Power Rankings: Week 21

With the trade deadline this week in fantasy hockey, teams are scrambling to shore up their rosters in the hopes of a playoff run. Lets take a look at this week’s power rankings and see what moves were made.

1. Ottawa HC (previous ranking: 1) – an easy win this week against a struggling Mystery Eskimos al but assured this team a playoff spot, and a good week this week could secure the first seed. Ottawa GM called up Martin Brodeur off of IR who should help solidify the strong netminders in the active roster. Moves to pick up Sidney Crosby’s new linemate Chris Kunitz and Montreal winger Alex Tanguay could give this team added offensive power.

2. Reggie ‘Reg’ Dunlop (2) – A disappointing performance this weekend and an article lambasting half of the roster led this team to search for answers on the waiver wire. Unfortunately, the moves may not be enough.

3. HANK’S AUTOSHOP (3) – A strong performance last week may have crushed GM Anze Backup’s dreams of the postseason. On paper, HANK’S performance was a statistical aberration..it will be interesting to see if this team can keep it up.

4. D. Cherry Drinks Cum (7) – Came soaring back this week against Reggie ‘Reg’ Dunlop, and made perhaps the trades of the year picking up Jarome Iginla, Nicklas Backstrom, Miikka Kiprusoff, and Martin St. Louis. This team could be scary good, but again, has to mindful of how many times the Washington Capitals play in the coming weeks.

5. RoBERTo LuFONGo (8) – Finally gave a performance worthy of his roster. It is always interesting to see what GM Bert Fong will do in the future.

6. Andre Poodle Lussier (5) - Managed to finally get into the playoff picture, but will have to work to keep that spot. Smart pickup in Brian Campbell this week to get some more offense going.

7. GM Anze Backup (4) – The loss this week may have been the nail in the coffin. GM Red McIntyre is so frustrated his hair has all fallen out. He really doesn’t need any changes, as he is clearly the best team on paper, but unless he has huge wins the last two weeks, he is a goner.

8. Mystery Eskimos (9) – A bad loss this week, but isn’t completely out of it. Tried to donate half his team to D. Cherry Drinks Cum, but the whole brother-in-law conflict of interest led to a quick veto by the rest of the league. If this team gets hot, it could make the playoffs..only time will tell.

9. Bizzarohawks (6) – So close, yet so far. A loss this week leaves this team with a chance to still make the playoffs, but a donation of Miikka Kiprusoff and Martin St. Louis to D. Cherry Drinks Cum made this team that much weaker. A few waiver pickups of complete insignificance won’t help this team. Maybe God will.

10. Steve Shankopotamous (10) – As chronicled since the inception of this blog amid constant criticism, this team has been ranked in a way that would imply that it would not make the playoffs (i.e. dead fucking last). After a loss this past week, this team is now officially out of a playoff spot, which might as well be last. This team needs a solid couple of weeks to get back in, but the donation of Iginla, Backtrom, Tim Thomas and Ryan Miller to other teams which are now playoff contenders makes this team really sucky. Like a spoiled little child, GM Jesse Cook, who has tried harder, boasted more, and celebrated the loudest, now says that he “could care less.” He might be able to sneak into the playoffs still, but I expect a first round loss.