eventually be gone for them as well

because there are teams below the

playoff line who are playing well enough

that they're going to catch the Kings

because the Kings only have two wins in

their last 15 games so la is probably

going to be glad to have the break too

uh I would imagine that uh my next Power

Rankings they should start moving up

again they're not as they're they may

not be as good as the team that set that

that record winning streak at the start

of the season but they shouldn't be this

bad either so the truth is probably

right in the middle uh it's a matter of

finding that middle and if they don't

find it soon they may be in the outside

looking in uh at playoff time number 19

dropping one spot from last

week so mostly pretty small moves right

so moving down one spot is New Jersey uh

that game against Tampa Bay tonight it's

it's just it's another another instance

of them just not being good enough uh

the New Jersey Devils have had that now

they're missing Jack Hughes and they're

missing douge Hamilton and they don't

have a goal tender they have a lot of

faith in right now and I get all of that

but still for power rankings reasons

they're 19th on the board and there's no

guarantee that the longer this goes on

the harder it's going to be to just turn

things around so hopefully Hughes comes

back as soon as possible hopefully the

goal tending straightens itself out

whether it's one of the goalies they

have making it work

or they go out and find one but yeah

they're they're in pretty pretty bad

shape right now number 18 moving up one

spot from last

week just the one spot so not a huge

move up but it's a move up and that's

Pittsburgh so they've just switched

places with the New Jersey Devils um

Pittsburgh finding themselves not too

far out of a playoff spot themselves and

so we'll see if Pittsburgh can go on a

bit of a run after the All-Star break as

well uh they still have a good team I

don't know if they have a great team

they have a good team they have good

goal tending there are enough good parts

with Pittsburgh that they should push

their way towards a playoff spot but the

East is going it's not going to be easy

uh the the spots that look like they

maybe were a bit vulnerable don't look

as much or as vulnerable now as they did

a couple weeks ago all right number 17

on the board staying in the same spot as

last

week Seattle uh the Seattle Kraken um

they they had some losses they get a

couple of wins well they had the loss

last night against St Louis right I was

thinking of the win over Chicago uh and

then yeah that they they they snatched a

loss from the jaws of Victory against St

Louis uh for for Seattle they they do

not look like a team that's going to

make the playoffs either they're getting

enough points in extra time that they're

keeping themselves in the hunt if it

wasn't for the system of points the NHL

has if you didn't get a point for losing

in overtime or shootouts they'd be

nowhere near a playoff spot but they

have 10 points in extra time so we'll

see if Seattle can can get things

cobbled together and make a run at this

uh I I don't know they they had that

nice long winning streak and since the

winning streak ended they've gone back

to being mediocre so we'll see uh number

16 dropping eight spots from last week

eight just jaw-dropping eight I should

use this one tonight yeah let's use this

one tonight Philly yep the Flyers drop

eight spots from last week so they go

from the end of the first row to the end

of the second row and they it just looks

ugly now now I will agree with there was

a comment I saw on the channel That was

you know they're exhausted the

schedule's been rough they've played

more hockey than everybody else in the

last month there are some teams that

have played maybe 12 games or 13 they've

played 17 games in the last 31 days

Philadelphia has to be exhausted so

enjoy the break refocus and come back

one thing with the way Philadelphia

plays hockey Torell hockey is exhausting

it is work more work more work like just

just physical shot blocks it's it's very

very much it's a game that I would

imagine takes a a ridiculous amount of

energy to play so I agree that they need

the break but I also busted them down

because they looked bad this week so

they they did not look good this week

there have been weeks where they've

looked good in losses this was not one

of those weeks uh number 15 moving up

eight spots from last

week St Louis yep the St Louis Blues so

the blues move up eight spots so last

week St Louis was here this week they're

up here and there you go uh the St Louis

Blues had a really good week uh they go

out west and they played really really

well uh and yeah I I think the comeback

wins are impressive I I think the fact

that they got the win in Vancouver was

impressive as well I know I know kuck

