Predators Power Ranking Roundup: Week 10

by Chris Burton on Dec 15, 2010 2:30 PM EST in Nashville Predators News

After a lengthy layoff, we now return with our power ranking roundup, just in time for the Predators to move up in the world. With points in their last 8 games (6-0-2), Nashville now sits in 4th place in the West with 36 points.

The mainstream media doesn't apparently watch too many of the Preds' games, as evidenced by the comments below, but follow after the jump for more anyway.

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Outlet	This Week	Last Week	What They're Saying

	12	18	Preds have picked up points in 11 of 12 home games so far and have gotten into the thick of things out West with a 5-0-2 mark in their last seven games.
	18	20	A knee injury knocking Pekka Rinne out of action for 2-4 weeks will be a good test for Barry Trotz and his Preds. Rookie goalie Anders Lindback has a great hockey name.

	14	15	The Predators have won five of six games despite their list of injuries.
	10	13	Nashville rookie puck-stopper Anders Lindback has performed like a seasoned vet of late for the Predators. The 22-year-old Swede has recorded four wins in his last five starts, including back-to-back shutouts in Week 10.
	14	15	Marcel Goc has Preds' lone shorthanded goal this season.
	14	16	Predators have earned points in eight straight games (6-0-2). Center David Legwand expected to be out this week because of a recurring lower-body injury.

	16	15	Anders Lindback makes 22 saves in recording his first big league shutout in a 3-0 victory over the Florida Panthers. Lindback owns an impressive 6-1-2 record.
	16	18	3-0-1 since Anders Lindback stepped in for an injured Pekka Rinne, the Predators have been getting production from Sergei Kostitsyn, who has six points and a plus-7 rating in the last five games.
	16	14	Trotz-led Preds picking up pace.

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How did we drop in some rankings?

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by Aditya T (smashville) on Dec 15, 2010 2:42 PM EST reply actions

Beats me – like I said, these guys don’t watch our games, apparently.

by Chris Burton on Dec 15, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

Trotz-led Preds picking up pace

By dropping 2 places?!?

Some of the rankings are not as recent as others.

by IG-PRED8 on Dec 15, 2010 3:02 PM EST reply actions

A graph of the Preds average ranking over time would be nice. :)

by IG-PRED8 on Dec 15, 2010 3:03 PM EST reply actions

good idea

by preds4ever on Dec 16, 2010 10:31 PM EST up reply actions

Suspicious...

I love the suspicious absence of the Preds’ power ranking segment while they were doing badly, haha. I am glad you didn’t post them. It would have only added to the “jump from the roof” anxiety we were all feeling!

by dnorm4 on Dec 15, 2010 3:03 PM EST reply actions

Agreed, I also noticed an absence in the Plays of the week portion as well…

by Hoelke11 on Dec 15, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions

My bad on that, these are my responsibility and I just wasn’t getting around to them like I should have. It didn’t have anything to do with how the team was playing.

by Chris Burton on Dec 15, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

Meh.

Typical. I’ve come to expect nothing more from the NHL “experts” than unfounded opinions, slights, and backhanded compliments. Keep ‘em coming and we’ll see you in April (May hopefully?)

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by Greenster on Dec 15, 2010 5:41 PM EST reply actions

Kevin Klein moved up in the Preds power rankings this week to 7 from 12 last week.

by cisar on Dec 15, 2010 6:13 PM EST reply actions

For what it's worth...

… I do a power rankings every week for Lighthouse Hockey (the Islanders’ blog), and it relies solely on calculations (based on your team’s victories, strength of schedule, and the strength of schedule of the teams your team beat).

The Preds are tied for second in the league as of this past Sunday. The rankings are calculated every Monday, and Dominik (LHH’s manager) puts up the results every Tuesday (ok, usually it’s Tuesday).

Here’s the most recent post: http://www.lighthousehockey.com/2010/12/14/1875939/rakhshani-reese-returned-nhl-power-rankings-smile-on-nashville

Feel free to drop by weekly and check out how awesome your team is.

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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Dec 16, 2010 10:11 PM EST reply actions

nice work, man!

I enjoyed that! Hope you guys can turn it around over there!

by preds4ever on Dec 16, 2010 10:36 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks!

And if you have any questions on how I calculate the numbers, you will notice that Dominik provides a link to the first time I submitted the calculations. There’s an explanation there. If that doesn’t answer your questions, feel free to ask me here.

I just wanted you guys to see that the cold, hard numbers – which have no bias for or against any team – back up your complaints about other peoples’ opinions of your team. Quite simply, the quality of the Preds’ victories put them – at this moment – in the league’s elite. If you have to play a bunch of Islanders-like teams (yeah , I know… there aren’t many as bad as us) in a row, even if you won all of them, you’d likely drop a bit, since the average quality of your victories would drop, but given the conference and division you’re in, that likely won’t happen.

Enjoy the view up there!

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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Dec 16, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions