Dallas Stars Power Rankings

Here's the comments and rankings from the Dallas Stars as the week 2 editions of this seasons power rankings are released. The Stars continue to impress and all 3 major websites that do power rankings (Fox Sports, ESPN & The Hockey News) have the Stars in the top 5 and if they can continue this great start which has featured 3 OT Games already, they could have the possibility of being one of the big surprises of the NHL This season.

To see the full rankings of all three networks, click on the Website Name.

ESPN: Dallas ranked 5th, OK OK...   I can't totally ignore early season perfection. Brad Richards (UFA on July 1) has been on fire, and so has goaie Kari Lehtonen, who is the masked man that Joe Nieuwendyk is gambling on to turn around the fortunes of the franchise.


FSN Sports Net:  Dallas Ranked 2nd, The Stars two wins in week two kept the club perfect coming into play this week. Brad Richards had five points and one shootout goal in the two Dallas Wins.


The Hockey News:  Dallas Ranked 5th, Only Anaheim has averaged more shots allowed then the Stars. (38.0).

NHL Power Rankings

The first editions of the NHL Power Rankings have come out after the opening weekend of the NHL Season. For the most part, the Dallas Stars have had some great comments about the team after strong OT Wins over the New Jersey Devils and the NY Islanders.

If the Stars can continue it over the first couple of home games. Hopefully that this can show the league that the Stars can be what the Coyotes did last year under a lot of circumstance and criticism that they had to overcome last season to make the playoffs before losing to Detroit in a very close first round series.

Here's the Rankings for this week.

ESPN by Steve Burnside 

Dallas Stars Ranked #3: "Who knows how long can stay at this lofty perch, but kudos to coach Marc Crawford for helping his team earn two straight road wins in New Jersey and Long Island out of the gate. Who knows? It may help spur the rest of the team, if nothing else.


Fox Sports by Robert Picarello

Dallas Stars Ranked #5: Dallas needed extra hockey in its first two games to pick up all four points that were on the table in week 1. Brad Richards helped the Stars get off to their first 2-0 start since 2006, collecting 4 points (1G 3A) in his teams first two wins of the year.


The Hockey News by Adam Proteau

Dallas Stars Ranked #4: Two road wins to start the season is great news, but they'll need to beat good teams before they taken seriously.

The Hockey News Predicts the Dallas Stars will finish 12th

The Hockey News are in the period of predicting how teams will do with the regular season about 6 weeks away. Today they predicted that the Toronto Maple Leafs & Dallas Stars will finish 12th in their respective conferences. So like many experts, they thanking that a 3rd straight year without playoffs is among the team.

The main reason why they predicting about the team finishing 12th in the West is because the lack of defense and shaky goaltending with Kari Lehtonen expecting to be the starter with Brent Krahn and Andrew Raycroft to battle for the back up role.

Here's the comments from the Hockey News: http://www.thehockeynews.com/

It was an official changing of the guard in Dallas this summer, with mainstays Mike Modano and Marty Turco leaving via free agency for Detroit and Chicago and Jere Lehtinen still unsigned. Offense isn't the problem in 'Big D' as Brad Richards seems to have found his former assist happy self and the next wave of scores - Loui Eriksson, James Neal, Jamie Benn - are improving and settling into the grove. The major obstacle here is the defense, where Trevor Daley and Matt Niskanen have to step up, and goaltending, where Kari Lehtonen needs to figure out a way to get through a season healthy.

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Here's the Current Rankings so far from 15th to 12th so far and I will continue to put them on here as the Predictions continue to roll in. Click on the Team Links to see the Team Pages.

Western Conference

15. Edmonton Oilers

14. Columbus Blue Jackets

13. Minnesota Wild

12. Dallas Stars

11. Anaheim Ducks

10. Nashville Predators

9. Colorado Avalanche

8. Calgary Flames

7. Phoenix Coyotes

6. St. Louis Blues

5. Los Angeles Kings

4. Chicago Blackhawks

3. Detroit Red Wings

2. San Jose Sharks

1. Vancouver Canucks

Eastern Conference

15. Florida Panthers

14. NY Islanders

13. NY Rangers

12. Toronto Maple Leafs

11. Atlanta Thrashers

10. Ottawa Senators

9. Carolina Hurricanes

8. Montreal Canadiens

7. Tampa Bay Lightning

6. Buffalo Sabres

5. New Jersey Devils

4. Philadelphia Flyers

3. Boston Bruins

2. Pittsburgh Penguins

1. Washington Capitals