| 2003 Power
Rankings: Feb. 24th |
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Rk |
Team |
Rec. |
Comment |
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1 (3) |
Detroit |
32-11-5 |
When you have a
14 game winning streak, you don't want to change anything in your lineup.
We wouldn't even change our underwear. |
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2 (1) |
Phoenix |
34-12-3 |
Future HOFs Oates,
Yzerman and Roy didn't find our oxygen tank joke from last week very funny. |
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3 (2) |
Tampa Bay |
32-14-2 |
A goalie's nightmare!
The best attack in the league also holds the lead in power play conversion.
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4 (5) |
Montreal |
29 15 5 |
Let the rent-a-player
period begin! The Canadiens sent a clear message out there. They want
to win. Now. |
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5 (8) |
St. Louis |
31 14 3 |
The additions of
Foote, Carter and Cole increased their odds of defending their title.
The Blues means business once again. |
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6 (9) |
New Jersey |
31 15 4 |
Everybody talks
about Rob Blake, but Zdeno Chara, +31, might be the key of the Devils
success. |
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7 (6) |
Colorado |
27 15 6 |
Will Mario retire
as an Avalanche? Ladies and Gentleman, place your bets. |
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8 (4) |
Calgary |
30 16 3 |
Teams hate to go
to the Saddle Dome as the Flames have just lost a league leading 4 games
at home. A 3 game losing streak and 5 in their last 9 made them drop in
the ranking. |
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9 (10) |
San Jose |
29 14 5 |
This is a team that
loves overtime action. No losses and 5 wins in 10 overtime games so far! |
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10 (7) |
NY Rangers
|
26 17 7 |
No, Ohlund didn't
go as well as we predicted. We will not say anything else this week, or
else we will jinx it too. |
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11 (11) |
Pittsburgh |
26 19 3 |
Zetterberg has a
6 game scoring streak and would be stealing votes from Heatley if he didn't
spend a portion of the season injured. |
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12 (13) |
Washington |
25 20 4 |
The winners of the
Kim Gernack All Star Tournament hopes they will keep on the hot streak
in the CFHL playoffs. |
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13 (12) |
Boston |
23 19 6 |
The Doan for York
deal worked fine for the Bruins so far. Doan has 8 points in 9 games while
York has only 2 points in 8 games. |
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14 (16) |
Vancouver |
21 17 9 |
Probably one of
the most underrated forward in the world of hockey, Markus Naslund was
sent away in a deal that brought depth. They must now find a way to improve,
even more, their D. |
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15 (18) |
Florida |
22 23 5 |
Burke and Smolinski,
both ex-Flyers, are on fire as the Panthers reach top 8 in the Eastern
Conference. |
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16 (14) |
Philadelphia |
23-23-2 |
Rookie Chistov slowed
down after getting almost a point per game in the first 20 games. His
mentor Larionov will center the 2nd line for now, after posting good numbers
in the 3rd line. |
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17 (17) |
Toronto |
20 22 6 |
The bad news: Kudroc
is out for a month. The good news: the Leafs will not have to play Kudroc
anymore. The fans are thanking the Hockey Gods. |
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18 (15) |
Chicago |
21 23 4 |
Jocelyn Thibault
is saving their ass night in and night out. |
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19 (20) |
Ottawa |
19 23 6 |
Lindros leads the
league with 74 points. Not for long now that linemate Deadmarsh is out
of town, after a trade by new GM Rob Blake. No not that one. |
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20 (21) |
Anaheim |
20 24 4 |
You know it's tough
times in DisneyLand when they come up with ideas for a brand new Mighty
Ducks movie. |
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21 (23) |
NY Isles |
17 26 5 |
Jere Karalahti is
back on drugs. No, not that kind of drugs. He is injured, for God's sake.
He is taking m-e-d-i-c-i-n-e. |
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22 (22) |
Los Angeles |
17 27 4 |
How about some farm
team cooperation? C'mon, 7 RWs and 9 Ds are a bit too much. None of our
business though. |
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23 (19) |
Nashville |
19 28 1 |
We are still trying
to find out how did Tom Askey played -3 (!!) minutes and had at the same
time 2 SOs for the Predators. |
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24 (27) |
Carolina |
12 24 12 |
Anytime you have
a hockey farm team in Baghdad, you know you are doomed. The heat, the
bad ice, Saddam, the war. Oh no! |
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25 (29) |
Minnesotta |
12 28 8 |
Walz proved us wrong
and led the surprising Wild to win 9 points in their last 7 games. It
must be a team record. |
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26 (25) |
Columbus |
14 34 4 |
Rucchin and Dunham,
among others, should become hot itens until the trade deadline. |
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27 (26) |
Edmonton |
12 32 5 |
A 5 game suspension
to their core player Martin Havlat helped to 0-6-3 record in their last
9. |
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28 (24) |
Atlanta |
15 31 2 |
They have a fairly
good team, but they just can't seem to win. Maybe a new goalie might help
them out. |
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29 (28) |
Dallas |
10 36 2 |
Adam Graves wants
to get the taste of the playofs. He would be a good addition to any team
looking for a pest. |
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30 (30) |
Buffalo |
8 35 5 |
With a 3-14-3 record
at home, we don't think they ever heard of home ice advantage. |