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Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I don't generally care too much about power rankings personally, but I was on NHL.com and there it was. So I decided to click on it to see where they had the Flames. Answer:

1) TBL
2) BOS
3) CAL

Whatever, sure. Boston has won 10 in a row, and points in 14. Nothing crazy there. Then I noticed that they explain how they do the rankings (a staff that of 13 that each ranks the teams as they see fit, and then they total the results). Then I noticed that they actually display everyone's rankings.

Turns out that Calgary had 7 second place votes and 5 third place votes, while Boston had 5 second place votes and 4 third place votes.

So how did Boston end up second? Because 1 dude - Brian Compton - had the Flames 11th. Eleventh.

Now I understand that people have different opinions, and that's fine. But how does the Deputy Managing Editor of NHL.com rationally come to the conclusion that the team in 2nd overall, with a 7 point lead on 3rd, is actually the 11th best team in the league?

Along with the obvious other top 6 teams, he also managed to rank NYI, WAS, CAR and VGK, as 7 through 10. Yes, NYI, the team the Flames just beat twice in a week (easily); CAR, a team 15 points behind them in the standings; and VGK, a team 18 points behind them in the same division (so closer to EDM than CAL), he thought should be ranked ahead of the Flames.

How does any professional come to this conclusion? Does this dude have some sort of history with the Flames?

(I know this isn't thread-worthy, but I just found it amazing)

On Reddit it says he ranked the Flames third last week. Maybe it's just a bad input?