As a sens fan ive been used to expecting them in the bottom row. So clicking on the video and knowing the sens werent going to be there feels great. Seing them in the top 10 in mind blowing. I might almost start to believe
They need to step up against the teams they should beat. I actually think Buffalo is a huge test for them. If they get up for that game, on the road, and beat them - I think we could be onto something
If we can win road games we should be fine. If we can’t figure them out we won’t make it again. 1-4 on the road so far. Have to figure out how to get points. I liked our games against Vegas and New York on the road. Liked our 3rd period push against the avalanche. Only unacceptable road game so far was against the Habs. If they play like they did against Vegas and Colorado we are cooking
The Winnipeg Jets are doing great & as A Rangers Fan, it's good to see Neal Pionk, who's A Former Ranger, showing all of the offensive promise he'd had before The Jacob Trouba Trade. Kudos.
I was watching to see when your Power Rankings would go up on RUclips, Shannon... and I did assume with my Jets being 10-1-0 that we'd keep top spot. Simultaneously, I keep feeling like someone should pinch me because I must be dreaming at how well the Jets are doing consistently. I've been there for them in the leaner years so this is absolutely enthralling to watch and I will be in CLC in person to watch them duke it out with Dallas and Florida later this month. They are a wagon and we welcome all who want to join in to celebrate these boys with us. I want to add, notably, that Eric Comrie does not yet have a loss and he's started 3 games out of 11.... he clearly needed the support from Wade Flaherty our goalie coach, and of course Helle to be the best version of himself and I have full confidence in him for the year ahead. Thanks Shannon for all this work.. I appreciate your work and I always post your shows into the Winnipeg Sports Talk Discord for others to find and enjoy too. Cheers!
Yes, I want to concur that Comrie is quietly putting up great numbers. Should things stay the course, I hope he might be considered on the next goalie power rankings, or at least get a shoutout for being the top backup!
I believe this is the largest power rankings gap between Washington and PIttsburgh (23 spots gap) EVER ON THE CHANNEL. Wow. "Joined at the hip" usually during the Ovechkin-Crosby era is the story. Quite the exception right now.
The Capitals retooled on the fly. Added 8 players under 26 While Pittsburgh adds Erik Karlsson and Lars Eller, and trades away their first round pick nearly every year. The Caps were sellers for 2 consecutive trade deadlines. Pittsburgh just keeps going all in The Capitals have earned where they are. The penguins also have earned where they are. I knew it was over for the Pens the second they hired Dubas. His first move was to bring Erik Karlsson 😂🤣 To an aging team, that lacks depth, speed, and toughness. They just keep doubling down, it's their own fault.
@@shaggyfrankdizzlthe Karlsson trade was very good on paper, and I know it’s popular to hate on Dubas for whatever reason, but he is completely handcuffed in Pittsburgh. Our terrible ownership group is a Boston baseball group that knows absolutely nothing about hockey.. they refuse to move on from our aging core cuz of ticket sales, and they are huge Mike Sullivan fans cuz he’s a Boston guy, even though he has lost the locker room years and years ago. Dubas came in after Hextall, the previous GM, completely destroyed our team from within, and he’s doing the best he can. Eller is definitely NOT one of their problems, though Karlsson is, but that trade got rid of several bad contracts from hextall at least.. but he can and should get bashed at least for the Jarry contract. The pens are the worse team in the league hands down. I’m not even gonna argue that they aren’t, but I wouldn’t blame it on Dubas
@justincary6180 the Karlsson trade was not good on paper or in reality. Stop drinking the kool-aid. Erik Karlsson is the most overrated player in NHL history, he's a defenseman who can't play defense. Zero physicality, isn't his career plus/minus somewhere around negative 200?!? Plus the Pens are locked in to a 10 mil cap hit. Terrible trade bruh, terrible. The team needed to be younger, faster, and more physical. Instead they brought in an overrated and overpaid player. Well done Dubas well done 👏👏👏 Did you not see how he put Toronto in limbo forever?!? All the cap space is locked in on 4 forwards, no cap space left for good defenseman, depth or goalies. Dubas is a fraud. Stop drinking the kool-aid aid bruh
@@shaggyfrankdizzl you talk and type like a teenager… I think the pens are the worst team in the league, but somehow I’m “drinking the koolaid” alright then…
He's absolutely right about Florida and Carolina being the best pro-scouting groups in hockey. I would give the slight edge to Florida because they somehow manage to do this while having a bare-bones farm system with not a lot of draft capital (Carolina, by contrast, has the best farm system of any contending team in the league). They are absolute masters at snooping around the non-tender market and the waiver wire to pick up guys who have either fallen out of favor or have been overlooked in some way and then turning them into contributors.