fans are going to complain uh that's why

I mentioned that the other night isn't

that I I hate St Louis or anything that

I didn't mentioned on a St Louis

overtime goal it's that um I know that

Vancouver fans are really passionate and

they feel like in any way shape and form

Vancouver got hosed in a game they'll

let you know so I I felt like all right

I'm just going to say it but at any rate

yeah St Louis moves up eight spots this

week to 15th and with with LA fading St

Louis could jump into a wild card spot I

could absolutely see that happening uh

and they could be dangerous come playoff

time because bennington's been playing

well all season so if their defense

really gets things figured out they

could be quite dangerous uh number 14

moving up one spot from last

week I'll use this one sure Nashville uh

the PRS uh quite the week overall and

and honestly Nashville's playing well

now they did lose today against Edmonton

but I didn't move them down for that

because Edmonton's won 2 three 4 6 12

denominator 48 60 16 games so yeah 16

wins in a row I'm not going to start

dropping teams down when they lose

against a team this playing that that

well so uh for Nashville uh they move up

one spot from last week I thought they

played well against Edmonton too that

game easily could have gone the other

way Skinner stole that game Skinner's

playing so well right now so yeah I

didn't I didn't punish Nashville for

that loss uh number 13 dropping four

spots from last week New York Rangers

yeah the Rangers have been struggling

and they find themselves almost smack

dab in the middle of this board they did

get get the 7 to2 win over Ottawa Ottawa

is here therefore I did not move the

Rangers up tonight for that 7 to2 win

over Ottawa because Ottawa is here and

Ottawa seemed to be getting things

together and then tonight nope it all

fell apart again so uh the New York

Rangers did well to go out there and

score seven straight goals against the

Ottawa Senators and win a No Mercy game

uh but yeah the the Rangers have had a

rough time of it they really needed that

win tonight and they really need the

break too so the Rangers 13th I don't

expect them to drop much further than

that uh number 12 moving up two spots

from last

week torona uh the Toronto Maple Leafs

move up two spots from last week uh the

backto backs against Winnipeg very

impressive and so we'll see if again

coming out of the break whether or not

they can continue that but Toronto looks

like they've they've got it together the

most impressive thing in the winds over

Winnipeg is defensively how they played

and uh Sam sonov did have the shut out

in the first game and he played really

well in the second game as well but I

was really impressed by the defensive

side of it that's been the issue for

them much of this season and so if

they've started to get that together uh

Toronto could be quite dangerous after

the break themselves uh number 11

dropping one spot from last

week Dallas uh Dallas Dallas drops

they're they're inconsistent in games

they're inconsistent from one shift to

the next I didn't like how they blew the

for to to lead against Washington now

they just sat back they did win that one

in overtime but I felt like the 10 teams

that are ahead of them on the board are

just playing better uh one thing I

wanted to say too the teams from 12 and

higher are playing really well right now

the teams in this half of the board

mixed results and it it does feel like

we're we're coming out of this period of

time where it really is just the middle

of the season and and all of that fun

stuff and so after the All-Star break

the the hockey will be better

and we should see some movement on the

board then too I had to pause cuz bear

was sitting on the base of this and I'd

rather she didn't cause it to fall over

as entertaining as that might be for all

you find people on the internet I'd

rather not have to pick this up and put

all the pucks on it again and maybe have

to deal with a cat that's been injured

anyways uh so yeah Dallas drops the one

spot this week uh moving into the top 10

now and moving up one spot from last

week the Vegas golden kns so Vegas is in

the top 10 uh what if been higher if not

for tonight's result but tonight's

result told me you know what they're

they've been playing well but this other

team's just playing better than they are

so Vegas 10th on the board they're

having a decent road trip tonight they

suffered a setback uh but they do they

just switch places with Dallas this week

that's all that happened so um again

usually at this time of year you don't

see huge moves uh just basically what I

consider to be like Market Corrections

this team is too high up this team's too

low down uh there was a couple of those

this week week they're both right here

Vegas moves up the one spot uh number

