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A holiday Maracle
On a Friesen night, Santa loaded his gift (Andru)sak
Posted: Tuesday December 24, 2002 11:55 AM
By Jamie MacDonald, CNNSI.com
Too much of life is driven by ideas that peter out when it comes time to execute. This, we fear, may be one of those occasions, where the best-laid plans go the way of the Edsel. Give ‘em bells and whistles, some who shall remain nameless think, and save the facts for Joe Friday. But far be it for us to let a little something like execution get in the way of what once seemed like a good idea. This week’s challenge (trap?): To incorporate NHL players’ names into something that might have readers humming a holiday tune.
In other words, 'tis the season to rip off holiday songs. With that spirit of taking in mind, we give you a Power Rankings Seasonal Tribute Album. As with most holiday music, some of these songs are better than others. Some are stretches. And some are just plain awful. But we’re not going to stop you from singing along to ...
| NHL Power Rankings |
| Rank |
LW |
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Team |
| 1 |
2 |
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Vancouver Canucks Oh(lund), come all ye faithful |
| 2 |
3 |
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Ottawa Senators Deck the Hull with boughs of Hossa Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la |
| 3 |
1 |
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Dallas Stars I played my drum for Sim, pa rum pum pum pum |
| 4 |
4 |
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Detroit Red Wings I'll be Holmstrom for Christmas |
| 5 |
6 |
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Minnesota Wild What Wild is this? |
| 6 |
5 |
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Boston Bruins You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout, I'm telling you why Samsonov is coming to town |
| 7 |
8 |
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New Jersey Devils Here comes Ste-ven-son! Here comes Ste-ven-son! Right down Stevenson Lane! |
| 8 |
7 |
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Philadelphia Flyers Do you hear what I Brashear? |
| 9 |
9 |
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Edmonton Oilers Five golden ringsBut wait, there's more ... It came upon a midnight Cleary |
| 10 |
12 |
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks They know that Santa's on his way He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his Salei |
| 11 |
13 |
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Montreal Canadiens Over the Rivet and through the woods To have a full day of play |
| 12 |
18 |
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Chicago Blackhawks Just hear that Mark Bell jingling, ring ting tingling too |
| 13 |
10 |
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St. Louis Blues I'm dreaming of a Weight Christmas |
| 14 |
11 |
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Tampa Bay Lightning Jolly old Saint Nikolai lean your ear this way! |
| 15 |
14 |
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Los Angeles Kings Have yourself an Andy Murray Christmas |
| 16 |
17 |
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Colorado Avalanche Feliz Nedorost Feliz Nedorost Feliz Nedorost Prospero año y Felicidad |
| 17 |
15 |
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Toronto Maple Leafs I saw Domi kissing Santa Claus |
| 18 |
16 |
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Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Christmas, forever in my dreams Warm winter sights, with nippy nights All happiness and love, so joyful and agleam Coming home for Christmas is what Carolina means |
| 19 |
20 |
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San Jose Sharks Stop us if you're heard this one before ...Feliz Nabokov ... |
| 20 |
21 |
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Washington Capitals Have an Olie jolly Christmas |
| 21 |
19 |
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New York Rangers Si-lent Night, Ho-lik Night |
| 22 |
26 |
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Florida Panthers But as Luongo as you love me so Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow |
| 23 |
24 |
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Pittsburgh Penguins I want to wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of my Hart Trophy |
| 24 |
23 |
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New York Islanders Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say, On a bright [sic] Christmas Day That's the island greeting that we send to you |
| 25 |
22 |
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Columbus Blue Jackets I'll have a Blue Jacket Christmas, that's certain And when that blue heartache starts hurting You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white But I'll have a Blue, Blue Jacket Christmas |
| 26 |
25 |
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Phoenix Coyotes Four calling dogs Three French Canadians* Two turtle heads And an attendance problem*This includes Brian Boucher, who is not French Canadian, but is a goaltender, does have a French-sounding surname and was born in Woonsocket, R.I., which does have a heavy French influence. |
| 27 |
27 |
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Calgary Flames It's Begin-ning to look a lot like Christmas |
| 28 |
28 |
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Nashville Predators Well, I know there's more snow up in Colorado Than my roof will ever see But a tender Tennessee Christmas is the only Christmas for me |
| 29 |
30 |
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Buffalo Sabres Make my wish come true Baby, all I want for Christmas is Stu |
| 30 |
29 |
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Atlanta Thrashers We wish Uwe Merry Christmas We wish Uwe Merry Christmas We wish Uwe Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year |
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