Gotta say I bought into the take that they had lost depth and even had Carolina missing the playoffs by a point or two. Ghost and Roslovic have been really good pickups for them. Definitely ate my words on that one. The metro is flipped on it’s head this year especially with Pittsburgh and the islanders shitting the bed so bad early on
Last season, the Hurricanes didn’t even have an AHL affiliate. Their so-called farm system was scattered all over the place-making their pro scouting and pipeline development all the more impressive.
Their record has been worse than their play, so hopefully they can keep the momentum going and put together a little winning streak against some divisional rivals in these next few weeks 😉
I'm still concerned with the Sens. Last year, December was the hell month as they went 4-5-0 in November and 4-4-0 in October. 6-9-0 in December. Ottawa should be able to win most of the next 5 games. Hopefully all 5.
I’m pretty disappointed with their record too, but it’s undeniable that they’ve been a much better team this year. The only games where they were actually bad were Colorado and Montreal. They should’ve won against Vegas and against New York if it weren’t for a choke and Shesty standing on his head. If they keep playing the way they are they’ll be making playoffs
They’ve played really well, have to get results though. Deserved wins against Vegas and the rangers no question but they are basically in the same position standings wise as last season which should be a concern still
@ they have also to date have the 3rd hardest strength of schedule. They’ve been playing some great teams, and I believe their strength of schedule the rest of the season is 27th. It should in theory get easier, which is why I’m not as worried about
I absolutely agree with your sentiment about the Wild. I'm am loving this start to the season and making the most of it because who knows how long it will last.
Given the wins are coming on the back of hard work and what seems to be pretty intelligent coaching, I'm more optimistic than in prior seasons where a lot of wins felt lucky.
@@NoPe-n1j You clearly know nothing about prior to that, when the second wildcard place from the metro division has more points than the second place in Atlantic division, recency bias at its finest, but not really surprised by not so smart people like you.
Winnipeg born Winnipeg Jets fan for life. The Jets pissed about a really bad effort against the Laffs, now taking it out on the NHL and beating the hell out of the league. Haha... too much fun. Oh, also congrats to the Anaheim Dostals - he is looking otherworldly.
When Roy and Chychryn are 100% they’ll be back. If this was the playoffs they would be playing. Excellent choice so early in the season to not rush anyone back and really limiting Ovechkin’s minutes. He only played 13 minutes yet scored and had two assists just like last game. The caps are really dividing the minutes pretty evenly over four Lines. Waiting for Dubois to break out with great game and a lot of points very soon. He has slid in well and there is no pressure as long as he is out there working every shift. With his talent and perhaps one of the caps future superstars its only a matter of time. Man the caps will be contenders when dubois finds his game and two top notch defensemen return. Ovie 50? 50 at 39?!? No. No way. If he scores 40 I’ll be very pleased teeing up for the record and first player in NHL history to hit 900 goals one year from now.
I do believe Dubois will explode with points at some point this season and beyond. McMichael is outstanding and it will be exciting How great he is likely to become.
I can only speak for myself but as a lifelong Jets fan I didn't mind you guys winning that last cup at all. Most of us were quite fond of coach Maurice up here, and he's done a great job for you guys down there. You have a solid team right now. See you on the 16th and 19th. Should be some great hockey.
@@Arasteele he's an amazing person. and i can see why your fan base is so fond of him and his personality. I look forward to both of our matchup. Cheers friend happy hockey season! I'll be rooting for the Jets in the western Conference
The problem in Columbus is the Jackets are transitioning from being an awful team to being a good team. As such, there are days when the Jackets will play like the team they are going to be, and days when they play like the team they used to be. They go to the west coast for four games this week, part of a stretch of 15 of 22 on the road. After a game in Winnipeg on December 8th, the Jackets will only have 4 games outside the eastern time zone the rest of the season.
Thanks and yes, as a Jet's fan I know that the next couple of weeks will be very tough on the Jets. Realistically top ten (tenth) by the end of the season would be a great achievement for the Jets but this run of wins against teams that we really should beat will sure help our cause when the really good teams hand us some losses (ie Panthers back to back eeek!).
@Vince-lq3ve they did finish 4th overall last year if my memory serves me. They also allowed the fewest goals against. Special teams was their Achilles heal last year. So far they've turned that around. I think finishing 10th would be a huge disappointment. Top 5 should be expected. Scary back to backs for Florida. I think the jets will welcome the challenge. They dispatched the boys today quite handily,
@@keithsandgren7868 It's a bit confusing to decide where the jet's should be. Yes, 4th overall to end the season. But Av's literally walked over us in the first round -we had nothing. Over the summer we only lost players, though I wasn't a big fan of the ones we lost, except Brendon Dillon, our only tough guy. So 4th overall team that shit the bed in the playoffs who are in the most stacked division in the league -arg. Where they gonna finish? 10th overall would mean something like third in our division and in the play-offs is my guess.
