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NHL Power Rankings: A catchy limerick for all 32 teams
With St. Patrick’s Day just a few fiddle strokes away, Ryan Dixon honours the great tradition of Irish poets by dropping a limerick for all 32 NHL teams in this edition of the power rankings.
Every NHL team is chasing some kind of pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
For several clubs, simply being in the playoff chase with St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner on Monday is an accomplishment. For others, only the Stanley Cup will do. And still more squads are hoping the draft lottery in May breaks their way and invigorates a rebuild.
Of course, whether you’re top o’ the standings or feeling green in the basement, lord knows every club could use a little luck of the Irish to get where it yearns to be.
So, with St. Paddy’s just a few fiddle strokes away, we thought — for the second straight March — we’d, uh, honour the great tradition of Irish poets by using this edition of the power rankings to drop a limerick for all 32 NHL teams.
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1. Washington Capitals (43-14-8) Caps fans, what a delightful, unexpected double for you/There’s both a goal record and a Stanley Cup to pursue.
2. Winnipeg Jets (45-17-4) It’s no leprechaun trick, we’re not pulling your leg/This could be the spring a title comes to the ‘Peg.
3. Dallas Stars (42-20-2) Forget the Irish, Dallas is the land of the Finns/Now c’mon Suomi South and deliver those playoff wins.
4. Vegas Golden Knights (38-19-7) It’s a touch unsettling to see Vegas have a deadline so quiet/Mind you, another trade heist for this team and the whole league might riot.
5. Colorado Avalanche (39-24-3) The Avs have added so much around the tandem of MacKinnon and Makar/With this supporting cast, Colorado can go very far.
6. Carolina Hurricanes (39-22-4) You make your own luck, so Carolina always acts bold/But will the Rantanen saga end with them out in the post-season cold?
7. Florida Panthers (40-22-3) More mischievous than a leprechaun is Brad Marchand/These cheeky Cats always lay down a winning hand.
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8. Toronto Maple Leafs (39-22-3) Is this the final stand of the Buds’ Core Four?/Will it end the same as always, or will there finally be more?
9. Los Angeles Kings (34-20-9) They’ll go nowhere until confronting a Round 1 demon/Another loss to the Oilers and Kings fans will be screamin’!
10. Tampa Bay Lightning (37-23-4) Is there one more title run in this talented gang?/Kuch scores, Vasy saves and the Bolts go bang!
11. Edmonton Oilers (37-23-4) Last spring they made it all the way to playoff win No. 15/But if the Oilers can’t get that final victory, what does any of it mean?
12. Ottawa Senators (34-25-5) The Brady Bunch is chugging toward the second season/And the party doesn’t have to stop there for any good reason.
13. Minnesota Wild (37-24-4) Over and over, let’s give Marc-Andre Fleury his flowers/It’s hard to believe this one-of-one is in his final NHL hours.
14. New Jersey Devils (35-25-6) It feels as though the hockey gods have snatched out the rug/How can this team keep getting decimated by the injury bug?
15. Columbus Blue Jackets (31-25-8) Everyone can have a soft spot for this overachieving squad/And with the young talent in ‘Lumbus, don’t call them a fraud.
16. St. Louis Blues (31-27-7) A late push could land them back in the big dance/And we’ve all seen what Jordan Binnington can do if you give him a chance.
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17. Calgary Flames (30-23-11) Forget that rebuild talk, the Flames are in the mix/There’s very little a goalie like Dustin Wolf can’t fix.
18. Montreal Canadiens (31-27-7) Habs in the playoffs? It’s starting to sound sane/What a season for Cole, Nick and a boy called Lane.
19. Utah Hockey Club (29-25-11) What a joy to know some franchise stability/And what a treat to discover this roster’s ability.
20. Vancouver Canucks (30-24-11) It has seemed bleak, it has seemed dark/But the Canucks still have 17 games left to show more bite than bark.
21. New York Rangers (31-28-6) If they can’t get it together, missing the playoffs will hurt/What a miserable year to be a Blueshirt.
22. Boston Bruins (30-28-8) All of a sudden we’ve landed in a new era for the B’s/Retools can work, but rarely happen with ease.
23. Detroit Red Wings (31-28-6) Another playoff miss would be devastating for the Wings/Changes at the top? Detroit would have to consider such things.
24. New York Islanders (29-28-7) Will a new suit come in and get this team going after Lou?/It’s something you must contemplate when a GM is 82.
25. Anaheim Ducks (28-30-7) The young talent is there, but when will it all come together?/Seven years outside the playoffs is a lot to weather.
26. Nashville Predators (25-32-7) Oh for the days of simply being competitive and good/This is quite a mess when you look under the hood.
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27. Seattle Kraken (28-34-4) Life’s a little tough right now up on the Pacific Coast/ And it’s going to be a minute in Seattle before there’s anything to toast.
28. Pittsburgh Penguins (26-31-10) Drafting very high will be a nice change of pace/But it could be a long, long time before this club is back in a real playoff chase.
29. Philadelphia Flyers (27-31-8) It’s been 50 years since Philadelphia drafted in the top spot/The Flyers deserve a little luck to improve what they’ve already got.
30. Buffalo Sabres (25-33-6) It feels like somebody here needs to fall on a sword/ Fourteen years outside the playoffs? Good lord.
31. Chicago Blackhawks (20-36-9) No doubt, it’s getting hard for Hawks fans to cope/But the early play of Spencer Knight is providing at least a little hope.
32. San Jose Sharks (17-40-9) Wins are tough to come by right now in the California north/But this organization has collected the talent to one day push forth.
