Measuring Fan Base / Media Discontent In a Power Rankings Manner
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For us Buffalo fans, we're definitely happy, simply because the season will be over in a few weeks.
Season ended for me like 2 months ago
@@Brett3598 truuuuueeeee
Caps are my boys and Im really happy your boys could pot something positive . Well deserved and earned . stay up homie.
If the soccer coach never got hired, the Sabres would be in a playoff hunt. But what's done is done, and I think the ship is turning around. Let's just pray Eichel believes in it.
You are all Dwayne
Im a Canuck fan and I'm perfectly content. But thats because i have recently become a father. I try not to think about the Ice Hockey... If you don't think about it, it can't hurt you.
Congrats on becoming a dad, that's great!
Congrats!
My daughter just turned 2 yesterday, and let me tell you, she has made being a Michigan football and a Red Wings fan much easier to tolerate. Well, the Wings part is also easier considering Yzerman definitely makes it easier to see the plan for the future.
@@McSomething15 it's the love we have for our children that help us cope with supporting tanking franchises.
Congrats on becoming Dad. I was in Vancouver for the Stanley Cup. Canucks fans suffer
2 game 7 SCF losses and 2 riots I mean, that’s impressive
That's quite the résumé
*-passion-*
@Atheos B. Sapien yes it was, real fans went home crying
@Atheos B. Sapien It was more or less a reason for people to be downtown and get drunk. Sucks that the fan base gets tainted for some people who can't handle their liquor.
@Trevor Philips what's really impressive is the collective iq of canucks fans that chose to get involved outside. no lessons were learned from the 1994 public disturbance. in fact, 2011 was a "hold my beer" next-level riot 🤣
After so many alphabetical rankings where i have to wait till the end for you to talk about the jets.. I figured "Hey this one could be different!" .. d'oh!
Same here!
Flyers fan. What pisses me off isn't the fact that the team loses and frankly loses awfully. It's that every time we seem to take a step forward, we take two steps back. We are consistently inconsistent...
And Joel Farabee is having a graat season
The consistent factor is Giroux and Voracek.....and they both need to go.
@@pumpkinking5174 I don't think they need to go per say but I will say, I think we need a leadership change because there are points where the team just is not responding to their leadership and I think that's a big issue. It's not damning of their leadership, I just think a new voice is needed...
Maybe flyers need to do a mini rebuild
The talented older forwards..giroux couturier vorachek..really uneven with excellent play and then sleepwalking ..the team outcomes consistently reflect this .
Crack open a pop every time Shannon says “And all that wonderful stuff”
Pop? That's weak. I down a juice box.
I miss him cracking a pop open and messing up the power ranks at the end of the video lol
Only OG THG fans will remember before the “click” sound at the start of every video, it was Shannon cracking open a Diet Coke
Pop? What’s this, PG? Crack open a beer.
Canuck fans did in fact fly the Fire Benning banner in Vancouver best money ever spent haha
lmao
That’s awesome. But the best money ever spent was Prust’s $5000 spear on Marchand
@@synerhi Was wondering who Prust made that money from
I'm a Vegas native and lifelong hockey fan. Our fans are incredibly welcoming and absolutely OBSESSED with our team. BUT, I've never seen fans of any team in any sport complain as much as knights fans. They don't realize how spoiled we are and shout "trade him!" whenever a player makes a bad play. They complain about a winning team every chance they get even when we win a game thwy complain about how we won. Hopefully in a few years when more of them have learned more about hockey it'll fade away.
It will fade once the hard years come... and base on how this fanbase is right now it will hit them like a bag of bricks (compared to some fanbases where is sucks... but we deal with it). I remember when Winnipeg got their team back in 2011 they were just happy to have them back they did not care that they sucked! Vegas fans will learn soon enough my friend... soon enough.
That’s the definition of bandwagon fans. They haven’t been around long enough to have die hard, love them win they win, cry when they lose yet. Vegas needs to pay their dues. No cup for a while.
