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NHLP Cup Threat Ratings For 2010/11(Updated
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NHLP2 |
ANDREW |
CHAD |
CHARLIE |
JOEL |
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JR |
MARCEL |
MATT |
RYAN |
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SCOTT |
SHAWN |
TYSON |
BRYCE |
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NHLP Cup Threat Ratings For 2010/11(Updated
For 50 Games, 61% (Percent) of the Season and Transaction 70)
About the CTR and How
It Works
| NHL Projected Standings at This
CTR Ranking |
| Eastern Conference |
Western Conference |
Philadelphia 73
Tampa Bay 68
Pittsburgh 68
Boston 65
Washington 64
NY Rangers 61
Montreal 61
Carolina 58
Atlanta 57 |
Vancouver 73
Detroit 69
Dallas 67
Nashville 62
Anaheim 60
Phoenix 60
Chicago 58
San Jose 58
Colorado 58
Minnesota 58 |
| NHLP Cup Threat Rating (CTR) -
Continuously Updated |
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Ranked |
CTR - Rating
(Previous High - Low) |
Team |
GM
(Division) |
Notes |
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1 |
1908 (H2 - 1962, L13 - 771) |
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Michael &
Ray
(West) |
Maverick: Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby.
Air Boss Johnson: That's a negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is
full.
These two guys are cowboys, Maverick and Goose. What fear?
The fear was this team might lose some ground without top guns Datsyuk
and Cleary for a month. Well, those two players had no points in
January. Not one! Did not matter one bit as Benn, Morrow and
Sharp got 29 between them and these Jets are now fearless. This is
an awesome team with an opportunity to win it all on a Detroit run to
the finals. |
| 2 |
1874 (L15 - 784) |
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Shawn
(South) |
A 77 point
month with 5 non hockey days. This team might have gotten 90 had
it not been for the All Star game!
Five players had months in the double digits, while the low lights were Timonen 9 and Daley 7.
They'll need to be better...IF THIS TEAM IS
TO REACH 100 IN FEBRUARY! All players are on home seeds to start
the playoffs, with only Pominville a non playoff, for now. With 27
points to work with, this team can bring something of value in for those
points. We
knew GM Shawn was an asset to the NHLP, but right about now, a few GM's might be wishing
we still had Henry! |
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3 |
1853 (H1 - 2120, L10 -
1004) |
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Shawn
(East) |
Henrik Sedin was the reason for the first NHLP deal this season, when GM
Shawn, holding down pick number one overall, traded him to GM Charlie (NY
Rangers). This ensured Charlie got Ovechkin and with Crosby picked
second overall, Shawn got his man, plus a free waiver which turned into
more draft picks. All in all, a solid move. Sedin has not
disappointed. "I had Vancouver going to the finals versus Boston"
stated Shawn who, if that happens, won't be to terribly off with Horton,
Ryder and Seguin, here as well. With 28 points to work with, all
that may be left to do is trade Backes, and his 37 points, and hope his
preseason pick is even half right. |
| 4 |
1724 (H2 - 1923, L15 - 703) |
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Joel
(West) |
Having Peverley a few more times might be the only way to slow this team
down. GM Joel has 63 points to play with. We guess that
means, you are never out of it in the NHLP, with teams with points like
that to throw away. This team has 4 fringe players, all could be
dealt with 10 points each if (and when) Joel finds suitors. As
high a CTR, if better players aren't brought in, can Joel's Vancouver
win here? Likely, only if Tampa Bay goes to the finals. GM
Joel might be best to not wait until there are no more players available
anywhere, if he even has that option right now. I guess it depends
on who you think is calling the shots? Those up with the points to
give or those out with the players not found in the minors? |
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5 |
1560 (H4 - 1730, L19 -
651) |
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Charlie
(South) |
This is the leagues big Red Wings team. The Miami B's with Bergeron,
Bertuzzi, Berglund and Brower. Not Bad. Zetterberg is the
team leader, which is a great thing. What isn't great, is GM Charlie
lost ground to every team chasing him in the division, by almost a double digit month
each. Still up 18 points on 5th, Chuck needs his boys doing a
little more, or come March 1st, he will only be up a single digit up on 5th. |
| 6 |
1482 (H1 - 2037, L24 -
315) |
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Chad
(East) |
From a 600 point jump to CTR #1 to a 500 point fall when things came
crashing down. So what happened? Well for starters, Crosby
has one point this month and Pittsburgh has fallen seeds, affecting
Crosby, Letang and Staal. Doan and Keith also dropped seeds since
last rating, while no player on the team gained. The 44 point month
affected GM Chad's position, as it was the worst month in the East, tying
GM Charlie's NY Rangers. This team is still just about awesome and
can easily be CTR #1 again if (NHL) Pittsburgh climbs in the East. |
| 7 |
1452 (L24 - 67) |
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Tyson
(South) |
A 61 point month would have led either the Eastern Division or Western
Division and been second in the North. This is however, the South.
