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SHN S54 Power Rankings: 1st Week
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Here we have the first SHN power rankings of the S54 regular season, with team’s increase or decrease in the rankings compared to the preseason edition. As a note, the release of this piece was slightly delayed, and they represent games up until 10/20/2020 in the game file (6/1/2020) IRL. So as a result, some of the rankings may no longer be consistent with current team’s performance, but as always, the bottom of this post has a bunch of team/player stats that we used in the rankings for reference. Without further delay, let’s get into it.



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Tampa Bay Barracuda: Barracuda
Highest: 16
Lowest: 16

Luke: Tampa Bay… What can I say. They are committed to this rebuild, even if it means they wont be winning a single game. They are getting outscored on left and right, barely doing much in the way of it.

Smal: Not really a whole lot to say about TBB – they built for a tank and that’s what they’re doing. They let up 85 shot attempts against per game, and their best performance to date has been a 2 goal loss. The good news is that all the shot attempts against per game have led to 6 players being in the top 10 within their position in shots blocked, including Bobby and O’Callaghan who are tied for the league lead.

Nham: I’m already wondering if there’s going to be anything new for us to say when we put Tampa Bay at the bottom of the list for the rest of the season. Maybe we should just save the effort and not. Or talk about how close they are to hitting new records of bad.

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Minnesota Chiefs: Chiefs
Highest: 15
Lowest: 15

Luke: Minnesota is definitely a bit unlucky going into the season, they shouldn't be this bad in the league,  but they arent producing enough offense and letting in too many goals to be competitive, but I think they got a ways to go before they think about being competitive.

Smal: Somehow as a team, MIN has an even worse DPS than TBB, which I’m not even sure how or if that’s possible. They’re right there in the pack of TOR, WPG, TEX, and BAP for team corsi, but the difference is that they let up almost a goal more per game than those teams. Just like TBB, this has let guys like Gibbles, Banananak, and Seger rack up the shot blocks, with the latter also tied for the league lead.

Nham: Minnesota is going to be in for a long one. Some standouts on the team with help slowly on its way but this is looking like another season where it’s going to be a bit of a long one. Maybe they’ll have a couple positive weeks here and there. That’s always definitely possible.

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Toronto North Stars: Stars
Highest: 13
Lowest: 14

Luke: Toronto not terrible anymore, they actually got some offense to start their way climbing out of the tank.(this ranking was before the 10-1 win, but lol). They definitely arent a competitive team anytime soon, but it goes to show that they have the pieces for it. Carpet is also a top goalie to keep them alive in those games.

Smal: TBB has taken over TOR’s corner of the team corsi chart, and the North Stars even got themselves a 10-1 victory recently (though after the stats used for this power ranking). TOR isn’t in the perennial #16 spot like last season’s rankings, however they do still find themselves 12th in scoring, 13th in goals against, and 15th in team corsi. The most notable improvement from last year is Carpet’s return to being a top goalie. Whether last season was just an off-season for him, or the defense in front of him has improved, or likely a combination of both, Carpet finds himself in 2nd in the league among qualified goalies for save percentage and GSAA, and TOR as a team have the league highest goalie points shares.

Nham: If people had to guess how long Toronto would be the worst of the league for, I’m sure that most people would’ve said at least a few seasons before the rebuild takes them anywhere. Surprisingly your own rebuild looks like it’s accelerating a lot faster when you’re not longer the weakest kid on the block. Even scoring a bunch on other teams feels like fun and maybe something that’ll want to do. It’s a nice way to keep things on the up and up as progress isn’t always linear but they look to be taking another step forward.

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Baltimore Platoon: Platoon
Highest: 12
Lowest: 14

Luke: BAP is struggling overall to get things going for the team, their offensive is very slow to start, having the 3rd worst offense in the first 5th of the season. As a still rebuilding team, they are still trying to figure everything out. THey got a young core that can bounce back.

Smal: BAP is another team that is overall struggling in a lot of metrics, but getting great play out of their goalie. Del Vecchio is currently sitting in 3rd for both save percentage and GSAA, however the team is 12th in goals against, and 14th in goals for. Despite a slow start to the season, I personally think there’s a case to be made of ranking them over WPG, as they have a better corsi, and goals for/against stats than the Jets.

Nham: Del Vecchio continues their amazing performance from last season and understandably a pick for some folks in fantasy as both a team capable of securing a few wins but also showing a history of keeping the abundance of shots out. Unfortunately it’s still not enough even with the recent addition of Geoff Moore, the team has quite a few more holes to fill in.

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Winnipeg Jets: Jets
Highest: 12
Lowest: 14

Luke: Jets started out well, but then just kept on losing, sometimes close but other times by a wide margin. It doesn't help that they are the 2nd worst offense in the league at the moment. Something needs to click offensively, as well as stop letting too many goals in.