That's the difference between new fanbases, and old fanbases that have been around for decades. I'm a leafs fan, we've been shit for 50 years. You Knights fans would commit mass suicide if you had to put up with the horse shit we do. You've already had far more success in just a few years, than we have. Cant even win a goddam fucking round.
@@noremac0575 Dude... it's worse when you think that Buffalo, Detroit, LA, Ottawa, Anaheim and every other team right now we consider "bad" (the division setup is hard to say which team is truly bad right now and which ones just got bad luck of the draw on matchups), but every one of those teams has not just won a round, but been to the Conference Finals and the Finals (if not winning a Cup or two) since the last time Toronto won a round... Yeah, Vegas fans if they had to deal with that would probably be very angry if not infuriated based on their comments right now.
@@patward8542 Vegas doesn’t need to pay their dues to anyone just because they were different then any other expansion team in NHL history of course people like you hate the knights because of how successful they’ve already been and if they win the cup this year people like you are going to be even more upset only because it didn’t play out like everyone predicted
Avalanche fans are extremely happy with Sakic and the team, but the fact that it's been over 2 years now and we still can't watch the games on xfinity is infuriating
The options for cord cutters like myself are awful too. Would be so much easier if I moved lol
Volokitdotcom *wink* wink *
I don't want to give the name out publicly but a quick google search about free hockey streams will bring up a certain reddit post that has a LEGIT site that has any and all major sports for free I completely understand Avs fans frustrations but its 2021 and time to get a streaming site under your belt and never pay for hockey again and support the league through jersey and ticket purchases
@@StonedSpagooter lol I know exactly what you mean and I use it
I feel some of your pain as a Jets fan out of their tv market I get Centre Ice and they continually choose to give me only the other Canadian teams broadcast and I know there is a Jets broadcast. No excuse for it.
DO NOT sleep on the Winnipeg Jets! I have this gut feeling....
Shadow is such a good boy sitting there
I'm just here to see where the Bruins fanbase is, given how much like Jekyll and Hyde it can be after games. 😂
Jack Edwards is perfect for The Bruins fan base.
with the absence of center depth for Boston, idk for how long Boston will be happy
Spoken like true Canucks fans.
I'm back and forth. At the beginning of the season when we lost Krug and Chara I was pissed. But I love how good our rookie goalies have looked. However we are getting old and I don't know what kind of plan we have to replace Bergeron, and Krejci when they retire. No problem with coaching and we did just make the finals two seasons back so we'll see. Killing it so far after the trade deadline.
If only Avalanche fans in Colorado could actually watch games on TV. That causes some discontent
i use a free website to watch the games on my laptop
As much as us blues fans hate playing the Avs, we hate Stan Kroenke so much. Fuck Stan Kroenke
Nhl66.ir my guy
@@goreoproductions6955 does St. Louis have wal mart?
@@christopher6601 yep. We’ve got Wally Worlds, schnucks, Costco, sams, plus some Casey’s if you go out a little bit from the city
Agreed, I think a lot of us Wings fans are excited for the future. We know its a long road and its gonna take time for Yzerplan to right the ship. Many of us remember the team before the glory of the 90s-10's. We've been down this road before, except now we have THE Captain in charge. Last time he led the team it turned out pretty good.
He has a proven track record of building a winner. He took Tampa a team that looked destined to waste the careers of Hedman and Stamkos and turned them into a multi-year Finalist, a constant threat to make the conference Finals and ultimately a Cup winner! Yzer can get the job done! He currently does not have that Hedman and Stamkos to build around like in Tampa (yet) but in a few years Detroit will be good again if not great.
Yeah but there's no real talent on the team?
As someone who watches the SHL and has seen Seider quite a bit this year (his team destroyed mine in the playoffs). He looks like a stud, both with and without the puck, even winning puck battles against some of the strongest veteran players in the league.
@@milochanel9491 The wings have two blue chip prospects in Seider and Raymond, plus a plethora of other solid prospects working their way up the rankings. Plus they have 22 picks in the next two drafts. Not a single one of Stevie's draft picks have played an NHL game yet, you won't see the fruition of his work for another season or two.
@@Wexter0083 very reasonable assessment on your part. also what i like coming up is DET has 9 guys on expiring contracts. plus a pile of '21 and '22 draft picks. the recent trade of mantha for varana/panik and a 1st+2nd was fantastic. when the team starts to get better again, yzerman will have a good reputation to lean on that could help attract pieces/UFA's that could take the red wings to the next level. i think in 2-3 yrs from now, the red wings will be back in the playoffs. cheers from southern ontario 🍁
Nice. Winnipeg is the last team to be talked about again, did you plan this out? XD
Yea we've definitely calmed down a bit haha. The kids are playing great and Granato seems like a pretty good coach.
They've been night and day better on the ice with Granato and without Staal/Hall, but then they do things that make me skeptical like hire Jason Karmanos as assistant GM, who got singled out and fired by his own Dad in Carolina. Sabres looked at the Bills did and said 'hey let's pick up Carolina guys' except the Sabres are poaching from what was a 10 year playoff drought, not a Superbowl run. Even if they choose Granato as the full-time HC and he has the team playing above their pay grade, he can only do so much if they make poor roster moves. Hopefully I've never been more wrong, but my fan confidence is at like 3%
I've honestly also been wondering what Dubois knew that we didn't about Columbus. I wasn't expecting such a downfall for them this season.
Dubois didn't like Torts coaching style anymore than the rest of the team. He was just brave/stupid enough to vocalize it.
I wonder too if there weren’t some cultural/political divides in the locker room.
Dubois leaving did play a big role in CBJ's downfall tbh. I'm still convinced that Dubois left for personal reasons, it can't be easy living in a foreign country in the midst of the pandemic. He doesn't have to jump through a bunch of hoops to see his family anymore and his dad works for the WPG organization. We've been in a retool since Panarin left and I think making the playoffs last season made a lot of people forget that.
You and others predicted the Winnipeg Jets would be dead last in the North. Now we're in second, inching closer to first. I can assure you, we're happy
I thought we were expected to be last? Vancouver, Flames are dissapointments
Appreciate how you bring facts into your case. Well done.
I applaud u sir for always coming up w creative content
Winnipeg has a good team and a bright future. We really seem to be moving in the right direction AND we have some really good prospects in the pipeline. I think they should have rated much better in terms of fan confidence, at least among those who really understand hockey (and Winnipeg hockey IQ is pretty darn good). In terms of the media, Winnipeg gets overlooked and always has been. We are a small market. Nobody in the US, especially the east coast knows anything about Kyle Conner or Nick Ehlers much less Lowry, Copp, etc. They’ve heard some about our top line and of course PLD. This isn’t going to change unless we get to the semi finals.
I'm a leafs fan, and I know about all of your damn players. Do us a favour, and just let us win if you face us in the playoffs. Youd save many lives. Most of us leaf fans will commit suicide if we dont make it out of the division.
I think most Winnipeg fans are very optimistic at this point. But, that optimism comes with high expectations.
Nah, you got it all wrong here in Winnipeg. We Jets fans have a saying "In Chevy we trust." When our blue line vanished during a single off-season, we fans knew we weren't going to be great for a year or two while. We're still in that phase. Even we are a first round exit this year, we know that next year is probably going to be a lot better with Heinola and Perfetti coming up. Not to mention how Chevy turned the Trouba situation into an absolute win for us. Chevy ain't going nowhere.
There were a lot of Blues fans around me who are upset with how the team is going. Especially the decision with letting Pietrangelo walk.
I still think it was Petro wanting the money and Armstrong not wanting to give him 9 mil (I don’t remember the contract). I think fans are mad because of where he went and not the fact he left in general.
It was rough seeing Pietrangelo go. I’m more upset at the fact that it feels like we haven’t had a healthy team all season. That, and JB looking like a below average goalie most of the time.
Pietrangelo wanted a full NMC. Army just doesn’t do that. That was the hang up. The team misses 27. But they can move on and will.
Vegas fan here. There is definitely a ton of pressure to win the Cup. Sometimes I wonder: what if Vegas didn’t make the Finals in year one? Would they have the same pressure they do now? Answer is no
I agree. I think Vegas has a very good team, but there is a lot moves the organization did because they were not expecting to be that good out of the gate. Bringing in Pacioretty and Stone and trading out Suzuki and Brannstrom. Then acquiring Lehner (good move he is still young and may still perform once Fleury retires) as well as inking Pietrangelo to that coo coo for coco puffs contract... yeeks that will age like milk in a few seasons (also not a huge fan of Stone contract with that cap hit and term). I mean they clearly brought in some great talent, but did sacrifice the future for a win now mentality. My thought as a hockey fan and have seen GMs do this in the past that if Vegas does not win within the next 2-3 seasons then they will be hurting once that cap-crunch and lack of elite level prospects come back and bite them hard!, My thought is that if they did not make it to the Finals in the first year they'd have a much slower and methodical approach than what they have done the past few seasons by bringing in name talent to get them over the hump.
I’m so conflicted about you guys. As much as I want Petro to get a million cups, man I do not want VGK to lol
@@goreoproductions6955 Same, but with Mark Stone. I'd like to see Stone win a Cup... but Vegas... not really. They've become the villain of a lot of NHL fans due to early success. But, we have to remember what comes up must come down! Vegas fans will know pain soon enough give it a 3-5 seasons.
@@Wexter0083 pain? No. That just means our ticket prices come back down to earth 🤣🤣. Games will still sell out, we just won't be forced to pay as much
@@jackoats4911 You say that now... but trust me when your team comes back down to Earth it is like going through the Sports Fans steps of Grief 1) Denial - You feel you are just one trade away from being a top team in the league. But, you're fine either way because your team is at least still "good" and maybe might get a solid matchup in the first round. 2) Bargaining - You will covet other teams prospects and wonder why your team does not have those so you can remain competitive. You start making Reddit posts about hypothetical trade offers to other teams of anchor contracts you have for their future young stars. 3) Anger - You blame the GM, the Owners, anyone because your team is slowly starting to look like they need to rebuild and you do not want to accept it. Or in some cases wondering why the GM is just making trades to stay in the playoff race even though your window is realistically over. 4) Acceptance - You accept the rebuild and look forward to the next time your team makes the playoffs. But, you still look back nostalgically and just go "what if" That is what it will be like when your team slips out of the top of the league. Trust me I've been there more than once! :) As for where depression is? That is for when the rebuild goes longer than expected. I call it the Buffalo/Edmonton Dilemma.
As a Ducks fan I'd have them way lower (around the 20s or so). For me, this season and the next are just a waiting period... they might move up depending on trades and signings this summer, but for now I'm in the wait-and-see camp. I appreciate your hard work Shannon, keep it up!
love this format
LOL the #FireBenning banner thing is hilarious 😂
with adamn lowry's signing I am happy, happy fan. I"m a happy happy happy happy, happy fan!
Anaheim has a lot of fire Bob Murray/fire Dallas Eakins talk right now. This season was terrible and Bob Murray is only half committed to a rebuild while resigning veterans to bad contracts. Eakins would also be the third coach to be fired in the last 3 years.
Shannon you’re awesome thank you for everything
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For Colorado... many fans are frustrated with the Kronke organization. The TV contracts are not happening because Kronke wants more money....so the fans suffer because of this foolishness. Even with having the right tv supplier, a lot of the games can’t be watched.. So fans are very restricted on what and when the games can be watched. So.... what can be done? Frustration seems to be the order of the day!
Watching fellow Tampa fans rally behind the Bolts (prior to 2020), despite their shortcomings in the playoffs, especially after the Columbus sweep, is awesome. Pretty solid attendance numbers, and just an overall great fan base for a team in Florida.
Hello from Seattle, I know we are technically exempt from the list right now but we would easily be #32 most content at this point.
You guys are going to get some good players in the draft. I know for damn sure that y’all are gonna get somebody good from the Blues. We just have a lot of depth, and too many guys to protect lol
@@goreoproductions6955 that’s what we thought when we traded for ROR... I hate botterill
@@goreoproductions6955 Yeah, too many good players to protect them all. Could see Kraken taking Dunn, Blais, or Barbashev depending who is available.
@@goreoproductions6955 same with the canes
I already hate you guys because of this ridiculous draft.
I think that there will be a lot of extensions that are agreed upon, but not signed until after the extension draft. If you play with the expansion draft simulator, you realize that a lot of teams would be in deep trouble if they extended their UFAs before the expansion draft, because then they'd have to expose players they really don't want to lose
As a kings fan i gotta say you nailed my feelings about the Kings. I think most of us fans there are in the middle, there are too many unknowns to make any judgements yet.
As a Panther fan completely agree, Zito has done an amazing job so far. Thanks THG!
lets go cats
For Flyers. Fletcher basically outright said during his mid season press conference that if the team doesn't pick it up and impress him by the trade deadline (spoilers: they didn't impress) he was going to make serious changes after the expansion draft. Likely a few prospects and picks to rework the defense and newer reports about moving Patrick.
Bruins fans are on hold for a little bit with the Don Sweeney hate to see how the deadline additions do. First impressions through 2 games is pretty good, though I think you’re right that the core is just too old at this point to likely have a deep playoff run.
That's a really nice hat, not gonna lie.
As a Flyers fan, I'm surprised we weren't in the top 5. Expectations were high & we've had inconsistency & poor performances for many seasons. My biggest frustrations are the handling of special teams, goalies, defense & just lack of leadership. I want the players, coaches, & management to show passion. Seems like we're in a perpetual rebuild, just spinning our wheels. Something has to change both on the bench & behind it.
I like where the Wild are placed. Although Guerin’s moves other than signing Talbot haven’t produced much there seems to be a real plan for the first time in years. They have a lot of expiring contracts that could create cap space this off season and some quality players in the pipeline. Future looks bright in Minnesota.
It makes it seem like the Fletcher years are soo far behind.
Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and we're lucky enough to live in the same period of time as THG. we're truly blessed.
As a Mtl fan, i'd say frustration is what define best the fan base here. We have a good team, things seem to go the right way, the future look bright and yet, the team still struggle and can't take that next step where they are contenders and not fighting for a playoff spot until the last week.
If bipolar could manifest into a hockey team... It's the Habs. We have two teams. We just never know which one shows up...
Caps would definitely be higher up if Reirden was still coach but if they lose in the first round again the fans are gonna be furious
Very true 👍
Reirdan was a disaster. Cost 2yrs of Aging on the core players. Should have fired him in 2019.
@@eirikrsland1399 Should have paid Trotz instead
@@trisgilmour I personally think it was correct to move on from Trotz. Except for the amazing cup win heads had been butting. Everything came together that spring but another coach was warrented, just not Reirdan. He is such a pussy. Need a tough guy experienced dude. Like Laviolette.
Oh, caps fans will be mad? You guys just won a cup recently, still have a dynamite team. My team has been shit for 50 years. Yea go ahead, guess who.
Great one Shannon
I think Buffalo fans are happy rn. Young guns looking really good, team is playing really good under Granato without Eichel. Ik we say this every year, but if we remove Granatos interim tag, next year looks really bright
I don’t know how you could be happy being the joke of the league, embarrassing
@@hockeyman2379 I just told you why we are happy lmfao you know nothing
Are you high?
@@mobilebills9389 I know this team and organization is pathetic and full of incompetence
I just want eichel to stay one more year with how we’re playing rn andhealthy ullmark. And Cozens an mittlestadt developing.
the lightning have a fantastic franchise with good fan support in the tampa area. just a shame that hardly anybody else outside of tampa actually cares about the team. i really appreciate what jeff vinik has put together over the years! looking forward to watching brayden point take it to another level. cheers from southern ontario 🍁
Incredibly surprised to see Vancouver maxed on Salary Cap. No space to work at all, and 48/50 contracts? I'd be very pissed with that large of a hole to dig out of. I'm very content as a Red Wings fan with our cap flexibility, drafts, and about to see a lot more from their new entry levels coming up. Feels like 4-5 years wings might be going past round 1.
As a Avid Flyers Fan Since 1995 When I Was Younger To Today and I Always Hope In My Beloved Philadelphia Flyers So #6 is The Perfect Spot!
MTL: Has two first line forwards as pending UFA self-rentals. Has two aging players carrying a substantial load on the team with more and more difficulty Has two aging players making a combined 18m for another half decade Will be hard-pressed to ice a better team in a year than they have now (Cap/UFAs/Aging Stars) Is currently falling out of a playoff spot. I'd have put them 3rd after Buffalo and Vancouver.
I had a feeling Detroit would be the lowest of the non-playoff teams. The team and fanbase are self aware of what they are, which helps expectations. And, as you said, Yzerman has been seemingly making every right move. Plus, especially lately, the team normally plays better than their record would indicate.
It's been positive watching the younger core (Hronek, Zadina, Rasmussen in particular) improve incrementally through the season, they are pretty different players to how they were just a year ago, much wiser and more intense. I think they've all overtaken the likes of Mantha and Bertuzzi pretty quickly, no offence to those players. Next stage is seeing those players grow even more skills and game sense, and then seeing the likes of Lindstrom, maybe Berggren, maybe Seider and possibly Raymond take the same steps next season hopefully if they're ready. I'd almost given up on Svechnikov but his play this year has shown you need patience with young players. Also there's gonna be one surprise player stepping into the Wings lineup next year who we never expected who will turn out to be a steal. That's just a guess but I feel that way
Would you move Larkin? I know he just became captain and all of that but if you put him on most other teams I don't see him fitting into a top 2 center role. He seems destined for the 3rd line. Just curious.
@@jessemielen698 nope, you always need good veteran leadership on young teams, you can’t have young players surrounded by mediocre players because that will just extend our rebuild. On the other hand if Larkin asks for 8 million for over 5 years on his next contract and we still aren’t good, then you probably look to trade him. But Stevie Y is such a good gm I think we can extend Larkin at a reasonable contract of similar value to what he’s on right now.
@@jessemielen698 you know, I'm not sure what I would do with Larkin. I do know that I wouldn't have traded Mantha, but Yzerman did. And we all consider that an absolute win of a trade. So I'm just gonna sit back and trust him without saying what he should/shouldn't do.
Wait until Raymond wholy crap he or Stutzle might be the best playmakers in this draft or overall
You really predicted exactly what happened to Toronto. Damn.
Interesting video concept! :)
I think the most frustrating thing about the sharks is that on paper they’re a great team. Bunch of projected 25+ goal scoring forwards 2 Norris trophy winners on D. A goal tender who has shown he can be good. Then the whole team collectively implodes and most of the players have career low years. They come out and smash a playoff bound team and then the week after get their asses handed to them back to back by bottom feeder teams. It’s infuriating.
Talk about frustration, being a Sharks fan, still to this day, not even 1 Stanley Cup, and we have had a lot of really good teams, the Sharks need a new GM, but Im use to this, I was a Seals fan in the late 60's until they moved in 1977.
I’d love for you to revisit this in a month or so. I see the Golden Knights and Hurricanes sliding
Definitely a franchise altering quote from J.T Miller... Who knows what kind of record we would have if we had continued with 19 games in 31 days.
As a yotes fan, I completely agree. I think Tocchet may have taken the team about as far as he can, my question, as always with a coaching change, is who can you attract that is better than what you have. Armstrong did great and brought some needed talent to the Valley and as this season has shown, we have some great talent in the pipeline on the Roadrunners.
They also *need* to sign Garland to a good contract in the off-season
It would be interesting to compare these power rankings with the league standings.
Why do I have a feeling Toronto just jumped up this list???
Sabres fan from Buffalo here, we love Granato gerardi and Ellis! They really got these guys rolling and honestly I think Kevin Adams will get better I say keep them all!
I questioned Ken Holland the second he took AA instead of defense. Ducks cap space is troubling for rebuild with full contracts. I think the Leafs way up there is hilarious for how well they are doing, but I've watched Toronto media and totally get it. Idk how Arizona isn't higher until lots get fixed, rink, management, a good run?
Good video for me cause I don't know how other teams are actually doing aside from the standings. Especially in the West.
I'd say I'm mostly happy with the direction the Caps are going. The past two postseasons have been disappointments and the team has taken steps to get better (firing that bum coach, getting free agents that don't suck, etc). The Vrana trade made me sad but the way they've utilized that cap space gives me more faith in MacLellan. The next three or four years will be critical however.
I agree that the direction of team has improved but we have to win this postseason or the next before people call for GMBM job
@@trisgilmour I agree. If they dont have another cup within the next 3 years at least the fire needs to be turned up.
Us isles fans are very happy with our orgs moves since Tavares left. getting Lou and trotz was great but most fans have been upset with the teams play since Lee’s injury. before the injury no teams in the division could touch us but after we’ve been good but not great. palmieri and zajac haven’t meshed into our system well at all. could def make a run in the coming years but this isn’t our year. And who know how lee will be when he returns. Scary for us rn
Really cool video idea I thought it was pretty good overall
Bergevin has done well...recently...we were stationary for 7 years under him so when does he just run out of time, he is coming up on 10 years as GM, but recently I think he has done well so I honestly don't know
I think the Islanders will have a bit of blank slate with this year's playoffs due to Anders Lee. We obviously expect to make it out of the first round, but if we don't the fanbase should be quick to chalk it up to the loss of the captain.
18:20 - One of just four players that was drafted by Montreal who is currently in their lineup (or at least an injury away from being back in) is Jake Evans, a seventh-round pick... I'm feeling attacked right now.
Come next season, Oilers are going to rank much higher on this list. I think most fans this season don't have high hopes for a cup, a series win or two would be great. But next season, once we actually have cap space to work with and some of the Chiarelli messes off the books, whoo boy...Holland better get the right pieces in for some hard runs while Leon and Connor are here and in their primes. There would be no more excuses left.
The Devils average age is younger than some teams in the NCAA, they'll be fine
One can only hope 🙃🥲
"they'll be fine" you know, young doesn't automatically = good in the future.
@@GooseGumlizzard yeah, obviously. They have some good prospects and lots of picks
@@drewfobbe7851 2000s kids in the NHL O_O growing up with flash games, etc.
If it was just media whining, it'd the the Leafs at #1 forever.
Buddy, there's good reason for the whining. Imagine going 50 years with less cups than most teams have despite existing for like 1% of the time the leafs have.
Do a tier list of teams with solid playoff goaltending
Is there gonna be any days added to the season on the backend due to games rescheduled because of covid? That's gonna leave some teams sitting around getting cold while other teams are gonna to keep playing.
Once Stan Bowman came clean and admitted they were in a rebuild the pressure was off at least for a few years. Then there were the absence of Toews and injuries to Dach and Nylander plus no proven starting goalie. Lankinen turned into a pleasant surprise as well as some of the other rookies. They definitely bought Bowman some time. But if the Hawks don’t get in the playoffs in the next few years, heads will roll.
Rangers logo is interesting. How it’s filled in with red on the right, but left blank in the left. The sideways lettering on the “Rangers”. One of my favourite teams, but interesting logo to say the least
As a Jet fan since the WHA I believe that Chevy deserves a better status with the fans. Being a GM in Winnipeg has it's challenges. At the same time I don't know who he would replace above him.
Nice video thg!
16:50 that would be so awesome ...I would be so cheering for Montreal if that happened.
You might want to update that. Especially Toronto
As a Preds fan, I would have put them top 8 early in the season, and I still don't like how Poile has managed his cap space. But the real reason I don't see them there anymore (and agree with your ranking) is that the prospect pool that management has been raving about for years with nothing to show for it is finally getting a chance to play, and actually looks competent. Tolvanen, Trenin, Carrier, Jeannot, Davies, and even the guys still in the AHL/Taxi Squad like Tomasino and Novak are the reason I'm not still calling for a regime change.
3 Canadian teams on the top row, none on the bottom row. Best Canadian placement is Edmonton at 23. O Canada, time to turn it around!
Spot on about Canadian markets. If TO goes bust Dubos is gonna feel it. I think he went to hard at the deadline.
*grabs a beer and gets comfortable*
Habs fan here we are number one one day at number 31 another. Same goes with Toronto
It's remarkable what 2weeks difference made for Ranger fans.
The biggest discontent Oilers fans have right now is this brutal schedule they have to play since a few of the teams they had games left against unfortunately got hit by covid and it's only annoying because it feels like they are getting punished schedule wise for other teams misfortunes even though they themselves have done everything right and not got covid.
It isn't necessarily anyone's fault if they get COVID. It takes one player's family member contracting it to hit the whole team. Everyone has to go get groceries and leave their house -- from any team -- and there is a risk each time you do that. In some regions that risk is even higher. Canadian teams are less likely to have been vaccinated than American teams, so they're also at increased risk. Players living in BC are at higher risk of getting the horrible Brazillian variant, which is highly, highly contagious AND is getting a lot of young people. So, really, I think it was a perfect storm for the Canucks, unfortunately.
The schedule going forward is brutal for the Oilers. I dunno how they get any groove going or any rest going into the playoffs. I honestly not expecting them to make it out of the first round.
Red Wing fan here. Can comfim - am happy
As a Colorado Avalanche die hard, I'm not worried about this team for the next 5 years
Finally a tierlist where Flyers can be top 10
I’m and Oilers fan and I’m in a Instagram groups chat with mostly Calgary fans. 5th makes a lot of sense, and it’s pretty funny.
For being a city of roughnecks and MBA/BEng non-nonsense industrialists, we sure are a sensitive and dramatic bunch down here in "Calgrie."
@@sadrevolution LOL
There's a go fund me of Fire Benning that reach its's goal hahahha
Yo, Yo, Flyers fan here, feeling like a yo, yo!
CBJ fan here I won't dispute your ranking, but I think we need to see how the team does next season before there is any risk of it being blown up. We've been in a retool since Panarin left and this is the first bad season since then. There was a lot of turnover last offseason because Jarmo was trying to prevent an offersheet for Dubois and I don't think that happens if Dubois's desires were known earlier; that whole situation really threw a wrench in our season. Combine that with this being a weird and difficult season overall and I'm not too surprised or shaken up by CBJ's performance this year. I think Torts retires this offseason and is replaced by Jukka Jalonen or Gerard Gallant, but Jarmo is pretty damn secure. We'll see how the offseason goes, I expect a lot of interesting things to happen with CBJ over the next few years.
As a Flyers Fan, I am beyond disappointed and surprised they are not higher. I feel bad for Buffalo fans who won't be able to enjoy their team beating us so many times when the division goes back to normal. Also, our prospects (Sanheim, Myers, NAK and Patrick) have all disappointed and arguably regressed. The mix of this with aging vets is a problem. But thats just my opinion, great list and content as always!
Senators it’d nice Sens have an up and coming team in cautiously optimistic about the team but the thing is is ownership going to pay to keep the players around I’m not sure thing is Sens could be Buffalo to missing the post season on an annual basis
Joe Sakic is amazing GM. Please come to Calgary.
Me (a Winnipeg fan): Ooh, the list isn't alphabetical, I might not have to wait the whole video to see where he puts us. Me, 30 minutes later: .....goddamnit
The only time you see Tampa at 31 on a power rankings