With Comrie playing solid, Jets are staying on top while they are playing this crazy one on one off schedule. KC with a point a game, Niki getting hot, the best shut down line in the league and a PP that’s clicking. Gotta love hockey in Manitoba right now. GO JETS
Sens are starting to understand that to win on a regular basis you need to play good defense, it's easier to win games when you don't have to score 5 goals every night! Seeing the Sens above the Leafs put a big smile on my face :)
Love my Sunday morning power rankings time. Of all hockey media, I think you have the best system for constructing the rankings and you do a good job of explaining it. Bravo 👏
Not only very potent offensively, but that game against Columbus I saw the Jets made it pretty much impossible to get through the neutral zone against them. Excellent two way play by them.
Culture and accountability seem to be big in Carolina. Gotta give Rod the Bod credit for being a tough, fare coach who allows players to ascend on merit and not rep
Montreal/Laval's hybrid system (similar to Florida) is hard on players -especially young defenceman - but it's a system that wins when the talent can execute. This is a coach and organization that knows what they are doing...but comes with suffering and toughening.
I think you’re wrong. [Insert team] not only deserves to be in [insert place in power rankings], but they really should be [insert lower place in power rankings.] The [inset fan base ] is delusional.
Man, I'm watching those power ranking for the last few weeks and I really like it kee0 going you're doing fantastic work and thank you for your work. ❤
Caps had a completely different roster and didn't have the scoring talent last year, so the comparison to last years team doesn’t really work. Caps added PLD, Mangiapane, Vrana who is a proven scorer, and young guys like protas and McMichael have taken a huge step
That and I think Ovi has bought into Carbs’ coaching style. I think he was fighting it the first half of last year. Seeing it work in spite of him led him to lean into it and it’s encouraging the younger players to do so as well.
This is soooo incredible!! As a Winnipegger to see our Jets play this well is like a gift from above. The team, the coaching and management are all to be credited for their success. So much fun to watch them improve game in and game out. Now they are 12-1. Only 5 other NHL teams have had a season starter this good in total nhl history. And they would be cup winning teams such as Oilers if thr 80s and Penguins in their day.
This next month th will be a HUGE test for the jets. Arguably their toughest stretch of the season. 4 games against the florida teams alone(they've gone 8-0 over the past 2 seasons but we shall see)
Our easiest game in this month is probably utah. And they aren't that bad. This months games are gonna be brutal but I believe we got this. Dallas is the one I'm most worried about but still we're 10-1 a couple loses ain't realisticly gonna hurt.
You do a really good job, truly are a hockey guy and as non bias as could be, one thing i would like to see you do is a strength of schedule ranking at say approximately every 10 games or there about, keep up the good work.
Canucks fan here. I was at the San Jose game last night and it was a good hockey crowd who supported their team. About 80% capacity it looked like. I did get the sense that the fans, though still supportive, were frustrated with the Sharks willingness to lay the body and with their power play. But they've got one of the best lines in hockey right now and when they add Mack to the mix that team should really get going.
This is going to be very picky, but Washington should be even higher tbh. They have the 2nd best win percentage in the league, have won 7 of 8 (out-played Tampa in the one loss too), and dominated the rangers a couple games ago. Caps are no joke this year
The difference in points for Caps and Rangers is a single overtime. The Rangers have better goals against and more road wins with their other loss against top row Panthers while the Caps losses were to not top row Devils and getting shut out by the Lightning. The Wild are also at 16 points with both teams at 7 regulation wins so a slight edge for the Wild having top row wins twice against the Lightning (who shut out the Capitals) plus 1 against the Panthers vs the Capitals top row wins over Knights, Stars, and Rangers.
@@maxfish4270 It is tight between the Caps and Rangers but the Caps totally outplayed the NYR when they met. You point out several time the Caps loss to TB but that is due to Vasilevskiy who is one of the top two goalies in the league with the NYR goalie and it must be pointed out that the Caps outplayed the Lightning in that game. The Caps are in the top three in scoring this year on average per game. Although it is very close the fact that the Caps are ahead in points combined with the dominant game against NY would indicate that the Caps should be 1 spot ahead at this time.
Wow, all the way to 27! It's still early but it definitely feels like an improvement over last year. Can't wait for celebrini to get back into the lineup.
As a rangers fan, I think they should be near Dallas in the rankings. The senators, panthers, and caps all outplayed them, and only won 2 of those games bc of Igor stealing the game
Before the season I expected the wild to be in the playoffs I thought it was absurd how lowly people ranked them. Last season was early struggles and lots of injuries they were atleast a wild card team, probably a first round exit but still I had expectations
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Glad to see the Anaheim Dostals moving up on the board!
