Last week of March power rankings/Weekly wallpaper

by Aditya T (smashville) on Mar 30, 2009 10:56 PM EDT

Here are the rankings after a week, and the official OTF monthly wallpaper at the end. Overall, a great week for the Preds.

ESPN.com

#14

We move up four spot to 13 in ESPN's rankings, focusing on our play against the big guns

Who can stop the Predators? Not the Sharks or Red Wings late last week, though the Kings came close.

CBSSPORTS.COM

#14

CBS puts us at 14 also, moving us up 4

"Nashville picked seven of eight possible points last week, including big regulations wins against the top two teams in the West."

TSN.ca

#20

TSN's rankings drop us 5 spots, not because of our play, but our injuries.

"Points in eight straight games pushes the Predators into seventh in the West, but a brutal string of injuries (including three top six forwards) leaves them seriously shorthanded for the playoff push."

Sportsnet.ca

#14

Sportsnet is talking about a player no longer with our team for a month, moving us up 3

"Martin Erat assists on all four goals in a 4-3 win over the Kings as the Predators win three in a row."

The Hockey News

#9 (!)

The Hockey News puts us in the top 10! But I'm beginning to see that their rankings are more "momentum" rankings, as the Blues are a point ahead of us.

"Have at least one point in each of their last eight games"

Sporting News

#17

In Craig Cunstance's ranks move us up two to #15

"We keep waiting for the injury-riddled Preds to fall out of the playoff hunt and it just isn't happening. Barry Trotz deserves a ton of credit here"