Eastern Conference Power Rankings
by Tommy
1) New Jersey Devils (20-7-0) Week 3: 7-2-0
Pulling away from the rest of the pack, True and the Devils are still sitting pretty at the top of the East. Their only losses this week were a friday night loss to YOUR ARIZONA COYOTES and an 11-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens (wtf happened here). Regardless, this team is still looking like the favorite to come out of the East for many reasons. Offensively the team has a ton of depth and their studs are playing like studs. True’s got 104 points in 26GPs, leads the league, his right hand man Bstie has 74 in 22GPs, very outstanding stat lines. Depth wise they always have a reliable 3rd guy out there with Chelios, NTyrell and Mayhem all with 9Gps and about 3PPG. Back end is still led by Ajax and Cuban who are “quietly” putting up good seasons, Ajax is 6th in dmen scoring with 22 points and a +21 and Cuban is 3rd in takeaways with 53 and a plus 28. In net, Thrice and Dusty make a great tandem, supporting a 14-4 and 9-3 record respectively and save% ‘s of 81 (1st) and 75 (10th).
Record prediction: 33-11-1
2) Toronto Maple Leafs (15-10-2) Week 3: 2-7-0 (6FFs yikes.)
1,2,3,4,5……6 FFS, Chad is out, toslick is in. After forgetting to show up for SP earlier in the week the new look Toronto Maple Leafs had a respectful 2-1 Friday only losing to the red hot Kraken. Good news, Grammy and slick both still know how to put pucks in the net, Grams has 64 points in 13 games, slick 52 points (34 goals) in 13 games. Adding Semple and Chico and Mike is HUGE for this team. Any of them will be able to fill in on forward or defence. Speaking of Defence, Mike or Chico will likely be partnered with Shep to make a great dpair, Shep’s got 12 points and 9 games, expecting to see some firepower out of this new look roster. In net, there’s a question mark surrounding Chad who hasn’t played since week 2, but if he does decide to quit hiding, him and Devon will be a solid tandem. Dev’s got mediocre stats but is 4-2.
Record prediction: 27-15-3
3) New York Islanders (12-13-2) Week 3: 3-5-1
You want to see a mediocre hockey team, let’s take a look at Icey’s roster. Beating Chicago and LA this week plus a ff win to Toronto helps them secure this 3rd spot in the east. Pfarrcyde, Lomax and Randy all have just over 50 points at around 20 GPs respectively, Adding Pulver (31pts in 9GPs) to their roster is a nice pickup (miss you buddy love the logos). On defence PGH and Mpurch are doing all the heavy lifting, both have a 0.9ppg with 16 and 19 Gps respectively and are both top 10 in takeaways with 39 (10th) and 54 (2nd). In net Eddie (5-7, 71%) and Icey (6-7, 72%) is meh, nothing to write home about. This team has to start playing better if they want to keep this playoff spot.
Record prediction: 20-22-3
4) Florida Panthers (11-15-1) Week 3: 4-5-0
Onto the next mediocre team! Cook’s Panthers went 3-0 Monday night, but went 1-5 between Tuesday and Friday. This team hangs onto the 4th and final playoff spot but needs to step it up because Montreal is right behind them. Offensively Triix (Chief2step) leads the way with 45 points in 22 GPs, Cook in 9 GPs has a 2.7ppg which is respectable but there is a lack of supporting cast up top. On defence it isn’t sunshine and rainbows either, fivestarcoock with 12 points in 10 GPs is decent being paired with execution is also solid but will it be enough to go on a win streak? In net they don’t have a single player with more than 6 games, Rolla with 6GPs has a 75save%, Punjabidancer with 2GPs also has a 75% but there’s definitely question marks surrounding this teams goaltending.
Record prediction: 18-23-4
5) Montreal Canadiens (10-15-2) Week 3: 4-5-0
3rd and final mediocre team in the East, bleu blanc rouge! The Habs went 4-5 this week as well, after looking at some of the scores, they can definitely put up some goals but mannnnnnn do they suck at playing defence. Rambo leads the team with 52 points in 16 GPs (someone get this guy a medal), Kap (43 in 16) and Cap (33 in 9) look to fill out the top forward line Se7entee (28 in 14) as a 4th forward is really good. Defence other than RoyalKC is horrendous, does this roster even have anyone else outside of Elrookie? (Both rook and royal have too many GAs in not a lot of GPs), Junepon has 1 GP all season SMH. In net Pensrule is getting lit the fuck up with a 66save% someone get this poor man some defence! If this team somehow sneaks into the playoffs it’ll be a short experience.
Record prediction: 18-25-2
6) Philadelphia Flyers (4-23-0) Week 3: 2-7-0
The Flyers won 2 games this week! This total doubles what they had on the season, beating Montreal on Monday night and Los Angeles on Friday night. Nothing pretty going on with this roster statistic wise. Shout out to the players showing up for the team, Zach, Mike, Koz, Prod, Turd, buckley, josh, Jelm props to you all. Serg is just trying to do his best to complete the season in one piece, positive part only 2 more weeks (6 game days) then you can enjoy 1st overall pick!
Record prediction: 9-35-1