Power Rankings - Week 4: Rain On Lake I'm Swimming In

by Matthew Dirt on Oct 27, 2009 8:14 PM CDT Comment 19 comments

Depending on when various sources picked their rankings, we'll probably see some weird movement from the Hawks. After the two losses in a row to the Stars and Canucks the Hawks have (kinda) turned things around against the Predators and Wild. Of course neither of those teams are really lighting the world on fire.

SBN Power Rankings: We're a fickle bunch here at SBN it seems. The Hawks dropped from 4th overall down to 8th. Likewise the Hawks fell out of the top spot in the West down to 3rd overall behind the Avs and Flames (both teams the Hawks have beaten.. just sayin')

This brings up something McClure and I were talking about earlier - how long are the Avs going to stick around? Is Anderson going to keep this team in the running for the year? I'm hoping they last just long enough for people to write their mid-season playoff predictions so everyone is high on them. I'm still thinking they'll miss the playoffs..

The Hockey News: Just like SBN - THN has dropped the Hawks down from 4th to 8th. Their main blurb is about Sharp though who hasn't really been all that noticable despite his team-leading 5 goals.

NHL Fanhouse: The Hawks took a huge drop in this poll - from 4th all the way down to 11th. They're seem about a week late in the "is there a goalie controversey" topic but they published the rankings on the 23rd meaning they wrote it before Huet's allowed only one goal in the last 6 periods.

TSN: Finally a power ranking where the Hawks improved. They were an insanely low 15th overall last week. They're now 11th.

ESPN: Another ranking with the Hawks moving upwards, from 10th up to 7th (highest of the week). They also throw in a pretty odd Alka Seltzer reference too.. just for kicks I guess

League Wide Stats:

The Hawks dropped in overall points, faceoff%, power play %, and PK%. So stats haven't been good overall for the Hawks this week. With so many players missing time now though it's nothing to be concerned about, especially since the Hawks are still winning games.

Points: Tied for 5th with San Jose and Calgary (15)
Goals For/Game: 13th overall (3.18)
Goals Against/Game: 5th overall (2.36)
Shots/Game: 2nd overall behind the Sabres (34.2)
Shots Against/Game: Top of the Pops (22.3)
Faceoff %: 4th overall (53.2) Come back soon Toews
Power Play: 17th overall (19.5)
Penalty Kill: 7th overall (83.7)

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new Lightning Bolt

cool

NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE

by mjthor on Oct 27, 2009 8:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

of course someone would get an obscure Lightning Bolt reference on this site..

The last track on the new album is 12 minutes of awesome by the way..

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Oct 28, 2009 1:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

pretty sure we've talked about Lightning Bolt before

NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE

by mjthor on Oct 28, 2009 6:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

was that a BBC reference down there in the stat dump?

Anyway, I never thought I’d be worried about the offense at this point in the season, but even though they’re generating a lot of shots on net, they haven’t been able to cash in on the power play, which is getting kind of ridiculous giving this roster’s offensive arsenal.

Also, I think someone had a little heartburn trouble while writing the the ESPN rankings…

by gmh on Oct 27, 2009 8:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes it was..

“Top of the Pops” is just really fun to say (or type). I thank Art Brut for really drilling it into my head though

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Oct 27, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

look at us!

we formed a band!

NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE

by mjthor on Oct 28, 2009 6:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So

What’s your mission?

If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning

by Trixietrx on Oct 28, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

... an intermission?

NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE

by mjthor on Oct 28, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes you make me feel so old.

If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning

by Trixietrx on Oct 28, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Avs'

Backup goalie (forgot his name) has swine flu.

wait what?

by pepe126 on Oct 27, 2009 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

And now

The Oilers D Ladislav Smid has it too.

wait what?

by pepe126 on Oct 28, 2009 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And Now

The Caps LW Quintin Laing will be out for at least the next 2 games with the piggy sickness.

wait what?

by pepe126 on Oct 28, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Budaj has yet to play a game this year. I love Anderson, but I don’t think he can play 70 games. Anyway, Colorado probably doesn’t have the firepower to win their division, but I think they have too much young talent to miss the playoffs.

by warrenjm2006 on Oct 28, 2009 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

CBS Sportsline

Has the Hawks Ranked 4th. Just sayin’.

by AirTrafficAJ on Oct 28, 2009 12:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

psh..

4th is soooo last week

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Oct 28, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Rankings system

As long as the Hawks are ranked #1 at the season’s end I really don’t care where they are as of right now. With that being said I still believe that 11th is ridiculously low for the team that they have. Granted the bandwagon if getting pretty full for the Avalanche and Flames but it will be pretty empty by season’s end. The Flames haven’t won a game outside their province yet, and the Avalanche…well if Anderson can continue to make 35+ saves every game then maybe but I hardly doubt that will happen over the course of an 82-game schedule.

It's never about the eventual destination, but rather the long journey and its challenging obstacles that are presented and what it takes to overcome them, that makes the taste of success all the more worthwhile!!!

by hawks61 on Oct 28, 2009 10:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs