Power Rankings: Week 11

It’s the season of giving, and the NHL is giving fantasy teams the injury woes. Lets take a look at the Power Rankings as teams deal with the loss of key players.

1. Reggie ‘Reg’ Dunlop – RRD continues to dominate opponents, racking up almost 20 more wins than the next closest team. Evgeni Malkin and Richards times deux carry the team in week 11, even with the puckstoppers having an off week.

2. Back on Track? – BOT put in a strong performance this week, and with Jose Theodore and Alexander Semin both coming off IR, this team just got that much scarier.

3. Wonders On Ice – WOI continues to ride the hot Boston Bruins team, but that tandem couldn’t offset the let down from Vancouver Canucks in the starting roster. With Thomas Vokoun getting the shutout Sunday night, WOI should be worried about the future playing time of netminder Craig Anderson.

4. The Plumbers – Was this the week that the sleeping giant awoke? Coming off some dismal performances, TP manhandled Steve Loves Paymon this week, with 5 players having 5 or more points. As Manny Fernandez becomes the go-to starter on the Bruins, the Plumbers are poised for a huge midseason run.

5. Mystery Eskimos – An off week or has Sean Avery poisoned this team? Look for Skank Marden and crew to make some adjustments for next week; changes have to come after losing to bottom dweller Buh humbug BITCHES!

6. Eeeeehhhhhh – Going with a strategy of relying on too many players on one team is risky, but it seems to be paying off. Manager Matt Welsh pulled off the trade of the season so far acquiring Ryan Miller, who has been on a hot streak since joining the team.

7. RoBERTo LuFONGo – Transparency is the game, and Bert Fong is his name. Trying to equate Todd Bertuzzi to Milan Lucic in a trade offer to BOT and then dropping Bertuzzi after the trade was rejected shows how little he respects his American counterparts in the league. When asked to comment on the American Managers in the league, he referred to them as “red neck hicks that go crazy during Jerry Springer.” Typical stuck up Asian.

8. Ottawa HC – It has been 100 years since OHC won it all, and it doesn’t look like this is going to be the year to break that streak. While OHC led the league in shooting % in week 11, it isn’t enough to cover for multi-week injuries to Derick Brassard, Daniel Alfredsson, Milan Michalek and a December scoring drought by captain Sidney Crosby. This team is in trouble.

9. Buh Humbug BITCHES – Week 11 was the first week where a glimmer of hope was seen, riding the pickup from free agency of netminder Steve Mason. BHB manager Scott Freeland is wondering aloud “will Cheechoo ever return to form? Will The Plumbers give me a gift for Christmas? If so, can it be Eric Staal back?

10. Steve Loves Paymon – Insulting trade offers have him blackballed from trade talks by at least 3 other general managers. SLP’s GAA has trended up for most of the season, exacerbated by the questionable trade that dealt Miller to Eeeeehhhhhh. SLP manager Jesse Cook further ostracized himself when he commented “it is difficult to trade with GM’s who only know a handful of players in the league.” Regardless, League Commissioner and Ottawa HC GM Court Watson is debating a formal inquiry into the genetic relation between Anze Kopitar and Jesse.