I kept wondering when they’d show up. I don’t think this is a case of Anaheim being good, just everyone else sucking
The Anaheim Dostals and the Houston Strouds should team up to dominate North American sports. 😅
Dostal is carrying that team like Igor for the rangers!
Not me. 'Can't cheer for a team that calls Disneyland home.
Must be nice having a game changing goalie! 😡
As a sens fan ive been used to expecting them in the bottom row. So clicking on the video and knowing the sens werent going to be there feels great.
Seing them in the top 10 in mind blowing. I might almost start to believe
They need to step up against the teams they should beat. I actually think Buffalo is a huge test for them. If they get up for that game, on the road, and beat them - I think we could be onto something
I agree 100%%
If we can win road games we should be fine. If we can’t figure them out we won’t make it again. 1-4 on the road so far. Have to figure out how to get points. I liked our games against Vegas and New York on the road. Liked our 3rd period push against the avalanche. Only unacceptable road game so far was against the Habs. If they play like they did against Vegas and Colorado we are cooking
Same here. Seeing them so high feels like a fever dream
Sens were right with it with NYR . Should have won vs Vegas . If Sens keep it up they are top 3 in Atlantic
Whoot! Jets #1 for the 3rd week in a row!! 😃
Don't know how long this will last however I'm here for it while it does!!
Go Jets!!
They have developed a solid squad for years..better than most. Happy to see this demonstrable outcome. Keep it gping!! 🥅🏒💥✅⭐️⭐️⭐️
You really are a Hockey Guy; not a Vancouver guy or Boston guy, but a hockey guy. You're a fan of underdogs and love the game itself. Hats off to you.
The Winnipeg Jets are doing great & as A Rangers Fan, it's good to see Neal Pionk, who's A Former Ranger, showing all of the offensive promise he'd had before The Jacob Trouba Trade. Kudos.
I'm a Rangers fan as well, can't wait until the Rangers vs. Jets matchup next week. Both incredibly good teams offensively and in the net.
Shannon, I don't skip to the end to complain, I've got to skip to the end to see where the Jets are!
Sens at 10... just fell to my knees in the Ottawa-Gatineau region
Just saw a guy fall to his knees in the Ottawa-Gatineau region
@@jnerdsblogwas he blowing a MTF?
I was watching to see when your Power Rankings would go up on RUclips, Shannon... and I did assume with my Jets being 10-1-0 that we'd keep top spot. Simultaneously, I keep feeling like someone should pinch me because I must be dreaming at how well the Jets are doing consistently. I've been there for them in the leaner years so this is absolutely enthralling to watch and I will be in CLC in person to watch them duke it out with Dallas and Florida later this month. They are a wagon and we welcome all who want to join in to celebrate these boys with us.
I want to add, notably, that Eric Comrie does not yet have a loss and he's started 3 games out of 11.... he clearly needed the support from Wade Flaherty our goalie coach, and of course Helle to be the best version of himself and I have full confidence in him for the year ahead.
Thanks Shannon for all this work.. I appreciate your work and I always post your shows into the Winnipeg Sports Talk Discord for others to find and enjoy too. Cheers!
Yes, I want to concur that Comrie is quietly putting up great numbers. Should things stay the course, I hope he might be considered on the next goalie power rankings, or at least get a shoutout for being the top backup!
That power play is fucking disgusting. 45.2%. Just unbelievable
I believe this is the largest power rankings gap between Washington and PIttsburgh (23 spots gap) EVER ON THE CHANNEL. Wow. "Joined at the hip" usually during the Ovechkin-Crosby era is the story. Quite the exception right now.
The Capitals retooled on the fly.
Added 8 players under 26
While Pittsburgh adds Erik Karlsson and Lars Eller, and trades away their first round pick nearly every year.
The Caps were sellers for 2 consecutive trade deadlines.
Pittsburgh just keeps going all in
The Capitals have earned where they are.
The penguins also have earned where they are.
I knew it was over for the Pens the second they hired Dubas.
His first move was to bring Erik Karlsson 😂🤣
To an aging team, that lacks depth, speed, and toughness.
They just keep doubling down, it's their own fault.
@@shaggyfrankdizzlthe Karlsson trade was very good on paper, and I know it’s popular to hate on Dubas for whatever reason, but he is completely handcuffed in Pittsburgh. Our terrible ownership group is a Boston baseball group that knows absolutely nothing about hockey.. they refuse to move on from our aging core cuz of ticket sales, and they are huge Mike Sullivan fans cuz he’s a Boston guy, even though he has lost the locker room years and years ago. Dubas came in after Hextall, the previous GM, completely destroyed our team from within, and he’s doing the best he can. Eller is definitely NOT one of their problems, though Karlsson is, but that trade got rid of several bad contracts from hextall at least.. but he can and should get bashed at least for the Jarry contract. The pens are the worse team in the league hands down. I’m not even gonna argue that they aren’t, but I wouldn’t blame it on Dubas
@justincary6180 the Karlsson trade was not good on paper or in reality.
