Mid Week Power Rankings

1. Ottawa Senators (13-1-0) – Still dominating without Jason Spazza (Groin) for the past 5 games. Some would argue he has never played with a groin anyway.

2. Detroit Red Wings (12-2-1) – Have won 8 in a row!

3. Colorado Avalanche (10-5-0) – New names, same results.

4. Carolina Hurricanes (9-3-3) – A dominant powerplay carrying this team to victories. Their crappy division bares no significance to their hot start either.

5. Philadelphia Flyers (9-5-0) – Now have Simon Gagne back.

6. Minnesota Wild (9-4-2) – After torrid start, Minnesota is realizing they are indeed the Wild.

7. Montreal Canadiens (8-3-3) – Powerplay is on still on fire.

8. Columbus Blue Jackets (8-4-2) – Pascal Leclaire has posted five shutouts in nine games. Does someone need to tell the folks in Columbus that's really good?

9. New York Islanders (8-4-0) – Have won for 4 out of 5 on the road and are healthy. Nolan = coach of the year so far.

10. Chicago Blackhawks (8-7-0) – The Penguins of the West with Toews and Kane having solid rookie years. Havlat also may return soon too from injury.

11. St. Louis Blues (7-6-0) – Playing above expectations despite a lack of secondary scoring.

12. San Jose Sharks (7-7-1) – Cheeeeeeechoooo and Marleau have only 11 points and only one goal from the blueline indicates that team might have some trouble scoring outside of Joey Toolbox.

13. Boston Bruins (7-5-2) – Bergeron can be out anywhere from a month to a year and he needs a wheelchair to get from his home to a treatment facility.

14. Dallas Stars (7-6-2) – Congrats to Mike Modano for becoming the ALL-TIME leading scorer for a US Born player.

15. New York Rangers (7-7-1) – King Henrik is playing like a King indeed.

16. Los Angeles Kings (7-8-0) – Like all things in LA, we are left wondering if this team is real or not. 17. Nashville Predators (7-7-1) – DAN ELLIS IS GAWD or a reasonable facsimile of one.

18. Pittsburgh Penguins (7-7-1) – Have to get used to being the hunted.

19. Florida Panthers (7-9-0) – Can you name 4 players on this team? (Editor's note: this has to be a rhetorical question 'cause no one can even name 4 players in the entire league) Regardless, they are playing fairly well of late.

20. Calgary Flames (6-6-3) – Kiprusoff is struggling despite facing fewer shots this season.

21. Buffalo Sabres (6-7-1) – Depth was murdered this off-season while the team took steps to address its defense by signing Nolan Pratt. Seriously? Norman Pratt?

22. Toronto Maple Leafs (6-7-3) – Nik Antropov is having his coming out party, or a Russian equivalent of one.

23. Vancouver Canucks (6-8-0) – Accepting applications for defenders.

24. Anaheim Ducks (6-8-3) – Scott Neidermayer needs another month to decide if he’s coming back even though he will soon start skating with the Ducks. Goldberg was unavailable for comment.

25. Tampa Bay Lightning (6-8-1) – Losers of 6 in a row.

26. Phoenix Coyotes (6-7-0) – Mikael Tellqvist has a 2.21 goals against average and a .927 save percentage only in five starts.

27. Atlanta Thrashers (6-9-0) – Kovalchuk is playing out of his mind. No one else is remotely close.

28. New Jersey Devils (5-7-2) – Need to find more scoring outside of checkers John “Brett Favre” Madden and Jay Pandoucho who are 2nd and 3rd in team scoring

29. Washington Capitals (5-9-1) – Growing Pains without Kurt Cameron, Alan Thicke and the annoying bastard kid.

30. Edmonton Oilers (5-10-1) – If anyone has interest in becoming an NHL defensemen, I hear Oiler GM Kevin Lowe is taking applications.