Smal: The Jets started out 2-0 to begin the season, but have lost every game since. They’re 15th in goals for and 14th in goals against, despite having about a 102 PDO. Admittedly I haven’t looked too deep into the strength of schedule to see if they’ve had harder matchups than most teams, but either way they’ve played less games than a lot of teams for this ranking, so they have room to catch up.

Nham: The bright side for Winnipeg is that the couple teams that people would have put ahead of them before the start of the season, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Orleans, a few of them have struggled giving a small window of opportunity to sneak in and make some ground on potentially locking up a playoff spot for this season. The bigger issue is, they haven’t been able to stand out compared to other teams in the West and as a result, look like they’re stuck in a sand pit.


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New England Wolfpack: Wolfpack
Highest: 10
Lowest: 11

Luke: New England should be better than they are at right now, 10 games in. THey are on an upswing, but they need to get more goals in. Their goaltending is pretty good, but when the games matter they aren't putting the goals in. They are beating up their lower competition which is expected, but they will have to start beating the better teams as well.

Smal: NEW is so far the biggest surprise in terms of teams ranked lower than I thought they’d be. The team that never finished below #1 in last season’s power rankings find themselves at #11 for week 1. It’s nothing too concerning just yet– it’s early in the season, they’re 4-4 with the wins being very dominant and the losses very close, and they have a top 3 corsi with an ice-cold PDO. They also find themselves 5th and 7th in goals for/against respectively, so it’s likely just a case of a few bad bounces and losing close games. On an individual level, Clapper and Kirby both find themselves on a good amount of top 10 charts for the first portion of the season.

Nham: Echoing the sentiments of my fellow writers and others around the league, a lot of people had lofty expectations as a result of a dominating season by New England. Even with a season of redistribution, their general skill advantage should have meant that being able to tweak anything necessary would have potentially pushed them over the top if not at least keeping them in line with other top teams. So far that hasn’t translated into performance at the start of this season. Close losses to Chicago, Buffalo and Calgary will undoubtedly keep some believing in their ability to be a playoff team at least, but maybe regretting their prediction of another President’s Trophy season.

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Calgary Dragons: Dragons
Highest: 10
Lowest: 11

Luke: Calgary is a team that has its ups and downs, it wins some big games but then loses to others. They do score a lot of goals, but they cant seem to get a grip on defense. It could be a change in their system, or getting more rust off of them, but Vilde and the defense needs to get better if they want a shot at the cup or even make the playoffs.

Smal: CGY is another team that I expected to see slightly higher in the rankings. They were the highest corsi team in the preseason, but now have just barely above average numbers. Offensively, they put up above average point shares and goals scored, but average to below average defensive point shares and goals against. They’re another team that’s struggled with a sub 100 PDO, with Vilde finding himself 3rd to last in save percentage among qualified goalies.

Nham: Calgary definitely has been very boom or bust. And that’s been on everybody on the team. One of the keys to their success as an offensive team is the depth of scoring that they have. So far some team leaders haven’t shown up in the same way that they would be expected to like Maxime Bouchard and Kata Vilde. Lots of time left to reverse the opinion but the season goes by fast.

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Los Angeles Panthers: Panthers
Highest: 9
Lowest: 9

Luke: Los Angeles is doing pretty well to start the season, they sit well in between having a strong defense and goalie, as well as having a middle tier offense. When they lose its only by a goal or 2, but their power play is lacking. If they can get their power play to get rolling like it was last season then they will be in good shape again.

Smal: LAP comes into this ranking at 5-3-1, and 3 of those 4 losses were by just one goal. They put up great defensive numbers, 3rd in the league in goals against while Booth sits top 5 for every goalie stat. They have an overall above average team corsi, though so far not as dominant as it was last season, but they continue to struggle being more than just average offensively, coming in at 9th for both goals scored and offensive point shares.

Nham: The Panthers have had a relatively up and down schedule with cup contenders like Hamilton and bottom of the league Minnesota/Toronto games. There’s still a little more that they will have to show of being deserving of the top 8 spots but with multi goal wins over division rivals New Orleans and San Francisco will help settle them into a playoff spot nicely so far.

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San Francisco Pride: pride
Highest: 7
Lowest: 8

Luke: San Francisco is like Los Angeles as well, but with a bit less of a good defense/goaltending, but better offense, especially with Czerkawski putting up some great numbers. They did win 1 more game than LAP, but they lost some games with more than a 2 goal deficit, but they play is something that a team wouldnt complain about. THey do have a very high PDO, and their corsi for and against per game is directly in the average for both CF and CA. 