Stop drinking the kool-aid.
Erik Karlsson is the most overrated player in NHL history, he's a defenseman who can't play defense. Zero physicality, isn't his career plus/minus somewhere around negative 200?!?
Plus the Pens are locked in to a 10 mil cap hit.
Terrible trade bruh, terrible.
The team needed to be younger, faster, and more physical. Instead they brought in an overrated and overpaid player.
Well done Dubas well done 👏👏👏
Did you not see how he put Toronto in limbo forever?!?
All the cap space is locked in on 4 forwards, no cap space left for good defenseman, depth or goalies.
Dubas is a fraud.
Stop drinking the kool-aid aid bruh
@@shaggyfrankdizzl you talk and type like a teenager… I think the pens are the worst team in the league, but somehow I’m “drinking the koolaid” alright then…
@justincary6180 the truth hurts.
He's absolutely right about Florida and Carolina being the best pro-scouting groups in hockey. I would give the slight edge to Florida because they somehow manage to do this while having a bare-bones farm system with not a lot of draft capital (Carolina, by contrast, has the best farm system of any contending team in the league). They are absolute masters at snooping around the non-tender market and the waiver wire to pick up guys who have either fallen out of favor or have been overlooked in some way and then turning them into contributors.
They turned OEL into a Cup winner and got him a nice contract in Toronto. Amazing.
The Caps are not too shabby in their farm system
Caps have two young guns firing at 1+ PPG with a future all-star in Leonard coming soon and future game-changers in Miro and Cristall
Gotta say I bought into the take that they had lost depth and even had Carolina missing the playoffs by a point or two. Ghost and Roslovic have been really good pickups for them. Definitely ate my words on that one. The metro is flipped on it’s head this year especially with Pittsburgh and the islanders shitting the bed so bad early on
Last season, the Hurricanes didn’t even have an AHL affiliate. Their so-called farm system was scattered all over the place-making their pro scouting and pipeline development all the more impressive.
Go Sens Go! It feels so weird to be so high in the rankings
Their record has been worse than their play, so hopefully they can keep the momentum going and put together a little winning streak against some divisional rivals in these next few weeks 😉
I'm still concerned with the Sens. Last year, December was the hell month as they went 4-5-0 in November and 4-4-0 in October. 6-9-0 in December. Ottawa should be able to win most of the next 5 games. Hopefully all 5.
I’m pretty disappointed with their record too, but it’s undeniable that they’ve been a much better team this year. The only games where they were actually bad were Colorado and Montreal. They should’ve won against Vegas and against New York if it weren’t for a choke and Shesty standing on his head. If they keep playing the way they are they’ll be making playoffs
They’ve played really well, have to get results though. Deserved wins against Vegas and the rangers no question but they are basically in the same position standings wise as last season which should be a concern still
@ they have also to date have the 3rd hardest strength of schedule. They’ve been playing some great teams, and I believe their strength of schedule the rest of the season is 27th. It should in theory get easier, which is why I’m not as worried about
This is the first power rankings of the season I'm catching the night it's posted. Thanks for the hard work THG
"If I had hair, it'd fall out" 😂
Leafs power play currently firing at 8.8%
The Chief Special.
Love your videos. Canes fan here and I swear mainstream hockey media never mentions us, you always give us a fair and honest take
I absolutely agree with your sentiment about the Wild. I'm am loving this start to the season and making the most of it because who knows how long it will last.
Given the wins are coming on the back of hard work and what seems to be pretty intelligent coaching, I'm more optimistic than in prior seasons where a lot of wins felt lucky.
Canes vs Caps today is gonna be a BATTLE. The top of the metro right now is stacked.
Definitely the top division in the NHL at the moment.
@@ronreinhold8997 As has often been the case :)
@@jkliao6486it’s been the Atlantic by far in the recent past few years 😂 you’re completely delusional
@@NoPe-n1j You clearly know nothing about prior to that, when the second wildcard place from the metro division has more points than the second place in Atlantic division, recency bias at its finest, but not really surprised by not so smart people like you.
Jets number 1 on THG's rankings, number in the league, just number 1 period. The wagon keeps rolling.
Same as last year....
The Jets are awesome
The Jets are awesome
The Jets are crushed in round 1
Lets makesure we actually remember to refuel our wagon before playoffs this year 😅
Enjoy this time
@@freedom_fighter4317 not this year😁
@@freedom_fighter4317 third time's a charm...
