| CNNSI.com Power Rankings |
| Rank | Last week | Team |
| 1 | 1 |  | Colorado Avalanche |
| Presidents' Trophy could be first of a lot of hardware to land in
Denver. |
| 2 | 2 |  | New Jersey Devils |
| Will they sell out their home playoff
games? |
| 3 | 4 |  | Dallas Stars |
| You play these guys and then you say, "Ouch! Ouch!
Ouch!" |
| 4 | 3 |  | Detroit Red Wings |
| What else is new? Old sage Bowman has another phenomenal
season. |
| 5 | 5 |  | St. Louis Blues |
| Nightmare on Clark Ave. II? Blues in rematch versus
Sharks. |
| 6 | 6 |  | Ottawa Senators |
| This spring they have
Yashin. |
| 7 | 7 |  | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Oh Johnny Boy! LeClair making a difference in his
return. |
| 8 | 8 |  | San Jose Sharks |
| With Selanne, Damphousse and a confident Nabokov, a scary team
again. |
| 9 | 9 |  | Buffalo Sabres |
| Double Czech this. Hasek faces countryman Cechmanek in first
round. |
| 10 | 10 |  | Washington Capitals |
| Ugh. Pittsburgh was rough enough without
Mario. |
| 11 | 11 |  | Edmonton Oilers |
| GM Lowe, coach MacTavish wishing they could be out there with the boys as second
season
begins. |
| 12 | 12 |  | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Johan Hedberg? Johan
Hedberg? |
| 13 | 13 |  | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Forget the world. First they have to recapture
Ontario. |
| 14 | 15 |  | Los Angeles Kings |
| Deadmarsh, Miller lend a little of that winning
mojo. |
| 15 | 18 |  | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Resisting urge to make big midseason trades pays off for Rutherford and
crew. |
| 16 | 16 |  | Vancouver Canucks |
| Just making the playoffs was more than most
expected. |
| 17 | 17 |  | Boston Bruins |
| Mike vs. Mike. What happens to Keenan
now? |
| 18 | 14 |  | Phoenix Coyotes |
Gretzky was supposed to be a good luck
charm. |
| 19 | 19 |  | Nashville Predators |
| Dang! Finishing .500 was so close, so very very
close. |
| 20 | 20 |  | Calgary Flames |
| Never mind the world. Will they ever recapture
Alberta? |
| 21 | 21 |  | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Amonte (35), Sullivan (34) and Daze (33) had neat late-season race for team
goal-scoring
title. |
| 22 | 23 |  | Montreal Canadiens |
| So, is the new tradition to miss the playoffs year after year after
year? |
| 23 | 25 |  | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Wright's OT goal gets Jackets out of the cellar and sends them into offseason on
four-game home-win
streak. |
| 24 | 24 |  | Minnesota Wild |
| A few more goals would have made solid first season much more
entertaining. |
| 25 | 26 |  | New York Rangers |
| Sather promises major changes -- again. Change hasn't helped much the past few
offseasons. |
| 26 | 22 |  | Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| 'Twas a very sweet tribute they gave Selanne in his
return. |
| 27 | 27 |  | Florida Panthers |
| Will Neil Smith turn up in Miami? Stay
tuned. |
| 28 | 29 |  | Atlanta Thrashers |
| Be thankful for small things, Thrashers fans, like having the Lightning in your
division. |
| 29 | 28 |  | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Minute progress: at 24-47-6-5 actually finished five points better than last
year. |
| 30 | 30 |  | New York Islanders |
| A surreal, late-season sight: deposed Isles' coach Butch Goring hanging around
at the Nassau
Mausoleum. |
