ESPN estimates the Kings wind up 16th in the NHL

[etherialone]

You lost me at ESPN.

They know hockey like I know how to assemble Ikea furniture. The effort is there but the results are ugly and unusable.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

You lost me at ESPN.

They know hockey like I know how to assemble Ikea furniture. The effort is there but the results are ugly and unusable.

 

[no name]

Before we start to laugh it off lets wait and see until the seasons over to thumb our noses to ESPN. I remember everybody here talking about how bad the Ducks were going to be and they ended up winning the division.

Look Pens and Hawks will be 1 or 2 then you have Calgary, Florida, Buffalo, and NJ carrying the rear then all the other teams roll the dice I would not surprised by the order. Hey by the points listed one lucky bounce and were in the top 10!

Sports is all about waiting for the end result, but when you put out a column they are open for criticism. It's safe to presume that the Kings will end up higher than 16th. The list is a little baffling.

 

[Thrice]

Sports is all about waiting for the end result, but when you put out a column they are open for criticism. It's safe to presume that the Kings will end up higher than 16th. The list is a little baffling.

Exactly. Let's not forget this pre-season gem from Adrian Dater, last year:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nhl/news/20130109/nhl-preseason-power-rankings/?sct=uk_t12_a8

Edmonton Oilers #3 with a bullet!

 

[KingLB]

Before we start to laugh it off lets wait and see until the seasons over to thumb our noses to ESPN. I remember everybody here talking about how bad the Ducks were going to be and they ended up winning the division.

Look Pens and Hawks will be 1 or 2 then you have Calgary, Florida, Buffalo, and NJ carrying the rear then all the other teams roll the dice I would not surprised by the order. Hey by the points listed one lucky bounce and were in the top 10!

If the season had gone a week or 2 longer the Ducks woulda been third in the Pacific. If it had been a regular length season they might have missed the playoffs all together.

 

[ru4reals]

Just what everyone's been saying ESPN is a joke! Hoooorible list!

 

[Herby]

ESPN is a total disgrace, they are nothing more than the TMZ of sports, there would be no reason to watch outside of their live NFL and NCAA football games and a few select shows like Outside the Lines, The ESPN films shows and Gameday.

Nice to see they took a break from talking about LeBron and Tiger for a few minutes to post these laughable power rankings.

 

[Ewan McGregor*]

ESPN should just stick to anything non-hockey. Their coverage is embarrassing.

 

[eleventy]

You know, its heartwarming to see the good people at ESPN really embracing the modern day push to integrate special-needs employees into the workforce.

I'm dying.

 

[kovacro]

I'm surprised ESPN didn't project the Kansas City Scouts and the California Golden Seals ahead of the Kings.

 

[tsanuri]

You know things are messed up when you just look at the data from the last full season. There were 10 teams over 100 pts. not 1. There was 46 pt. spread from first to last not 21 pts. And 6 teams that were below the 80 pt. threshold that is last place here.
That's just looking at the last full season. You go farther back I suspect it would look even worse.

 

[Calirose]

The hockey news has our Centers and wingers ranked in the top 5 (maybe both top 4). Our goaltending ranked 2nd and our d ranked 4th (i think).