Power Rankings
2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and More
April 9th, 2018 The regular season is complete. The 16-team playoff table has now been set. The Stanley Cup playoffs kick off Wednesday, Apr. 11. It’s the best two months in all of sport, where every shift, every check and every play matters. It’s when real players perform their best,...
NHL Power Rankings Following Trade Deadline
March 5th, 2018 I’ve been slacking on THW’s Power Rankings, with the last edition coming after 45 games as part of my midseason standings predictions in mid-January. Truth is, by then — by the midpoint in the regular-season schedule — the Power Rankings are fairly established,...
NHL Standings Predictions: 2018 Midseason Edition
January 18th, 2018 Like everybody else, I was wrong about the Vegas Golden Knights. Nobody, that I know of, had the expansion team making the playoffs in their preseason predictions, let alone leading the Pacific Division as well as the Western Conference and possibly winning the...
WHL Trade Deadline: Winners & Losers
January 14th, 2018 For once, the Western Hockey League trade deadline delivered some blockbusters to rival all the insanity out east. The buyers were really buying and the sellers were really selling, but who were the winners and losers? The buyers or the sellers? Some combination of the...
Midseason WHL Power Rankings
December 20th, 2017 WHL Preseason Predictions WHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games Here we are, at the holiday break — at the unofficial midway mark of the Western Hockey League season. And so far, so good for my preseason predictions. Not to boast or gloat too much, but...
NHL Power Rankings Through 30-35 Games
December 14th, 2017 NHL Power Rankings: Preseason Predictions NHL Power Rankings Through 5 Games NHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games NHL Power Rankings Through 15 Games NHL Power Rankings Through 20-25 Games The word “playoffs” is getting thrown around more and...
NHL Power Rankings Through 20-25 Games
November 27th, 2017 NHL Power Rankings: Preseason Predictions NHL Power Rankings Through 5 Games NHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games NHL Power Rankings Through 15 Games American Thanksgiving has come and gone, and now we can start putting more and more stock in the NHL...
OHL Power Rankings: Kitchener Rangers Among OHL's Best
November 22nd, 2017 Led by Adam Mascherin, the Kitchener Rangers are taking the OHL's Midwest Division by storm. They're third overall in the league in points and have a six point lead in the division. But with the exception of the Erie Otters, the rest of the division is also playing some...
OHL Power Rankings: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Winning the Race
November 13th, 2017 Owen Tippett is back in Mississauga, which means the season starts now for a team who has struggled to get things going this year. While the Steelheads are one of the biggest climbers in this week's OHL Power Rankings, the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Sarnia Sting are...NHL Power Rankings Through 15 Games
November 13th, 2017 NHL Power Rankings: Preseason Predictions NHL Power Rankings Through 5 Games NHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games What are Power Rankings? That definition, which doesn’t really exist, certainly isn’t universal and may even be evolving, has been...
OHL Power Rankings: Niagara IceDogs Falling Hard
November 6th, 2017 They say, better late than never. While it's been well over a week since our OHL power rankings showed up on your computer screen, but we're back and with some teams looking to make a statement in this week's edition of The Hockey Writers' rankings. While the top five...
NHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games
October 30th, 2017 NHL Power Rankings: Preseason Predictions NHL Power Rankings Through 5 Games A tenth of the way through this NHL season, it has been entirely unpredictable. That doesn’t bode well for those brave enough to publish preseason predictions — including...
WHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games
October 19th, 2017 The Western Hockey League season will be one month old as of this weekend — having begun on September 22nd — and the standings are starting to take shape. The contenders are emerging, though nobody is buying or even selling yet, with very few trades to date. Just...
