Year 1 Power Rankings

[Rob]

I know many of us are playing for years 2+, but here's how I see the Power Rankings in year 1:

1) Los Angeles
2) Toronto
3) Minnesota
4) Tampa Bay
5) Boston
6) Nashville
7) Colorado
8) New York
9) Pittsburgh
10) Vancouver
11) Carolina
12) Vegas
13) Montreal
14) San Jose
15) Anaheim
16) Edmonton

[Rob]

Disclaimer:  Depth is a huge factor - so the remaining leftover FA bids could change things here.  Rosters that aren't full at this point are penalized in the ranking overall.  Will flesh this out again prior to the season to see where things stand.

[jmtrops]

this is always fun to do here are my rankings. this is a overall team strength based on all the scoring categories.
1   COL
2   TBL
3   MIN
4   NAS
5   LAK
6   TOR
7   PIT
8   VAN
9   BOS
10   NYR
11   EDM
12   CAR
13   MON
14   VGK
15   SJS
16   ANA

[jlapo11]

Agree with TB. His ranking makes more sense than BOS ranking.1 BOS in 4th and MY ... COL in 5th must be a joke LOL LOL

[jmtrops]

here is the team rank based on each top 6 categories.
1   MIN
2   LAK
3t   COL
3t   TBL
5   NAS
6   NYR
7   BOS
8t   PIT
8t   VAN
10   TOR
11   EDM
12   MON
13t   VGK
13t   SJS
15   CAR
16   ANA

[Shannonlwalker2]

Of the above rankings.   I like the 1st one 😆.   

[jmtrops]

ok 1 more, the scores of my previous 2 rankings combined.
1   MIN - 227
2   COL - 224
3   TBL - 202
4   LAK - 199
5   NAS - 194
6   TOR - 192
7   BOS - 178
8   PIT - 177
9   NYR - 174
10   VAN - 158
11   MON - 121
12   EDM - 120
13   SJS - 116
14   VGK - 112
15   CAR - 111
16   ANA - 40

[cloud91]

love  Power Rankings , and i also love to be the underdog always in any league im in, its more fun to play like that 

[Rob]

My rankings use a few metrics (Fantraxes "score" + a couple weighted scoring categories that I believe are important tellers at each position (SOG for forwards and BLK/HIT for defenders).  I combined last years performance (avg per game) with Fantrax's projections to give a mix of real vs projected outcome.  So it relies pretty heavily on Fantrax's opinion (Score and Projections).

Also it takes the entire 32 player roster into account, which is why I say depth is important to the equation.  Top heavy teams like Colorado will likely outperform this ranking. 

I just enjoy playing with the numbers.  Excited to see how accurate this is. 

[Vik]

Good stuff here!

I definitely see it pretty wide open 1st year especially in a shorter 56 game season.

I need to look into all teams a bit more myself and then get my rankings up at some point soon.