NHL Power Rankings: 5th Annual Hockey Haiku Edition

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Buffalo Sabres' Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner and Jack Eichel celebrate a goal. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)

Our Power Rankings
Morph to wee, little poems
Long live this gimmick

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1. Buffalo Sabres

Briefcases of cash
PowerPoint presentations
Meeting Jeff Skinner

2. Tampa Bay Lightning

Brayden, point your ship
Toward the stars, for you shall
Soar among their glow

3. Nashville Predators

Western powers will
Try to catch the Predators
More banners to sew

4. Toronto Maple Leafs

Golden flow, snap shot,
Scandinavian scruff face…
We miss you, Willy

5. Washington Capitals

Do it again? You
can, but you’ll have to go through
The bleeping Island!

6. Columbus Blue Jackets

PLD a beast
Hits, scores, hustles hard… Thank God
We skipped Puljujarvi

7. Colorado Avalanche

Mik-ko Ran-tan-en
I said Mik-ko Ran-tan-en
Mik-ko Ran-tan-en

8. Minnesota Wild

Climbing West standings
Bucking odds, staying healthy
Most pleasant surprise

9. Calgary Flames

Johnny and Monny
Chucky, Lindy and Benny
Run the Pacific

10. Winnipeg Jets

One goal, two goal, three
Goals more! He’s legit Finnish
But never finished

11. Boston Bruins

Patrice Bergeron
Jacob Forsbacka Karlsson
One’s a top centre

12. Vegas Golden Knights

So many fall hurt
As the pucks soar wide and high
Quest for old magic

13. San Jose Sharks

ZZ Top chin rug
Exotic species ranch hand
God bless you, Brent Burns

14. New York Rangers

What is a rebuild
If it leads to the playoffs
And not young Jack Hughes?

15. Montreal Canadiens

Stitched C on your chest
Shin-busting slapper from point
Welcome back, Weber

16. New York Islanders

Barclays half empty
Yet glass half full ’cause we are…
Heading to Nassau!

17. Dallas Stars

Ben Bishop, your health
Is frequently fans’ concern
A tender ‘tender?

18. Detroit Red Wings

Beautiful building
Vacant seats await winner
Little Casears rink

19. Florida Panthers

Hoffman not problem,
But for goalies: Twenty-three
Points in twenty games

20. Carolina Hurricanes

Sweet choreographed
Celebrations make hot takes
Fall like dominoes

21. Arizona Coyotes

Domi, Duclair, Strome,
Perlini — we just give up
Go be good elsewhere

22. Pittsburgh Penguins

Slow start, hurt goalie
GM restless, Metro soft
In Crosby we trust

23. Edmonton Oilers

Down, up. Up, down, up
Words, game — lost in translation
Jesse Puljujarvi

24. Anaheim Ducks

Play such a man’s game
But too many man-games lost
Not good one, Randy

25. Vancouver Canucks

If he had that shot,
Those moves, maybe Wayne Gretzky
Could be Pettersson

26. Chicago Blackhawks

Crumbling dynasties
Overpay for loyalty
Where is my shot ski?

27. Philadelphia Flyers

Red mop, untamed gaze
Fun, filth, fame: you be Gritty
Kiss a Ginger Day

28. New Jersey Devils

Remember playoffs?
Last winter things fell in place
Not like this winter

29. St. Louis Blues

Coach canned, offence dry
Wish we had a goaltender
Like Carter Hutton

30. Ottawa Senators

Downtown arena
Oh, how we need you to keep
Our Uber use down

31. Los Angeles Kings

Kovalchuk’s toes cold
Sitting idle at bench end
Big cash, low ice time

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