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Playoff Special 2024
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POWER RANKINGS
1. CAROLINA HURRICANES 2. DALLAS STARS 3. FLORIDA PANTHERS 4. COLORADO AVALANCHE 5. BOSTON BRUINS 6. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 7. EDMONTON OILERS 8. VANCOUVER CANUCKS 9. WINNIPEG JETS 10. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 11. NEW YORK RANGERS 12. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 13. LOS ANGELES KINGS 14. NASHVILLE PREDATORS 15. DETROIT RED WINGS 16. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 17. WASHINGTON CAPITALS 18. NEW YORK ISLANDERS 19. CALGARY FLAMES 20. MINNESOTA WILD 21. ST. LOUIS BLUES…
MINNESOTA WILD
POWER RANKING | 20TH OF ALL THE concerns the Wild had entering the season, goaltending wasn’t supposed to be among them. And yet Minnesota found itself trying to overcome substandard netminding just for the chance to punch its ticket to the post-season. Sure, Minnesota has had injury issues, most significantly losing Jared Spurgeon for the season after just 16 games, but the Wild entered March with a greater shot share and percentage of scoring chances at five-on-five than they mustered last season. The goaltending shouldn’t have fallen this flat, and that Marc-Andre Fleury and Filip Gustavsson had ugly save percentages entering the home stretch is confounding. Thankfully for the Wild, an effective attack has led the attempt to outrun poor netminding. Led by the dynamic Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota has been able to make…
WHEN BEARS ATTACK
YOU’D BE FORGIVEN IF left winger Bradly Nadeau wasn’t the first name on the tip of your tongue when discussing hot Hockey East freshmen this season. After all, the surefire No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL draft is Boston University’s Mack Celebrini and three of the NCAA’s other top scorers are first-years from Boston College (see sidebar). But Nadeau, a Carolina first-rounder, has been nothing short of amazing for the Maine Black Bears, and he’s also been one of the NCAA’s top producers, with 41 points through 34 games. “He’s a shooter,” said coach Ben Barr. “When he gets a chance, he can score from a lot of places that most players can’t. He sees the ice well and plays hard. He’s a tenacious kid. He’s going to get stronger,…
ST. LOUIS BLUES
POWER RANKING | 21ST THE VIBE ISN’T quite the same, but the story feels familiar: a coaching change driving a performance turnaround that leads St. Louis into playoff contention. This time, though, it was Craig Berube – coach of the Blues’ 2019 Cup-winning group – getting axed and former AHL bench boss Drew Bannister arriving to pick up the pieces. Offensively, Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou have been the catalysts for the turnaround, with Thomas among the league’s most prolific playmakers since the mid-December coaching change and Kyrou filling the net at a near-40-goal pace. They’ve been especially prolific on the power play, where the Blues have been on the cusp of the league’s top-five units since banishing Berube. That’s helped mask a subpar penalty kill, though the discipline St. Louis has…
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