Another week, another set of power rankings for our weekly power rankings here at Puck Prose. Today we are going over the top teams of the past week, which includes a new team in the top spot.
NHL 2022-23 Season Weekly Power Rankings: Monday 11/28
Thanksgiving has come and gone in the United States, which means we can finally look at what teams are in the playoffs at this time and see which ones could potentially make it into the Stanley Cup playoffs and which teams could fall out of the race.
32. Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks have fallen into the bottom spot in our Power Rankings. The team is currently on a seven-game losing streak and has played some rather bad hockey as of late, even if they did just raise a banner to the rafters for Marian Hossa.
31. Anaheim Ducks
The Ducks have the least amount of points in the entire NHL and for good reason. Anaheim might still have Trevor Zegras and Troy Terry, but pretty much everyone else on the team has not been very good, and this team is going to be getting another top prospect this upcoming summer at the 2023 NHL draft.
30. Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are the next bottom team. This past week they played on Wednesday and Friday and lost both times, once to Montreal and once to the Islanders. This team has not been great, which is a bummer thanks to the offseason addition of Johnny Gaudreau hoping to elevate the team.
29. Arizona Coyotes
The Central Division wins with having two bottom-four teams with Arizona popping up next on the list. The Coyotes lost three times this past week, but they did win a big game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.