I hope dostal's teammates are getting him some dinners, especially that defense, brutal
Love when this is posted. Great job, as always.
Winnipeg born Winnipeg Jets fan for life. The Jets pissed about a really bad effort against the Laffs, now taking it out on the NHL and beating the hell out of the league. Haha... too much fun. Oh, also congrats to the Anaheim Dostals - he is looking otherworldly.
Great work on these rankings, as always. No one comes close to delivering a more thoughtful analysis. LG CAPS!!
Big shout out to you from Michael Buble on the Rich Eisen show yesterday Shannon!
SOUR RANKINGS (Last Week's Upset Fanbases) #1 Sabres - #2 Panthers - #3 Kings - #4 Bruins
Why are the Panthers up here? I’ve been feeling great! Won our last 5 including sweeping Dallas in Finland
Kings will be in the bottom row in time.
@@alatreon7451 Some wanted the Panthers last week to be where they are this week.
Bruins have been good for so long. They were bound to start to collapse.
@@maxfish4270no Panthers fan is sour.
And the Wild playing in the last year of their $14.7 million dead cap disadvantage. Yurov coming over next year.....and Buium on the horizon.
Actually 10 million of that is already gone as Faber and Middleton's extensions kick in.
And they have to pay Kaprizov
When Roy and Chychryn are 100% they’ll be back. If this was the playoffs they would be playing. Excellent choice so early in the season to not rush anyone back and really limiting Ovechkin’s minutes. He only played 13 minutes yet scored and had two assists just like last game. The caps are really dividing the minutes pretty evenly over four Lines. Waiting for Dubois to break out with great game and a lot of points very soon. He has slid in well and there is no pressure as long as he is out there working every shift. With his talent and perhaps one of the caps future superstars its only a matter of time. Man the caps will be contenders when dubois finds his game and two top notch defensemen return. Ovie 50? 50 at 39?!? No. No way. If he scores 40 I’ll be very pleased teeing up for the record and first player in NHL history to hit 900 goals one year from now.
I do believe Dubois will explode with points at some point this season and beyond. McMichael is outstanding and it will be exciting How great he is likely to become.
Genuinely shocked to see Ottawa in the top 10. Things are looking up.
ill take #2 all day as a Panthers fan we already have a target on our backs
I can only speak for myself but as a lifelong Jets fan I didn't mind you guys winning that last cup at all. Most of us were quite fond of coach Maurice up here, and he's done a great job for you guys down there. You have a solid team right now. See you on the 16th and 19th. Should be some great hockey.
@@Arasteele he's an amazing person. and i can see why your fan base is so fond of him and his personality. I look forward to both of our matchup. Cheers friend happy hockey season! I'll be rooting for the Jets in the western Conference
@@Arasteele thanks!!!! Maurice is great.
I’m guessing Caps move up to #5. Pumped to watch, thanks for everything you do Shannon!
As a Wild fan, I'm not used to seeing them in the top row. It's really freaking me out.
I normally look forward to the power rankings but as a habs Fan I put off opening this video today.
THG should invite #1 Jets fan Jesse from BarDown to co-host a future PR.
Is Caps video coming soon? Man oh man. They've exceeded well beyond my expectations to start this season
This Canucks fan is also hoping for Jets and Sens' to keep it going. 😮
The problem in Columbus is the Jackets are transitioning from being an awful team to being a good team. As such, there are days when the Jackets will play like the team they are going to be, and days when they play like the team they used to be. They go to the west coast for four games this week, part of a stretch of 15 of 22 on the road. After a game in Winnipeg on December 8th, the Jackets will only have 4 games outside the eastern time zone the rest of the season.
Good year for Yvonne’s team
Teams
Florida fan here, and you got that correct with the Jets at 1.
Thanks and yes, as a Jet's fan I know that the next couple of weeks will be very tough on the Jets. Realistically top ten (tenth) by the end of the season would be a great achievement for the Jets but this run of wins against teams that we really should beat will sure help our cause when the really good teams hand us some losses (ie Panthers back to back eeek!).
