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Mike Brophy's Power Rankings: November 17, 2008

TW LW Team Our Take
1 1 Devon Setoguchi's 10th goal of the season gives the Sharks a 6-5 win over Chicago to boost them to 10-0-1 at home.
2 2 Johan Franzen may be the best pure scorer in the NHL with 36 goals in his last 43 games dating back to last season.
3 3 Chris Drury played a season-high 25:51 against Boston Saturday and has six points in his last five games. Safe to say he has arrived.
4 8 The NHL's hottest team with six wins in a row helped itself by acquiring defenceman Philippe Boucher from Dallas.
5 4 Very quietly the Bruins have climbed to fifth overall. Sophomore Milan Lucic continues to wow the locals with five goals and nine points to go with 43 penalty minutes in 17 games.
6 13 It took a while, but Alexander Ovechkin has finally kicked it into gear with eight points in his last three games.
7 5 Rough week for the Ducks; they lost GM Brian Burke and then defenceman Francois Beauchemin for the year with a knee injury. The good news is Teemu Selanne had 17 points in an eight-game stretch.
8 7 Pavol Demitra returned to the lineup with three assists in a 4-2 win over Toronto.
9 6 Alex Kovalev's shootout winner against St. Louis Sunday helped the Habs snap a two-game losing streak.
10 12 Mikko Koivu was all the rage at the start of the year, but has suddenly gone cold with just two points in his last eight games.
11 26 The surprising Predators have won three in a row with captain Jason Arnott firing three goals and six points in his last five outings.
12 10 The Blackhawks have dropped three straight, but rookie Kris Versteeg continues to hold a hot hand with five goals and 15 points (and a plus-9 rating) in 16 games.
13 9 Thomas Vanek has gone a little chilly with one goal in his last four games. He was minus-5 in that span.
14 11 Rod Brind'Amour helped the Hurricanes snap a three-game losing streak with his third goal in the past four games in a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay Sunday.
15 28 The Flyers look like they are finally hitting their stride thanks largely to Simon Gagne's 13 points in the last eight games.
16 14 The Blue Jackets are inching closer and closer to that elusive eighth and final playoff spot (I know, I know, there's still lots of time left).
17 15 GM Darryl Sutter is showing remarkable patience with this underachieving group. Wonder how long it will last?
18 24 Peter Budaj records three straight wins to shoot the Avs up the charts, but his .898 save percentage is still a concern.
19 16 Seems like only a matter of time before Brian Burke emerges as the new GM (and quite possibly president, too) of the Leafs. Then watch heads start to roll.
20 19 Still no idea who will ultimately emerge as the No. 1 goalie here. Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers threw his hat in the rink with back-to-back wins.
21 20 The Thrashers won five straight before losing 4-3 to Philly Sunday. Ilya Kovalchuk is on pace for 31 goals and 72 points this season - not good.
22 17 With just two wins in their last 10 games, you wonder just how long GM Lou Lamoriello can go without replacing injured goalie Martin Brodeur.
23 18 The Coyotes are a .500 team and that will not be good enough to make the playoffs. GM Don Maloney had better get cracking.
24 21 The Kings ripped off four straight wins, but now have dropped two in a row.
25 25 Hard to imagine exactly why the Stars would want Darryl Sydor back. He wasn't even playing for the Penguins.
26 30 Two straight wins over the Senators. Is that really a big accomplishment these days?
27 29 Ouch! The Blues have lost play-making centre Andy McDonald with a broken leg.
28 23 Bryan Murray tried talking to his players. That didn't work. Maybe it's time to shuffle the deck.
29 27 They have dropped to the bottom of the pack, but at least they haven't turned into a circus. See below.
30 22 The Lightning fires a coach who hadn't been behind an NHL bench for 14 years and replace him with a guy who has never been a head coach.