Predators Power Ranking Roundup: Week 2

by Chris Burton on Oct 13, 2010 2:30 PM EDT

Herein lies a feature in which we gather all the power rankings from around the mainstream media and present them to you in one place. Click on the logos for the full rankings, and debate away in the comments below.

Outlet	This Week	Last Week	What They're Saying
	10	16	Nashville makes Music City rock with an impressive home opening effort.
	9		Take a deep breath, Trotz and Co. Starting Wednesday, the Predators play 7 games in 11 days, including NHL powers Chicago, Washington, and Pittsburgh.
	11	13	The Predators get off the mark with a solid 4-1 win over lowly Anaheim. An injury to starting netminder Pekka Rinne is a troubling development, although he's not expected to miss much, if any, playing time.
	6	15	Veteran Steve Sullivan helped the Predators win their fifth opener in seven tries by collecting two points including the game winner in Nashville's 4-2 victory over the Ducks on Saturday night.
	3W	9W	The Preds were snubbed in our preseason poll, selected in 9th, outside the playoff picture. In Week 1, they're right back in the mix, jumping nine spots to No. 3. How long will that last, however,with injuries to Pekka Rinne and Martin Erat, among others?

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i like the power ranking updates provided on this site, especially when we are toward the top.

by HartnellsMop on Oct 13, 2010 2:58 PM EDT reply actions

Nice...

but I’ll save the celebration for a few days (with wins over division rivals and the Caps). Also nice job Fox Sports, didn’t even get the score right. ;P

by DonBorvio on Oct 13, 2010 3:28 PM EDT reply actions

fox sports

They’re just being nice by doubleing the ducks goals for/game avg.

"It's gonna be fun on the bun."

by flyalder on Oct 13, 2010 4:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

ESPN's rankings amuse me.

They very heavily take a couple initial games into account. For example, the Leafs went from 23 before the season to 4 now, Oilers from 29 to 6, Stars from 20 to 3, Pens from 7 to 27, and the Devils from 6 to 28. That just seems ridiculous to judge anything on a couple games. Maybe I’m just used to what seems to be a much more sound MLB ranking system that makes slight movements until more games prove their talent level. Oh well.

The updated rankings are roughly where I ranked the Preds before the season. Funny what an effect one game (against the Ducks, no less) can have.

"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."

by MinnesotaRoyal on Oct 13, 2010 4:09 PM EDT reply actions