Power Rankings Week 16

Hey, the playoffs are coming, so I actually have something to talk about regarding these, especially with the logjam in the middle of the West and the end of the East.

I’m not going to spend a lot of time breaking things down because my analysis (like these power rankings) doesn’t mean much, but here are my thoughts:

Eastern Conference:

• With their struggles, I may have eventually been right about Boston lacking talent.  Effort is great until comparable teams start matching it.
• I hope to god Pittsburgh and Philly meet in the first round.
• Literally any team could slide into that eighth spot.
• I don’t think Ottawa is safe from falling out because I still don’t think they’re very good.
• The Southeast will yet again fail to put more than two teams in the playoffs.
• I think Washington will still win the Southeast.
• I think the Sabres and the Lightning are the most talented of the teams fighting for eighth.
• I think Toronto will get the eighth spot.

Western Conference:

• Not as logjammed, but a bunch of teams crowding that eighth spot.
• St. Louis may well be the best team in their division, but their slow start set them back a lot.
• Their god awful special teams could cripple them in the playoffs since they can’t score.
• The most frightening two headed goalie monster is Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliot.  What?
• This feels like a year that Detroit is just good enough to get knocked off by a low seed in the first round.
• I’d be terrified of Nashville.
• I’d be itching to play Phoenix.
• I think the Kings are the most talented of the teams fighting for eighth by a wide margin and I think they’ll get the spot.

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