Hockey Wilderness Power Rankings: 11-25-2011

Last week, we entered into the wonderful world of NHL power rankings with our first ever Hockey Wilderness Power Rankings that ranked the teams by the combined jersey score of their top line players. We have reports of the line for a Tampa Bay Lightning - St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup Final fluctuating in Vegas. 

Always trust the numbers, folks. Always trust the numbers. 

This week, we continue our look at the teams in the NHL, and how their respective power is calculated properly. With so many choices to rank the teams, and none of them valuable in the slightest, we have followed the advice of one of our readers (don't worry, we have all of your suggestions documented for future use), and we move into a more traditional method of ordering things. 

After the jump, our NHL power rankings.

Following a suggestion, we decided to take things in a traditional ordering system methodology. Of course, when "do it alphabetically" came up, that seemed like it was too simple. I mean, if we're going to do this, we need to really do this. Then we decided to order them alphabetically, but using their nickname's Russian translation. Then, to make it extra fun, we decided to use our Poorly Translated Russian scores in order to do so.

After all, if you can choose between actual Russian translations, and a poorly translated version straight from Google, why not go with the latter? 

So, this week, your teams are ranked first by their Poorly Translated Russian First Letter Score, or PTRFLS. To break ties, we added the Poorly Translated Russian Second Letter Score (PTRSLS), Poorly Translated Russian Third Letter Score (PTRTLS), and of course, the all powerful Poorly Translated Russian Fourth Letter Score (PTRFoLS). 

Your rankings are as follows:

Eastern Conference

Western Confernece

 Once again, this week we see how powerful the letters of the alphabet are when it comes to ensuring the dominance of your hockey club. While the Bolts and Blues all powerful last week, a change in the rules has clearly created choas for them. If only the CBA were written in stone, eh boys?

Great to see the Ducks respond with such a strong week, though, isn't it. They'll be dancing in Disneyland in no time. As for the Wild, these letter based ranking just are not good to them. If only Chuck Fletcher had known he would be judged on pure an utter lunacy.

What say you Wilderness? How do we stack up against other power rankings? Have any suggestions for how you would like to see the teams ranked?