@Vince-lq3ve they did finish 4th overall last year if my memory serves me. They also allowed the fewest goals against. Special teams was their Achilles heal last year. So far they've turned that around. I think finishing 10th would be a huge disappointment. Top 5 should be expected. Scary back to backs for Florida. I think the jets will welcome the challenge. They dispatched the boys today quite handily,
@@keithsandgren7868 It's a bit confusing to decide where the jet's should be. Yes, 4th overall to end the season. But Av's literally walked over us in the first round -we had nothing. Over the summer we only lost players, though I wasn't a big fan of the ones we lost, except Brendon Dillon, our only tough guy. So 4th overall team that shit the bed in the playoffs who are in the most stacked division in the league -arg. Where they gonna finish? 10th overall would mean something like third in our division and in the play-offs is my guess.
at what point do you just start with winnipeg on the board immediately
With Comrie playing solid, Jets are staying on top while they are playing this crazy one on one off schedule. KC with a point a game, Niki getting hot, the best shut down line in the league and a PP that’s clicking. Gotta love hockey in Manitoba right now. GO JETS
Much different roster for Washington this year. Not really apples to apples to compare last years results to this years with them.
Sens have definitely played really well, should arguably have a better record. But if they keep it up they will be a playoff team.
Sens are starting to understand that to win on a regular basis you need to play good defense, it's easier to win games when you don't have to score 5 goals every night! Seeing the Sens above the Leafs put a big smile on my face :)
Honestly, if I had to pick a Canadian team I'd like to see win the cup, it would be the Jets.
I agree, for a Canadian team, they are the least talked about team but no denying they are a very well put together team.
Agreed. Mostly because the sheer amount of people (including Bettman) that would hate it. 😂
And Hellebuyck would sure deserve it
Long overdue.
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Oh yes, of course Bettman & many others dislike the Jets.
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Love my Sunday morning power rankings time. Of all hockey media, I think you have the best system for constructing the rankings and you do a good job of explaining it. Bravo 👏
Was feeling bad when Montreal dropped to 32. Expected a drop but not that much. Then Boston shows up that was some relief.
Not only very potent offensively, but that game against Columbus I saw the Jets made it pretty much impossible to get through the neutral zone against them. Excellent two way play by them.
Power rankings among Canadian NHL teams:
- 1st - Jets (TBD overall as of 19:21 mark of video)
- 2nd - Sens (10th overall)
- 3rd - Leafs (12th overall)
- 4th - Flames (13th overall)
- 5th - Canucks (14th overall)
- 6th - Oilers (19th overall)
- 7th - Habs (last overall)
Culture and accountability seem to be big in Carolina. Gotta give Rod the Bod credit for being a tough, fare coach who allows players to ascend on merit and not rep
Always great to see the power rankings video. Makes my weekend. You rock, Shannon!!🤘🏻🤘🏻
Montreal/Laval's hybrid system
(similar to Florida) is hard on players -especially young defenceman - but it's a system that wins when the talent can execute. This is a coach and organization that knows what they are doing...but comes with suffering and toughening.
Hate to see my two favorite teams 32nd and 31st. But I can't complain.
Loving the trippy puck logos! Thanks for everything Shannon-your videos are a daily delight
Appreciate the difference you identified between top 9 and rest. Ottawa at 10… hope so. Ottawa Valley needs some playoff enjoyment!
Every spot I didnt see the sharks puck show up was a bigger and bigger shock. Well done on the rise sharkies.
No complaints, you do an excellent job. Salute
I for one am offended that [insert team] is only [insert place in power rankings]. Frankly, it's insulting to [insert fanbase].
I think you’re wrong. [Insert team] not only deserves to be in [insert place in power rankings], but they really should be [insert lower place in power rankings.] The [inset fan base ] is delusional.
@@mythbhavd The [inset fan base ] farts in your general direction and your [Insert team] is steaming hot on the lawn.
Great work Shannon!
this has become my sunday morning tradition. Love this
If the Blue Jackets ever end up at number one on the board in my lifetime I’ll cry
If they end up getting out of that perpetual rebuild they just might make it!
@ never gonna happen
The year they won 16 games in a row they must have been #1 on somebody's board.
@ hahahah, I feel like this was the first year of thg’s channel. Did he do rankings back then. Now I want to check.
I'm a simple man. I see Shannon power rankings thumbnail, I click.
GO JETS GO BABY!!!! LOVE EM
I remember all the "don't sleep on the Habs" comments when you predicted them last in their division.
Man, I'm watching those power ranking for the last few weeks and I really like it kee0 going you're doing fantastic work and thank you for your work. ❤
Very nicely done, Sir
Watching Chicago and San Jose get better makes me feel so bad for buffalo. They still suck but you can watch these teams develop almost in real time.
"if every time somobody beat Vancouever I got angry" you would have turned into Dangle, and thank god you didn't, one is plenty
As a Habs fan. Fair ranking
I’m a Ducks fan and even I want Ottawa to pull this off
Caps had a completely different roster and didn't have the scoring talent last year, so the comparison to last years team doesn’t really work. Caps added PLD, Mangiapane, Vrana who is a proven scorer, and young guys like protas and McMichael have taken a huge step
That and I think Ovi has bought into Carbs’ coaching style. I think he was fighting it the first half of last year. Seeing it work in spite of him led him to lean into it and it’s encouraging the younger players to do so as well.