nine moving up three spots from last

week yep

three Tampa the Tampa Bay Lightning are

almost back in the top row um right now

the lightning are playing really really

good hockey and I I really shuddered to

think what they might be able to do

after the All-Star break I would be very

surprised if they're not in the top row

the next time I do a power rankings in

two weeks um they might even end up in

the top five within a couple of weeks

the way things been going for them

lately so that rounds out the third row

let's go ahead and get into the top row

now by third row I mean you know this is

the third row I've done this technically

is the third row this is the second row

I'm aware uh number eight not that tired

number eight moving up five spots from

last week yep

five the Red Wings of Detroit uh

Detroit's in the top

row that's rare I know that's rare I did

the

whole um standing like the whole graph

on who's been we and do I have it in

front of me to talk about Detroit being

in the top row nope although I will say

this uh Ivon and I are going to be

tracking this going forward uh so

tonight's Power Rankings go straight

into uh the files she has on the

computer and we're going to start

digging into the data and I'm going to

enjoy doing videos on what the data

tells me about teams and who peaked

where and when and all that so Detroit

this may very well be a peak for them at

eight they may go higher uh this is a

team that as long as lions giving them

the goal tending they are right now this

is a team that's going to be dangerous I

I don't think like there's not going to

be any pressure on them in the playoffs

so yeah they're going to be really

dangerous come playoffs should they make

it right now it looks like they're going

to uh number seven dropping five spots

from last week but Winnipeg had a tough

week now I think Winnipeg is just

they're missing some key guys I think

that to what happens is you're at the

top of the league things are going well

and it's just it's hard to keep that up

so Winnipeg drops the same as Colorado

dropped last week last week it was

Colorado dropping three spots down to

seven this week it's Winnipeg dropping

five spots down to seven because the

margin for error in this top seven is

very very small so Winnipeg has a bit of

a rough week they're at seven if they

have a good week they'll move back up

but I did feel like the six teams ahead

of them are playing better than they are

right now uh that being said I hope

Winnipeg stays in the hunt and and ends

up maybe winning their division because

if they go into a 23 scenario with say

Dallas I a that would be a really really

fun Series in this house because Dallas

one of my teams and Winnipeg one of my

Wes teams uh but I I do think Dallas

would probably win that series just a

gut feeling I have I would be fine

though with Dallas losing to Winnipeg in

the playoffs should that happen but

getting ahead of myself aren't I anyways

there you go uh Winnipeg at number seven

on the board this week which means we

will not have Canadian 123 this week uh

number six moving up one spot from last

week the Avalanche Colorado uh Colorado

had a good week uh they move up the one

spot uh Nathan McKinnon continues to

score at a ridiculous rate he is on on

Pace for ridiculous Point totals I think

there's an official ridiculous should be

declared at like 130 points at that

point it's just ridiculous we shouldn't

even count them after that we should

just go you know what you've got 130

points we're going to start giving your

points to your teammates you're just

being greedy all kidding aside uh

McKinnon's been fantastic Mar's been

excellent uh gorev's played well

recently too there's reason to think

that yeah the ABS once we get to playoff

time there's going to be a lot of people

taking the ABS to win the Stanley Cup uh

number five on the board this week same

spot they were last

week same spot as last week is Boston uh

the Bruins some ups and downs this week

uh the game against Carolina was a bit

of a tough one for them and then they

have the game today against Philadelphia

a bit of a laugher which helped to move

Philadelphia all the way down to 16th uh

but for Boston they go into the the the

break tied for first in the league with

Vancouver not bad not bad at all I'm

appreciative I I think that's uh that's

kind of fun now I know that there are no

fans outside of Boston fandom that want

that I am well aware that there's a

bunch of people watching this that made

the doct or made the Mr Yuck face when

they heard that uh if you don't know who

Mr Yuck is you're you're probably a

generation younger than I am

but uh for yeah for

Boston I I don't know what they're going

to do come playoff time I have no idea

but they're on quite the run and yeah so

Boston number five this week number four

