Red Wings new No.1 in TSN's NHL Power Rankings

[Guest mindfly]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=338680

Strong central

1.Wings

2.Blues

3.Nashville

Our division will be tough, really tough, this year.

Discuss!

[dirtydangles 1,328]

yep. this year is tighter than ever. I'd say without a doubt that the central division is the most competitive this year. nashville hasn't lost in regulation yet and the blues look great too. Chicago looks to be doing alright, but is farther ahead in their schedule, so at this rate I'd predict this at the end of the season on a whim:

1. Detroit

2. Nashville

3. Chicago

4. St.Louis

5. Columbus

Still don't know how nashville is perfect in regulation....

[titanium2 867]

Last time the Wings were No. 1 they ended up losing two ugly games in a row or something like that, right?

[ricky0034 89]

espn has Detroit at 1 again on theirs now too

Nashville at 2

St. Louis at 6

Chicago at 10

Columbus at 16

Edited October 26, 2010 by ricky0034

[ricky0034 89]

Columbus won tonight so the Central is now 17-3-6 against other divisions so far this year

Edited October 26, 2010 by ricky0034

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Obviously Detroit has the top ranking because the officials love them

[Wings_Toledo 233]

yep. this year is tighter than ever. I'd say without a doubt that the central division is the most competitive this year. nashville hasn't lost in regulation yet and the blues look great too. Chicago looks to be doing alright, but is farther ahead in their schedule, so at this rate I'd predict this at the end of the season on a whim:

1. Detroit

2. Nashville

3. Chicago

4. St.Louis

5. Columbus

Still don't know how nashville is perfect in regulation....

Pekka Rinne is why they haven't lost yet in regulation.

[Sprsquirt7 45]

Pekka Rinne is why they haven't lost yet in regulation.

You do know their backup has played almost half the games?

edit: Looked at the stats, rinne is 2-0-2

Lindback 5 gp

3 w

0 L

1 otl

.925 sv 2.55 gaa

rinne

REGULAR SEASON 4 gp

2 w

0 l

2 otl .955 sv%

1.58 gaa

Rinne has been stellar in his games but he has only played half, they are a grind it out team and eventually their lack of offensive talent will catch up to them.

Edited October 26, 2010 by Sprsquirt7

[Guest Stolberg]

like it caught up with them 4 of the past 5 regular seasons

[Sprsquirt7 45]

How deep have they ever gone in the playoffs? They are top of the league right now... ending up 5-8 is getting caught up. I didn't say they were going to become the oilers of last year.

[mmamolo 287]

I'd say their lack of scoring caught up to them in the first round of the playoffs last year against Chicago went their PP couldnt score a goal to save their lives - which literally cost them the series. Even if their PP had operated at a pathetic 10% they would most likely have won that series (they were under 5% I think). So yeah, I'd say their lack of scoring will eventually catch up (just not in the regular season).

[Guest mjtm77]

Before the season started I was saying Nashville would be a strong team and most of you guys were saying they would have a tough time getting in the playoffs

[hooon 1,089]

I'd say their lack of scoring caught up to them in the first round of the playoffs last year against Chicago went their PP couldnt score a goal to save their lives - which literally cost them the series. Even if their PP had operated at a pathetic 10% they would most likely have won that series (they were under 5% I think). So yeah, I'd say their lack of scoring will eventually catch up (just not in the regular season).

I'd say it was the lack of game misconducts against chicago... grrr

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

So wait, Nashville is the 2nd best team in the NHL right now?

Some rankings.

[Guest Stolberg]

5-0-3

[Guest mindfly]

Wings can get past nashville if they win next one.. 6-1-1, nashville has played one more game than detroit.

Edited October 26, 2010 by mindfly

[Z Winged Dangler 2,082]

i love all the crap in the "your call" section...haters love hating the best.

[Travis 576]

So wait, Nashville is the 2nd best team in the NHL right now?

Some rankings.

All of these rankings are all over the place early-on. They seem to be evaluated on a week-to-week basis as opposed to an overall view of how the teams have played.

[Joseph Franks 17]

All of these rankings are all over the place early-on. They seem to be evaluated on a week-to-week basis as opposed to an overall view of how the teams have played.

Still, 8 games without a regulation loss.....

I mean, I don't see them going very far, and their luck is going to run out, but it's still an interesting method of staying in/ahead of the game

Pretty rare start IMO.