A 61 point month in the South was below average. With the teams
around them having 77, 70 and 67 point months, GM Tyson has to be asking
himself what does he have to do to gain ground here? Only 5 points
up on a playoff spot, and a team that may have over achieved, on paper
anyhow. Even the weak links Hamhuis and Vrbata had 14 between them
and are pulling their weight right now. That may have to continue.
This team may lack first round scoring, but after that, already has a
Canucks run all over it. |
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8 |
1357 (L18 - 534) |
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Andrew
(West - Pacific) |
Now that is how it is done! A huge 600 point jump in the CTR takes
this team from all dead to mostly dead.
- Miracle Max: See, there's a big difference between
mostly dead, and all dead. Now, mostly dead: he's slightly
alive. All dead: well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing
that you can do.
- Inigo: What's that?
- Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose
change.
- GM Andrew now has position to yet improve this team further.
Really only Plekanec is a question mark, as the other players like
Selanne, Callahan and Anisimov are battling for 6th and not 8th,
although that margin for error is slight at best with such close NHL
standings. This teams biggest problem is scoring, but GM
Andrew doesn't build a winner in the first half, never has. He
creates it in the second half, so we'll watch it unfold here, if it
is meant to be.
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| 9 |
1345 (H3 - 1600,
L16 - 842) |
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Michael & Ray
(North) |
Where is this
team without Stamkos? Top seed in the Eastern Conference, leagues
leading scorer and 67 points, almost 30% of this teams scoring!
The co-owners are only 10 points up with Stamkos, which is really scary.
If he got hurt a month, then what? (Oh ya, big injuries don't
affect Mav and Goose!) Vanek is hot, 16 points to lead the team
in January. This team needs his scoring to stay in the playoffs.
The problem is, when they move his scoring, this team's first round
scoring takes a huge hit. What they bring in as a replacement will
be key. Hell, there is still hope Buffalo could catch Montreal,
Atlanta, and Carolina in front of them. That is the only hope,
because Vanek's contract, at $6.4 million cap hit a year won't be moved,
seeing as he is signed long term and it doesn't expire until both these
GM's are legal drinking age...IN THE STATES!!! |
| 10 |
1312 (H2 -
1655, L12 - 971) |
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Andrew
(North) |
As expected Kane and Antropov were sent packing and although the NHLP
Yearbook expected GM Andrew to grab two Western players, he only added
Campbell. Jokinen and his scoring abilities were also brought in, and what a
difference he has made! Andrew's Hawks are the North's top scoring
team, with 63 in January, an ass-kicking 20 more than Buffalo (Joel)
scored who entered the month 15 points in front of Andrew. Giroux
and Carter lead this team and Hossa now has some playoff support from
teammate Campbell. Andrew is doing what he does in the second half
every year, slowly adding and improving, up 200 CTR points since last
rating. Expect the Hawks to be tough and continue to climb towards
the NHLP Trading Deadline, with Andrews philosophy that you don't have
to get it all, in one deal approach. Slow and steady wins the
race. (Update: A tough blow here as Edler has been announced
out for anywhere from 'weeks or months' which might even make things
harder to decide to keep him or move him. This team needed to stay
healthy, but now it is looking like February might be a tough go to
continue to pull away from 5th.) |
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11 |
1296 (H10 -
1387, L22 - 333) |
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Chad
(North) |
Daniel Sedin and Ruttu teamed up for 33 points in January!
Winnipeg (Mike and Ray) and Los Angeles (Andrew) only had 37! Then
there were Jr's Dallas Stars...Anyhow, these guys are on fire for Chad's
Leafs. Ruttu is finally rated but Ladd seems to be headed in the
wrong direction. Three fringe players and only 6 points to work
with. Chad will need February to be as strong as January, for this team
cannot let up or it will be out, just that quickly. |
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12 |
1171 (L23 -
425) |
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Jr
(West) |
Still going up
the ranking. GM Jr may be hoping Horcoff will get traded, but that
is as unlikely as Gretzky coming out of retirement. Horcoff
has the longest Oilers contract, until 2016, but his low number, high
scoring down the stretch, is likely the logical reason for adding him.
