| CNN/SI Power Rankings |
| Rank | LW | Team |
| 1 | 3 |  | Detroit Red Wings |
| We resolve to keep our older legs fresh for a LONG PLAYOFF DRIVE and, no matter what, our goaltending won't let us down. |
| 2 | 4 |  | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Our motto will be that OUR LEAFS ARE TOUGHER THEN YOUR LEAFS, meaning that we won't let your players abuse our star players down the stretch. |
| 3 | 1 |  | Philadelphia Flyers |
| OK, everyone knows about John LeClair and Eric Lindros and Mark Recchi, but we have our fair share of footsoldiers who we promise will make their mark before the end of the season. We also promise not to fall asleep at the switch in key games down the stretch. |
| 4 | 2 |  | St. Louis Blues |
| As a team we may not have the best players, but we do have great team attitude and a solid system. Our coaches believe in us, so we need to do a better job in believing in our goaltenders. |
| 5 | 6 |  | Dallas Stars |
| We'll try to get all our guys healthy so that we can defend our championship. We also need to start scoring a lot more goals -- not that you couldn't have figured that out. |
| 6 | 9 |  | New Jersey Devils |
| We're coming on and we know it. Aside from all the sideshow antics with some players wanting out we know that we can get the job done. As a group we promise not to let individual ideals infect what should be a great playoff season. |
| 7 | 5 |  | Phoenix Coyotes |
| We know, we know, it has been a long time coming but we will not fall apart this year -- even if our goaltending is a little suspect right now. We will also support each other more then we have in the past. |
| 8 | 7 |  | Florida Panthers |
| Pavel Bure is our go-to guy, but we have more than you think. Next time you watch our team play, we promise you'll see grit that was never present before. We also know that at some point Ray Whitney will get the respect he deserves around the league. |
| 9 | 8 |  | Colorado Avalanche |
| Finally. We have virtually our whole lineup intact and look what we did to St. Louis. We promise to lower our shots against because we know that in order to win in the playoffs you have to be a solid defensive team. |
| 10 | 10 |  | Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| Our goal is to make sure that our special teams don't let us down, which will keep us from the playoffs. We also now know that we have to follow our coaches' plans in order to improve. |
| 11 | 19 |  | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| We're awake now because we don't have to worry about trying to show off our skills. However, we do need to do a better job protecting our goalies, because -- like Colorado in the West -- we can score but we need to keep the shots against down. |
| 12 | 13 |  | Ottawa Senators |
| We don't have Alexei Yashin, but we resolve to make no excuses. Five-on-five, we limit the chances of our opponents and our penalty killing will continue to be great. We will win games as our power play improves. |
| 13 | 14 |  | San Jose Sharks |
| We know that Owen Nolan can't do it all by himself so as a group we promise to score more goals. Also we know that it takes discipline to win so watch us lower our penalty minutes. |
| 14 | 12 |  | Calgary Flames |
| How about our guy Fred Brathwaite? He is a great example for all of us to follow and we promise we will. Hard work and pride can lead us to the promised land of the playoffs. |
| 15 | 20 |  | Edmonton Oilers |
| We are starting to get it. Sure, Billy Guerin has awakened, but so have a lot of the other guys. Our second-half goal is to play as hard shift in and shift out as our mighty might Todd Marchant, because if we do we'll cause teams problems in the second half. |
| 16 | 25 |  | Nashville Predators |
| Nobody knows any of our players, but who cares. We care about one another and we have a system that allows us to compete in the West. However, we know we will need to score more goals and we can't just rely on Cliff Ronning to do that. |
| 17 | 16 |  | Los Angeles Kings |
| OK, OK, we know that we have struggled of late, but you just watch us wake up. As for our resolution: We have to make a few adjustments in our style, but that shouldn't be a problem. We know we cannot blame yet another coach for our shortcomings. |
| 18 | 26 |  | New York Islanders |
| Yes, that's right we made a big trade with Vancouver and we won two in a row. So going into the New Year watch us fly with young guys being excited about being in the league. Oh yeah, and we'll need Roberto Luongo and Kevin Weekes to make the difference on most nights if we are to win more nights than not. |
| 19 | 18 |  | New York Rangers |
| Our mission is simple: We'll show the world that money can buy happiness and that we will have a playoff slot before the season is over. |
| 20 | 17 |  | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Up one night, down the next. We have got to get that out of our repertoire. Our main man Ron Francis is geared up and we can follow his lead, but without Keith Primeau it will be tough to make it to the dance. |
| 21 | 15 |  | Boston Bruins |
| We can keep outshooting teams all we want, but if we can't score what does it matter? One thing that is for sure we need to do a much better job on faceoffs. Do we really miss Tim Taylor that much? |
| 22 | 21 |  | Buffalo Sabres |
| We promise to get back to our gritty in-your-face style. OK, so some of us took the first half off, but you can count on us to be there when it matters, and we know that it matters right now for us. Our great fans deserve nothing less. |
| 23 | 24 |  | Montreal Canadiens |
| INJURIES have thwarted our first half abilities, but it has not dulled our spirit. We may not make the playoffs, but we'll make sure some other people miss them as well. We'll play the role of spoiler, or maybe even get a little good fortune and make it. Thanks for standing by us during this tough time. |
| 24 | 23 |  | Washington Capitals |
| We just can't score enough to get the job done right now. They know it, but Adam Oates and Richard Zednik need to score more goals for us and we need more from Sergei Gonchar at the offensive end. |
| 25 | 28 |  | Atlanta Thrashers |
| Look at us, we can go into Detroit with a rookie goalie and steal a point. Down the stretch it will be important for us to stay together, and keep growing as an organization. |
| 26 | 11 |  | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Man, have we hit the skids after what looked like a turn around. We need to stick together like Atlanta and get some better goaltending. |
| 27 | 22 |  | Chicago Blackhawks |
| We're trying and things seem to be getting better. We promise to give our fans a better show on home ice and produce more wins for them. |
| 28 | 27 |  | Vancouver Canucks |
| We know that we no longer have any excuses after our GM went out and got a goalie who will not surrender an early goal. Now it is up to us to deliver. Missing the playoffs will be unacceptable after the start we had. |
