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It's Tuesday, which means it's Power Rankings time. Our Rankings are put together based on votes from two panels of voters. Their votes are made public each week so you can ridicule and mock and plaster THIS GUY IS A BAD POWER RANKINGS VOTER posters all around your home arena. It's all about accountability (or something) ... and of course, it gives you the opportunity to have an opinion about other people's opinions.
Each panel, consisting of a few willing participants from around our great network of SB Nation hockey blogs, will vote on only their own conference. Since the NHL doesn't put much emphasis on cross-conference play, and since the two conferences are vastly different and usually end up that way come mid-April, we take two polls each week -- one for the East, one for the West.
The votes are then tallied up with a unique algorithm consisting of plus signs and, at the end, an equal sign. It's addition, baby. Before we get onto this week's Rankings, let's meet the panel.
THE PANEL
Voting on the East...
- Travis Hughes, SBNation.com, Broad Street Hockey
- Peter Raaymakers, Silver Seven
- John Fontana, Raw Charge
- Donny Rivette, Litter Box Cats
- Ben Rothenberg, Broad Street Hockey
Ryan Classic did not vote this week.
And for the West...
- Brad Gardner, Defending Big D
- Dirk Hoag, On the Forecheck
- Bryan Reynolds, Hockey Wilderness
- Derek Zona, SBNation.com, The Copper & Blue
- Casey Richey, Winging It In Motown
- Matt Wagner, The Cannon
And now, the reason you're here.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
| 1. Pittsburgh Penguins - 19-8-2, 40 pts - Last week: 2 - Pensburgh | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2. Philadelphia Flyers - 17-7-4, 38 pts – Last week: 3 – Broad Street Hockey | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| 3. Washington Capitals - 18-8-3, 39 pts - Last week: 1 - Japers' Rink | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| 4. Montreal Canadiens - 17-8-2, 36 pts – Last week: 4 – Eyes On The Prize | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
| 5. Tampa Bay Lightning - 15-9-3, 33 pts – Last week: 5 – Raw Charge | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | |
| 6. Atlanta Thrashers - 15-10-3, 33 pts – Last week: 6 - Bird Watchers Anonymous | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | |
| 7. Boston Bruins - 14-8-3, 31 pts– Last week: 8 – Stanley Cup of Chowder | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | |
| 8. New York Rangers - 16-12-1, 33 pts – Last week: 7 – Blueshirt Banter | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 37 | |
| 9. Buffalo Sabres - 11-13-3, 25 pts – Last week: 11 – Die By The Blade | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 46 | |
| 10. Ottawa Senators - 12-14-2, 26 pts – Last week: 10 – Silver Seven | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 | |
| 11. Carolina Hurricanes - 10-11-3, 23 pts – Last week: 9 – Canes Country | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 56 | |
| 12. Florida Panthers - 11-14-0, 22 pts – Last week: 12 – Litter Box Cats | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 61 | |
| 13. Toronto Maple Leafs - 10-12-4, 24 pts – Last week: 14 – Pension Plan Puppets | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 66 | |
| 14. New Jersey Devils - 8-17-2, 18 pts – Last week: 13 – In Lou We Trust | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 68 | |
| 15. New York Islanders - 5-15-5, 15 pts – Last week: 15 – Lighthouse Hockey | ||||||
| Travis | John | Donny | Ben | Peter | Ryan | Total |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 75 | |
WESTERN CONFERENCE
| 1. Detroit Red Wings - 17-5-3, 37 pts – Last week: 1 – Winging It In Motown | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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2. Dallas Stars - 16-8-2, 34 pts – Last week: 5 – Defending Big D |
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| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 3. Vancouver Canucks - 14-8-3, 31 pts – Last week: 3 – Nucks Misconduct | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 4. Phoenix Coyotes - 13-7-6, 32 pts – Last week: 7 – Five For Howling | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 5. Los Angeles Kings - 15-10-0, 30 pts – Last week: 6 – Jewels From The Crown | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 32 |
| 6. Chicago Blackhawks - 15-12-2, 32 pts – Last week: 8 – Second City Hockey | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 7. St. Louis Blues - 13-9-4, 30 pts – Last week: 10 – St. Louis Game Time | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 45 |
| 8. Nashville Predators - 12-8-6, 30 pts – Last week: 12 – On the Forecheck | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 47 |
| 9. Columbus Blue Jackets - 15-10-1, 31 pts – Last week: 2 – The Cannon | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 53 |
| 10. Colorado Avalanche -13-10-3, 29 pts – Last week: 4 – Mile High Hockey | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 56 |
| 11. San Jose Sharks - 13-9-4, 30 pts – Last week: 9 – Fear The Fin | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 70 |
| 12. Anaheim Ducks - 13-13-3, 29 pts – Last week: 13 – Anaheim Calling | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 74 |
| 13. Minnesota Wild - 11-11-4, 26 pts – Last week: 10 – Hockey Wilderness | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 78 |
| 14. Edmonton Oilers - 10-12-4, 24 pts – Last week: 15 – The Copper & Blue | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 85 |
| 15. Calgary Flames - 11-14-2, 24 pts – Last week: 14 – Matchsticks & Gasoline | ||||||
| Brad | Bryan | Dirk | Casey | Derek | Matt | Total |
| 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 85 |