and same spot as last week is Florida so

Florida stays fourth um I thought

Florida had a decent week and again you

know they have like little losing

streaks here and winning streaks here

and I just think I think Florida's that

good I I think Florida is one of the

best teams in the league I don't think

anybody wants to play them in the first

round I know Boston wouldn't want to

play them in the first round last year

was bad enough but this year uh if it

was Florida in the first round I don't

see how it would be because one or the

others should finish first in the

division but uh I I wouldn't want to see

Florida in the first round this year I

think they're going to be very tough to

beat uh number three on the board moving

up three spots from last

week so one of those rare um pretty

substantial moves up the board in the

top top six is Carolina uh the canes

almost ended up second tonight they did

uh almost ended up second but they end

up third uh their shot suppression I

talked about it in the review tonight

I'll talk about again here they allowed

three shots in the last 40 minutes

against Arizona just you know the amount

of the amount of patience the amount of

uh just defensive awareness uh the fact

they don't take a whole bunch of

penalties in that either it's just it

it's some something to watch now it's

not the prettiest of hockey but it's

something to watch when you're thinking

you know the Zamboni could save some

energy and just have to basically do one

end of the rink and not even worry about

the other because I don't know the

Puck's been there all night so yeah

Carolina is playing some pretty good

hockey if they can keep up that shot

suppression especially going into the

playoffs uh again that's a team that

will be one of the favorites as they've

been all throughout the year anyways all

right number

two and dropping one spot from last week

Vancouver uh so if Vancouver had lost

tonight against Columbus if that score

from the second period had held up and I

I never should have thought that it

would because Columbus all apologies to

Columbus they still moved up this week

but um yeah Vancouver would have been

third but as it stands they end up

staying at second I just couldn't have

them in first they lost against St Louis

this week um and and that's that's that

they just they could not stay uh um in

in first place and against Columbus they

needed the huge comeback to win that so

Vancouver still playing really well

going into the break and being number

two on the board that's fantastic

absolutely fantastic so the all-time

Power Rankings uh Vancouver is not that

high up but you know what it it if they

keep playing like this they're going to

keep climbing that so you know next year

before the before the allstar break if I

do 30 32 teams again Vancouver may be

higher than where they are I'm not

telling you where they are so number W

this week moving up two spots from last

week to the surprise of no one really is

Edmonton um I I've always felt like if

if it takes a while for a team to get to

number one that's probably the right

call uh the Edmonton Oilers 16 straight

wins and they've been first since that

15th win in fact when I got to Edmonton

on the 32 Team videos I did on on the

alltime power rankings I did reveal that

the Oilers were number one because I

knew they were going to be number one

tonight

um unless something crazy happened and

they lost against Nashville by a huge

score and if Vancouver just destroyed

Columbus something like that then it

would be hard for me to argue Edmonton

over Vancouver I've seen the comments

about how oh they've got an easy

schedule okay so why doesn't anybody

else do it they're not the only team

that's had an easy schedule why do other

teams lose against Columbus and buffalo

and Montreal's almost got a 500 record

they've won 20 games uh ottawa's won 18

games San Jose now has 13 wins they had

a three- game winning streak so if if

it's easy to do this then a 16 game

winning streak would be common it's not

so their next game they can tie the 17

game winning streak set by the

Pittsburgh Penguins and as much as

people might be tired of hearing about

it and I've seen it and I get it the

reality is they're playing the best

hockey in the National Hockey League

right now uh it's not just McDavid it's

not just dry cidal that's been the

remarkable part is that throughout this

16 game winning streak it's been

different Heroes and steuart Skinner is

playing absolutely out of his mind right

now uh and also on the blue line Bard's

playing well eek holm's been everything

they could have asked for and more and

Darnell nurse is playing pretty well so

the Oilers I think are full full value

for first on the board and yes it took a

long time for me to get them there but

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