Smal: Just like in the preseason, SFP is riding an incredibly high PDO on their way to a good record, which is a little confounding considering they’re 8th in the league in goals for and against. Their goalie Nadeau is putting up slightly above average numbers, so the PDO must come from a high shooting percentage on not too many SOG. They find themselves as close to dead average in CF% as can be in the league. Czerkawski is playing incredible, currently ranking #1 in the league in points, while Leopold Lockhart finds himself on a lot of defensive top 10 charts as well.

Nham: There’s already been mention of Piotr Czerkawski incredible start to the season but it’s definitely deserving of attention for a few reasons. As a game changer for them both last season and again this season, the winger has early indications that a MVP vote might not be out of reason should he continue to keep this performance up with the relative lack of support around him.

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New Orleans Specters: Specters
Highest: 7
Lowest: 8

Luke: The Specters started off cold in the start of the season, but really came back at the end, and really played some great hockey. Their offense have been rolling the past 5 games, as well as getting a bit unlucky if you look at their team PDO as a whole.

Smal: The Specters come into this ranking on a 5 game winning streak, after dropping their first 3 games of the season. They have a strong team corsi, but the second to worse PDO in the league, although that hasn’t stopped them from being in 6th for both goals scored and goals against. The biggest surprise at the point of ranking is that Cain is actually last in save percentage among goalies with at least 3 games played, however 7th in GAA, so they’ve been able to get the saves when they count, and defensively they’re doing a good job at suppressing shots on goal.

Nham: While losses to Winnipeg and some of your top division rivals could have you ranked lower than where we have them now, the quick turnaround in being able to best the Renegade upstarts and Great Lakes monsters Buffalo and Hamilton gets major props. While not a dominating performance by any means, getting the win even if it was with a 1 goal difference still means 2 points for them on the season.

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Texas Renegades: Renegades
Highest: 6
Lowest: 5

Luke: Coming into the season I would have thought that TEX would be trying to get into the playoff spot, not dominating the league at the moment. Though looking deeper into their team stats, both their Corsi For and Corsi Against as a team is below average, and they have high PDO, but it is impressive nevertheless at the hot start to the season Texas has had. It really comes down to their stellar goaltending by White Goodman, having the 2nd best Team GAA, so I dont expect them to be here for long, but enjoy it while it lasts.

Smal: If NEW is the biggest surprise in teams that are ranked lower than I thought they’d be, TEX is the biggest surprise of teams ranked higher than I thought they’d be. They come into the ranking at 7-2, however a few things stand out to me. They are still below average in terms of corsi for, corsi against, offensive point shares, and are rocking the league highest PDO, thanks to White Goodman’s absurd lead among goalies in save percentage and GSAA already. Additionally, 4 of their wins have been close, 1 goal games. That being said, there’s no question TEX is surprising people and playing great in the first 20% of the season, and it should be interesting to follow as they look to maintain this level of success.

Nham: Hopefully anybody who looked at Casino betting for this season didn’t take Texas on the under because they are looking to climb over everybody and possibly even into a playoff spot. Well, that might be crazy to say but their current record certainly isn’t. Hamilton, Calgary, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other teams are being added to the growing list of people who are taking the Renegades lightly and coming out of games regretting doing so. There’s no reason why they can’t continue to play near this level to at make for an interesting season and goalie momentum could very well continue to carry them a long way.

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Hamilton Steelhawks: Steelhawks
Highest: 5
Lowest: 6

Luke: Hamilton still showing the league how it is done defensively. Providing the best team GAA with under 2 GAA per game as a team. Their offense is decent enough, but with their defensive play, then it really makes up for it. As always they don't have any issue driving play, and they are playing like they can go for another run.

Smal: HAM represents our first team in the power rankings of the 4 teams battling for the top of the Eastern conference. They’re on a 3 game winning streak as of writing this, but have not been able to match their explosive offense from last season, ranking at 10th in the league in goals scored currently. However, matching last year’s offense isn’t as important when they’re currently the best team defensively. They’re #1 in the league for corsi against, defensive point shares, and goals against. A lot of that is thanks to top 5 goalie Kryyst, but as a team HAM has done a great job of limiting their opponents' scoring chances.

Nham: Part of Hamilton’s relative struggles, compared to how well they showed last season, is the lack of appearance by Lagerfield so far to be the game changer and make decisive plays in the offensive end. It’s unlikely that with little changing from last season to next in their personnel that this quiet slumber will continue for much longer with their offense as they continue to astound and confound their opponents in being able to punch above their TPE weight.

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Manhattan Rage: Rage
Highest: 4
Lowest: 4

Luke: Manhattan has been doing really well offensively, and have a high team PDO as well. Their powerplay has been the best throughout these games, but their main issue is sustainability. They are doing great now, but they have also faced some soft teams, but they did win against good teams as well. We will have to see if their offense can maintain.