Three other players are fringe and GM Jr found out first hand how tough
it will be to give his points away. There are only a very few
teams in the NHLP that can trade for non playoff guys, so fringe will
likely be in high demand later. All is good here so far, just not
great. Good usually doesn't beat great when it comes to winning
Championships so don't expect Jr to be content. |
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13 |
1155 (H1 -
1648, L12 - 834) |
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Matt
(South) |
Iginla is doing all he can to get rated, and just might be by the next
rating. Strong in the Eastern Conference, with 5 players on decent
seeds, including 4 between Tampa Bay and Boston. Ribeiro just
continues to be an awesome asset to keep or move, depending on where
things shake out over the next 6 weeks for GM Matt. |
| 14 |
1032 (H11 - 1378, L20 - 470) |
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Matt
(North) |
Perry (Ana), Duchene (Col), Heatley (SJ) and Boyle (SJ) are all Western
players who are battling for the same playoff spots. Can they all
make it? Yes, likely not though. Can they all miss?
Yes, likely not though. All the uncertainly doesn't get any
clearly when you mention Savard's name here. How long is he out?
Can GM Matt hang on to 1st, let along stay in a playoff position now
that he is only 15 points up on 5th? A lot of questions that will
have to be answered here before the CTR can place this team higher, and
as is, likely will not be one of the top elite teams until something changes. |
| 15 |
1000 (H4 -1502) |
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Charlie
(East) |
GM Charlie is really enjoying this winter. Not the NHLP, but all
the sliding he and the kids have been doing. Well, Charlie is
doing a lot of sliding of late in the NHLP standings and the CTR as
well. Do you ever get the feeling he may over value some of his
players? Seriously! He has hung on to Fehr all season, even
now when injured, on a Washington team that is what, a playoff team?
There are a lot of 17 point playoff guys scoring 0.41 PPG. Two
Wings and two Flyers, two of the best teams in the league - that's four
players off top seeds. Ovechkin to boot. So what is the problem?
Scoring for sure, as this team is 26 points out and still sliding
monthly.
Get some of these deadbeats out, to the minors, for scoring of any kind,
because as is, and we have said this before, more assets then was
necessary are
going to have to go, or worst yet, might be the crap that comes back in
return. If Charlie wanted to trade playoff for playoff, he can be
in the playoffs tomorrow, so it isn't too late. You just have to
cut the cord is all. The problem is GM Charlie has the seven best players in the
league and can do no better. So says his agent anyhow! |
| 16 |
962 (H10 -
1244, L12 - 876) |
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Scott
(East) |
Is there a
hotter player in the NHLP than former first round pick, 6'6", 230
pounder, and leagues high-scoring defensemen, Yandle? NO!
With 17 points for the month of January, no one was hotter (Daniel Sedin
and Bergeron were as hot with 17 each themselves). GM Scott added Tanguay for Enstrom, in a sideways move, and has Oshie back scoring to
help the offense. This team has a lot of fringe players and a huge
question mark in Kaberle. Will he move and if so where?
Certainly what you see is not the end team, by any means, yet. |
| 17 |
772 (H9 - 1209, L20 -
540) |
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Tyson
(East) |
The good thing is he already won a cup here. The bad thing - it is
looking like it ain't gonna happen again any time soon!!! The
problem is the 4 fringe players. Minny has moved into a playoff
spot, so Koivu is rated, but this teams top seeded player is Hudler and
that isn't something to get real excited about. GM Tyson added
the little pieces last year but this season it might take a bigger piece
to change the excitement about repeating. |
| 18 |
639 (H7 - 1294, L19 - 472) |
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Marcel
(South) |
Eric Staal is hot, as is this entire team in the scoring department.
As far as in high demand, GM Marcel's Panthers likely are not. A
team built on the edge of 8 mile, with 5 players not quite gangsters or
exactly sure what turf to call home. This teams true colors, could
be a lot brighter, for they can't get too much worse. |
| 19 |
572 (H5 -
1446) |
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Ryan
(East) |
The Bruins are in ruins once again. Heard again from the rafters
is the chanting which started almost 20 years ago, when then led by GM
Ian and his love for Russian players. The fans were united in Boston
with a common theme...their hate for the invaders. "Things were
very different back than" stated Muddy Capone. "GM Ian tried to
build an all Russian team and the fans revolted." The fans on the right side of the Gardens
would yell out "What about the Bruins" and the left side would reply in
unison, "Their defectors" and then the entire stadium would come
together as one, "And we want our money back!" Refunds
were as rare as success. Now-a-days, Semin has been that
lemon, with zero points in January, helping GM Ryan fall to 7 points out
of the playoffs in the Eastern Division. It isn't the points out, as
much as, the teams makeup. Four fringe players and a Russian who
isn't widely known for his playoff prowess. Ryan has done a great job in
Boston the past few years, coming just so close, but this team isn't feeling like those teams,
it is feeling like the 90's when the GM who was in charge could never do
anything right with the Ruins! |
| 20 |
472 (H7 - 1430, L20 - 464) |
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Joel
(North) |
Take a deep breath. San Jose is back into a playoff spot and
Thornton, Clowe and Pavelski are all rated again. This team has 5
fringe players, two of them, non playoffs right now. GM Joel has
seemed to have committed himself to the Sharks, but as things sit at
this moment, there is no need for anyone to be out shopping for a
bigger boat! |
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21 |
294 (H13 -
951, L21 - 229) |
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Scott
(West) |
One thing you have to know, if you pay attention, is that even at 30
points back, GM Scott will not go quietly. "The teams in front of
us are like deer in our headlights. We are driving the truck,
peddle on the floor, right at them, high beams on" stated GM Scott.
