ScoresFromCentre
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- Jan 29, 2016
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With the playoffs now in the books, I'm curious as to how everyone's final rankings of the teams would look. Obviously Erie will be everyone's #1, but do you like London or Owen Sound? SSM or Windsor? Missy over any of the big western teams?
Here's my ranking:
1. Erie
2. London
3. Owen Sound
4. Windsor
5. Sault Ste. Marie
6. Mississauga
7. Kitchener
8. Peterborough
9. Oshawa
10. Flint
11. Sarnia
12. Hamilton
13. Kingston
14. Ottawa
15. Saginaw
16. Sudbury
17. North Bay
18. Niagara
19. Guelph
20. Barrie
I think London and Owen Sound are extremely close. Their records were essentially identical, with London playing the somewhat tougher schedule. London has more talent but underperformed; Owen Sound has less talent but arguably overperformed. I imagine we'd all take Parsons over McNiven at this point, but OS gets the edge in top six performance (if not talent). London is deeper and a little better on D. Ultimately I'd be hesitant to pick against Parsons, but it's basically a toss-up for me.
Windsor-SSM is another tough one. SSM won the division handily but played a much easier schedule. They split the season series. Both teams lost close series to great teams in the playoffs. Western division fans might have a better read on this one. I picked Windsor, but like the above, I could go either way.
For the rest of my list, Missy was an easy #6 pick after they dominated the East playoffs. Beyond that, I docked the east teams quite heavily for their patsy schedules. Kitchener over Peterborough and Oshawa is obviously gutsy, but Kitchener played the league's second-hardest schedule and dominated the East in its inter-conference match-ups. I did not have the courage to elevate Guelph and their obscenely tough schedule out of the #19 slot, however.
What do everyone else's rankings look like?
Here's my ranking:
1. Erie
2. London
3. Owen Sound
4. Windsor
5. Sault Ste. Marie
6. Mississauga
7. Kitchener
8. Peterborough
9. Oshawa
10. Flint
11. Sarnia
12. Hamilton
13. Kingston
14. Ottawa
15. Saginaw
16. Sudbury
17. North Bay
18. Niagara
19. Guelph
20. Barrie
I think London and Owen Sound are extremely close. Their records were essentially identical, with London playing the somewhat tougher schedule. London has more talent but underperformed; Owen Sound has less talent but arguably overperformed. I imagine we'd all take Parsons over McNiven at this point, but OS gets the edge in top six performance (if not talent). London is deeper and a little better on D. Ultimately I'd be hesitant to pick against Parsons, but it's basically a toss-up for me.
Windsor-SSM is another tough one. SSM won the division handily but played a much easier schedule. They split the season series. Both teams lost close series to great teams in the playoffs. Western division fans might have a better read on this one. I picked Windsor, but like the above, I could go either way.
For the rest of my list, Missy was an easy #6 pick after they dominated the East playoffs. Beyond that, I docked the east teams quite heavily for their patsy schedules. Kitchener over Peterborough and Oshawa is obviously gutsy, but Kitchener played the league's second-hardest schedule and dominated the East in its inter-conference match-ups. I did not have the courage to elevate Guelph and their obscenely tough schedule out of the #19 slot, however.
What do everyone else's rankings look like?