ALLAN AND NICK'S PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS

[GM Barretta, Flyers]

These are just the rankings that the Ducks' GM and I came up with. Explanations will come sometime later today. No hard feelings, these are just our opinions

NFHL Power Rankings:
-Western Conference
-Central Division
1) Detroit
2) Nashville
3) St. Louis
4) Chicago
5) Columbus
-Northwest Division
1) Calgary
2) Minnesota
3) Colorado
4) Vancouver
5) Edmonton
-Pacific Division
1) Anaheim
2) Dallas
3) San Jose
4) Los Angeles
5) Phoenix
-Eastern Conference
-Atlantic Division
1) New York Rangers
2) Pittsburgh
3) Philadelphia
4) New Jersey
5) New York Islanders
-Northeast Division
1) Ottawa
2) Toronto
3) Buffalo
4) Montreal
5) Boston
-Southeast Division
1) Carolina
2) Florida
3) Tampa Bay
4) Washington
5) Atlanta

Conference Rankings
-Eastern Conference
1) Ottawa
2) New York Rangers
3) Pittsburgh
4) Toronto
5) Buffalo
6) Philadelphia
7) New Jersey
8) Montreal
9) Carolina
10) Florida
11) Tampa Bay
12) Washington
13) New York Islanders
14) Boston
15) Atlanta
-Western Conference
1) Anaheim
2) Dallas
3) Detroit
4) Calgary
5) San Jose
6) Nashville
7) Minnesota
8) Colorado
9) Vancouver
10) Los Angeles
11) Edmonton
12) St. Louis
13) Chicago
14) Columbus
15) Phoenix

League Rankings
1) Anaheim
2) Ottawa
3) Dallas
4) New York Rangers
5) Detroit
6) Pittsburgh
7) Calgary
8) San Jose
9) Nashville
10) Toronto
11) Buffalo
12) Minnesota
13) Colorado
14) Philadelphia
15) New Jersey
16) Vancouver
17) Montreal
18) Los Angeles
19) Carolina
20) Florida
21) Edmonton
22) Tampa Bay
23) Washington
24) St. Louis
25) New York Islanders
26) Chicago
27) Boston
28) Atlanta
29) Columbus
30) Phoenix

[allan16qb]

I'm going to look like the jerk who picked himself #1, but I think we tried to be as objective as possible.

On the plus side too, a lot of the teams at the bottom of the rankings have enough assets to climb the list pretty quickly.

[GM Barretta, Flyers]

PROJECTED PLAYOFF MATCHUPS

Eastern Conference

1) Ottawa
8) New Jersey

2) New York Rangers
7) Philadelphia

3) Carolina
6) Buffalo

4) Pittsburgh
5) Toronto

Western Conference

1) Anaheim
8) Colorado

2) Detroit
7) Minnesota

3) Calgary
6) Nashville

4) Dallas
5) San Jose

[kingsgm]

This is gonna be an interesting read =)

[Lawrence Bailey - Caps GM]

Underestimate the Caps at your own peril boys... we like being the underdogs :-)

[joshp]

bailey said:

Underestimate the Caps at your own peril boys... we like being the underdogs :-)

you've underestimated my team to the max!!!!
lol finished dead last in division, conference and league rankings!
but that's ok. I love being the underdog, and this time, I'm the mega-underdog!!!
We will climb the rankings! you'll see!

[ssj335]

Wow

I'm honored to be ranked highly by these predictions! thank you

[trigger72]

3 things is all i have to say....Ollie to Kovalchuk to Kariya

[Detroit GM]

I'd say these are pretty decent guesses. A lot has changed though and anything can happen. No matter how it goes down I plan to be a pain in the ass to play against.