Smal: MAN currently possesses the best offense in the league, leading the league in OPS while scoring almost 6 goals a game and almost a full goal more per game than the second place team. They have potentially an un-sustainably good powerplay at the moment, but they’re still scoring more even strength goals than any other team by a decent margin as well. Interestingly, this offense is coming from only the 9th best corsi for, so it will be interesting to keep following to see how well they can maintain their league lead in goals scored.

Nham: Right now they’re showing that last season was a fluke for the most part and in a good way. They’ve come out of the gate firing with Luke Thomason having a statement season so far offensively. To take a little air out of this, it is a result of being able to play some of the weakest teams that the SHL has ever seen to date. Granted, their main tissue is that they were not able to win the 50/50 games against similarly talented opponents as well as struggling with those weaker than them. So far the latter has not been an issue. If there is a momentum for skaters, watch out because Manhattan is going to be able to take advantage of those trips to Tampa Bay and coming out with a lot of confidence.

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Chicago Syndicate: syndicate
Highest: 3
Lowest: 3

Luke: Chicago probably has the best sustainable offense in the league at the moment, their powerplay is looking redhot, and they have been getting unlucky in terms of team PDO. They are 3rd highest in team Corsi per game, but I think their main issue is like Manhattan, they are letting in a lot of goals as well. If the offense keeps up then it won't be a problem, but a lot of goals going into the back of their net isn't helpful.

Smal: CHI has started off strong this season, tied for 1st in the East at the time of writing this, though with more games played than HAM and MAN. They’re another offensively strong team, 3rd highest corsi for, OPS, and 2nd best goals scored, although they remain about average defensively. Their PDO is quite low as well, so it’s not unrealistic to think these numbers could continue to improve. Kennedy and Westbroek are both top 10 for scoring and GR within their positions, and Parker Smeb has a comfortable league lead in hits.

Nham: This is a team that has to battle both Buffalo and Hamilton. They almost look like a mirror reflection of Hamilton, in that their collective strength is outsourcing their opponents. The top line of Daniel Smeb, Martin Westbroek and Lallo Selman look to be having a big year along with their top pairing of Parker Smeb and Corey Kennedy. Question remains how their bottom pairing of the youngsters in Abel Skinner and Luc-Pierre will hold up over a full season.

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Buffalo Stampede: Stampede
Highest: 2
Lowest: 2

Luke: Buffalo has been dominant in the east even while they have been getting very unlucky at points.They have one of the best defenses in the league, as well as a strong offense that will clearly take them into the playoffs with a strong cup push. Players like Hippo Passamus and Monkey D Luffy will I think provide a strong case for some awards in the future.

Smal: BUF has had a strong season start, but their 3 game losing streak right before this rating took place ultimately bumped them down to #2. They’re 7th and 5th in goals for/against respectively, and have done so with the league’s worst PDO. They’re getting great offense from Luffy, Passamus, and Sharp, while getting shutdown defense from Scoop and Darrow.

Nham: It’s almost unfair how much talent one team can have. And to think that the major transactions from last season to now have been the retirement of Tatu Makela, the addition of Matt Kholin and then Alexander Selich moving to the backline to fill that hole. The only place that they would have that could even be considered a weakness relatively is in net with rookie Elizabeth Doyle will generally not see much in the way of shots but needs to stay sharp enough to ensure that her team doesn’t lose. The rest of the top 9 have more than enough firepower to ensure that scoring is never an issue for this team.

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Edmonton Blizzard: Blizzard
Highest: 1
Lowest: 1

Luke: Edmonton continues to thrive in the west, and they are looking to get back to the Cup Finals. They have one of the best offenses in the league, 3rd in GF, with a decent power play. But their power play can get better, which is even scarier. They have been great on the 5v5 and Eminko has been providing some great goaltending for them too. Some of the younger members like Julio Tokolosh and Scholz have been leading the team in points, as well as the veteran Tony Pepperoni proving what he does best.

Smal: EDM continues to be a strong team in the FHM era. They have the #1 corsi for, #2 OPS, and #3 goals scored in the league. On top of their strong offense, they’re getting good goaltending from Spector, who’s 6th in save % and GSAA, and 4th in GAA. Similar to last year, Scholz and McIntyre are playing great on the blue line while contributing to their attack, while Tokolosh has emerged into 3rd in the league in scoring, and Pepperoni is 3rd in the league in GR.
 
Nham: While no stranger to playing on the wing with Tony Pepperoni, Julio Tokolosh has taken his game to another level this season, becoming a premier scorer and converting on the many dangerous chances set up by Pepperoni. There were some concerns about their net situation prior to the start of the season but those were quickly forgotten with the offensive production and defensive performance from the team as a whole thus far. 


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Very informative read again, thanks for all the work you put in.
I agree, NEW and TEX are certainly surprises. Can't wait for how things change again next week.

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Down 7 spots?  Damn that’s rough...

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