Agree on Canes comments. Today's game is another good test versus the Caps
This is soooo incredible!! As a Winnipegger to see our Jets play this well is like a gift from above. The team, the coaching and management are all to be credited for their success. So much fun to watch them improve game in and game out. Now they are 12-1. Only 5 other NHL teams have had a season starter this good in total nhl history. And they would be cup winning teams such as Oilers if thr 80s and Penguins in their day.
Best hockey content channel
As someone who didnt believe in the caps this years im really suprised
Ottawa in the top 10 🤯
This next month th will be a HUGE test for the jets. Arguably their toughest stretch of the season. 4 games against the florida teams alone(they've gone 8-0 over the past 2 seasons but we shall see)
Our easiest game in this month is probably utah. And they aren't that bad. This months games are gonna be brutal but I believe we got this. Dallas is the one I'm most worried about but still we're 10-1 a couple loses ain't realisticly gonna hurt.
There's always a surprise team each year and for me it's Washington; I did not see that coming at all.
Thanks for the video! The rankings seem legit.
Great show THG! I dont get to watch much NHL, besides the home team, so the show is a great way to catch up on each team.
Sooo much fun being an Islanders fan it’s just the best.
You do a really good job, truly are a hockey guy and as non bias as could be, one thing i would like to see you do is a strength of schedule ranking at say approximately every 10 games or there about, keep up the good work.
Man. AVS are looking like the lottery team
I’ll take devils at 11. I see the potential in this team and I’m glad others do as well
Canucks fan here. I was at the San Jose game last night and it was a good hockey crowd who supported their team. About 80% capacity it looked like. I did get the sense that the fans, though still supportive, were frustrated with the Sharks willingness to lay the body and with their power play. But they've got one of the best lines in hockey right now and when they add Mack to the mix that team should really get going.
This is going to be very picky, but Washington should be even higher tbh. They have the 2nd best win percentage in the league, have won 7 of 8 (out-played Tampa in the one loss too), and dominated the rangers a couple games ago. Caps are no joke this year
The difference in points for Caps and Rangers is a single overtime. The Rangers have better goals against and more road wins with their other loss against top row Panthers while the Caps losses were to not top row Devils and getting shut out by the Lightning. The Wild are also at 16 points with both teams at 7 regulation wins so a slight edge for the Wild having top row wins twice against the Lightning (who shut out the Capitals) plus 1 against the Panthers vs the Capitals top row wins over Knights, Stars, and Rangers.
@@maxfish4270 One, impressive. Two, I read this and thought of the always sunny charlie meme where he has the chicken scratch all over the board :D
@@maxfish4270 It is tight between the Caps and Rangers but the Caps totally outplayed the NYR when they met. You point out several time the Caps loss to TB but that is due to Vasilevskiy who is one of the top two goalies in the league with the NYR goalie and it must be pointed out that the Caps outplayed the Lightning in that game. The Caps are in the top three in scoring this year on average per game. Although it is very close the fact that the Caps are ahead in points combined with the dominant game against NY would indicate that the Caps should be 1 spot ahead at this time.
I am with you on this one. The Caps have been very impressive so far.
Wow, all the way to 27! It's still early but it definitely feels like an improvement over last year. Can't wait for celebrini to get back into the lineup.
What a miracle, HG has the two top teams in standings as the top two teams on the board. :) Kidding HG.
Kraken continued with last years habit of making the opponents goalie look really good.
As a rangers fan, I think they should be near Dallas in the rankings. The senators, panthers, and caps all outplayed them, and only won 2 of those games bc of Igor stealing the game
Let’s roll SJS! The March to the second row continues!
Thank you for putting the habs in 32nd Shannon now we can get Jinxed to a playoff spot!
Shocking to see last year’s president’s cup winner in 25th!
That was two years ago. Rangers won it last year, Panthers three years ago.
Yvonne must be happy about the Wild. You're safe.
Why would anyone complain? The "Power" rankings run neck and neck with the Bettman videos for funniest content on this channel. 😊
Great Video, as usual, Shannon
As a Jets fan, I believe Min is as good as Jets. Lets see what hapoens here...
good ranking i’d swap wild and caps but that’s it
Love to see the Jets at #1! ❤ we’ll see how they fare in Nov
Solid rankings this week
Before the season I expected the wild to be in the playoffs I thought it was absurd how lowly people ranked them. Last season was early struggles and lots of injuries they were atleast a wild card team, probably a first round exit but still I had expectations
Crisp bacon, French toast, good coffee and the THG Power Rankings. Can’t start the day any better!!! 😀
If you were in France right now would it just be "Toast"?