ESPN Future Power Rankings: Red Wings #2

[Euro_Twins 4,476]

This is the ESPN that created fodder for this: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/8-most-ridiculous-things-espn-2013-nhl-rankings-195752767--nhl.html.

I'd say that says a lot about their hockey credibility, as if the comment about Chicago and the draft didn't already prove it.

Oh god the last half of that voach list is absolutely atrocious

[Wing Across The Pond 196]

Oh god the last half of that voach list is absolutely atrocious

Lol tell me about it. 2 coaches who haven't coached an NHL game above a coach with 11 years experience. Why even include the stat if you're going to ignore it? Also I take it they mean cups won as a head coach? Because I'm pretty sure McLellan and MacLean have cup rings. But that I can understand. But to say that someone with 5 years experience and no cups, or even Adam Oates with 1 (VERY SHORT) year and no cups, are in a better position, at this very minute, to bring success to their team than someone like Torts with 10+ years and has actually won a cup before (and now at a team that will expect to challenge no less) is ridiculous.

EDIT: What the...? Also noticed that Oates was 27-18-3 last year, whereas dead last, BOTTOM OF THE PILE, Ron Rolston has better numbers (31-15-11). Also missing Hartley's cup with the Avs in '01. That's going to sting... for both him and ESPN.

Edited September 21, 2013 by Wing Across The Pond