"We are either going to run them over, running them down or have one
hell of a spectacular crash trying. If we do crash, it will be our
own recklessness. If we blow an engine, it won't be for lack of
Oil. Regardless, the RPMs revving red." Talks is cheap!
This team has, as much baggage, as the other junk CTR ranked teams.
A bunch of question marks for top players Stastny, Toews and Byfuglien.
Maybe the only thing this team might have going for it, is the maniac
behind the wheel! |
| 22 |
251 (H16 -
870, L23 - 22) |
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Ryan
(West) |
A waiver and a 7 player drop. Has GM Ryan ever done such a thing?
Don't expect to see it anytime soon either... |
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23 |
-99 (H3 -
1207, L23 - -139) |
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Jr
(South) |
This team was
never right since about game 10. The slide started early, and for
the second straight year, GM Jr could not right the ship after a slow
start to a team of his. Now 62 points out, after leaving it this
long, you just have to wonder what is the point of tying now? We
hammer GM's for not trying, but In all fairness to Jr, several GM's left
the Winter Meeting all stating Jr might have got the steal of the
meeting in Getzlaf. He did go for it. We all know how that
turned out, but not for lack of trying. Sometimes, it just doesn't
go right no matter how hard you try, and this might be an example of a
bad year, where everything just went to hell early and often. With
a coming Waiver, maybe Jr can grab a few picks, and Dallas can dream of
Cup 3 for 2012. |
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24 |
-128 (H22 - 502,
L24 - -221) |
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Marcel
(North) |
Sure you are 48 out, but truly do teams have to stop trying?
There is a difference here and in Dallas (Jr), for it can be argued the
effort was put in there. Imagine trading Pronger for 10 and the Montreal guys for 10 and some
grabbing better
non playoff scorers a month ago? Maybe a waiver and a 10 point gain in
some 6-6 with what was left. A trade with what you pick up could
then compete for a playoff team, built
with 3 Hurricanes and 3 Kings, teams that could yet squeak in and either
of them going to the Cup finals and winning it for you. Why would
you not try? |
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The NHLP has always came out with the Cup Threat Rating (CTR) a couple times
a year. The CTR is also known as the Power Rankings in the NHLP. It is a time perfected, skill based, best prediction of what teams
are the best and what teams have the best chance of winning it all. It is
very accurate. Like last year it predicted Las Vegas and Dallas as being
the two best NHLP teams and of course Dallas beat Las Vegas in the NHLP finals.
Nailing Florida the year before as NHLP winners and many winners over the years.
The CTR really
does work. It isn't a perfect science, but it is not a guess either.
If you are near the top, you have a good team and a shot at winning, near the
bottom, a bad team with little hope as is. The nice thing is you have the
power to change your teams position at any time. This will be on-going and
ever changing all year. How it works - Teams will move up and down based
on their Transactions, NHLP Standings (Points back or points to give), Players
Points, Depth Charts, PP Time on the ice and mainly the NHL standings.
You may not like the teams seeded 1st in each Conference to win it all, but the
CTR does not go by gut feelings, only 100% statistics. It holds truest
when there are no upsets (but when is that?). This is the NHLP Power
Rankings.
Notes -
Position refers to your NHLP standings. Good position means you have
points to give and potential to improve your playoff players on your team.
Position is ranked into the statistical formula above for the rankings,
however, Position disappears from the ranking in the very end when the playoffs
are decided and we predict the final cup favorites. It might mean
something now to have 50 points to give, so now we give you potential points so to
speak. If you do nothing with them, in the end, your standings and your 50
points mean nothing.
Fringe refers to your playoff players are near 6,7 and 8 spots, not great for
the CTR, but still better than non playoffs which are useless.
Final Power Rankings 2009-2010
Final Power Rankings 2008-2009
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