NHL Power Rankings; Calvin de Haan Out 4-6 Weeks; Ullstrom Off IR
by Dominik on Jan 11, 2012 1:43 PM EST
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First, your bad news: Per Michael Fornabaio, the Islanders say Calvin de Haan is expected to be out 4-6 weeks with his shoulder injury. Also: David Ullstrom is off IR, but he's been assigned to Bridgeport.
De Haan was headed to the AHL All-Star game, which seems to be a kiss of death for Isles defensemen, as AHL All-Star Mark Katic (out all year with his own variation of Islanders Shoulder) has found.
For some fun not in the a.m. links:
- XM Home Ice interview with Kevin Poulin
- Jack Capuano will be on HNIC radio today at 3:30 p.m.,
- You can send in questions for a Matt Martin "on the spot" treatment
- Truly off the beaten path, here's a documentary on a Sacred Heart floor hockey team. For real.
Earlier this week, Mike gave a look at Power Rankings specifically for December, which ranked the Isles up in what I would call their more expected territory (about 20th overall). To me that's the capability of this team, but it has not been their performance, their luck, and certainly not their blueline. Our regular weekly power rankings and media survey follows:
Media Power Rankings
Here is our media power rankings survey, which hasn't changed much as the Isles are in a win a couple, lose a couple kind of streak that won't help you climb up any standings.
| Outlet | Rank | Last Week | Their Commentary |
| CBSSports | 28 | 25 |
Don't look now, but the Islanders enter the week with the worst record in the Eastern Conference. |
|
THN (Proteau) |
26 | 27 |
Mark Streit is a minus-17 while averaging 23:30 of ice time per game; Kyle Okposo is a minus-17 while averaging 16:46 per game |
|
ESPN (Burnside) |
27 | 25 | Yet another season going to seed for the Islanders. Ho hum. |
| Sportsnet | 26 | 26 | The Islanders drew as favourable a road schedule a team could hope for last week – at Phoenix, Anaheim and Carolina – only to come back with one vicory. Don’t expect much more from the Isles this week, as the Red Wings and Flyers invade Long Island. |
|
TSN (Cullen) |
26 | 27 | Have killed off 15 straight penalties over six games, yet that's only good enough to go 3-3 in that time. Goals are getting hard to come by unless Matt Moulson's the one pulling the trigger. |
| Fox | 29 |
27 | Michael Grabner enters the week without a goal in his past eight games and far off his 34-goal pace last season. There’s not much scoring depth behind John Tavares, P.A. Parenteau and Matt Moulson. |
|
SBN |
24 |
26 | The Islanders have won five of the last ten after laying a 5-1 whooping on Detroit, and that's as good as any team ranked 17th or worse. But they're so far back, and their defense is so bad, fans would rather flagellate themselves over some really awful history than talk Steve Staios. |
| Average |
26.6 |
26.1 |
Stasis. |
For reference, here is last week's power rankings post, which included mikb's amazing Time Machine Scouting scenario in comments.
Real Power Rankings
And now on to our weekly "real" power rankings courtesy of Mike, or ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles (who is the one you'll find tirelessly compiling FIG picks in the game thread), who conceived and delivers these week after week. They are calculated in true "power ranking" fashion -- i.e. how well teams fare based on their opponents' records.
While some feared the loss to Anaheim would really damage things, Mike explains the quality of opponents who beat you does not really factor in -- only the quality of opponents you beat. Or in other words, the rest of that's already factored in because every loss is someone else's win, and the "power" in question is based on, well, victories.
Once again, these (as well as most of the media rankings above) reflect games through Sunday, so there is no love nor credit for last night's defeat of the putrid Red Wings. Big movers include Montreal, who must've feared the Islanders in their rearview mirror, and instead it is Edmonton and Tampa Bay who are trying
| W | L | OTL | Pts | Pct | PWR | ||
| 1 | S.I. Smurfs | 26 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 0.718 | 2067 |
| 2 | Boston | 26 | 11 | 1 | 53 | 0.697 | 1960 |
| 3 | San Jose | 23 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 0.658 | 1950 |
| 4 | St. Louis | 24 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 0.646 | 1919 |
| 5 | Vancouver | 26 | 13 | 3 | 55 | 0.655 | 1885 |
| 6 | Detroit | 26 | 14 | 1 | 53 | 0.646 | 1880 |
| 7 | Philadelphia | 24 | 12 | 4 | 52 | 0.650 | 1841 |
| 8 | Chicago | 24 | 13 | 5 | 53 | 0.631 | 1744 |
| 9 | Florida | 20 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 0.585 | 1688 |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 20 | 15 | 7 | 47 | 0.560 | 1684 |
| 11 | Dallas | 23 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 0.588 | 1664 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 23 | 16 | 2 | 48 | 0.585 | 1664 |
| 13 | Ottawa | 22 | 15 | 6 | 50 | 0.581 | 1645 |
| 14 | Colorado | 23 | 19 | 1 | 47 | 0.547 | 1644 |
| 15 | Toronto | 21 | 15 | 5 | 47 | 0.573 | 1643 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 21 | 15 | 4 | 46 | 0.575 | 1633 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 21 | 15 | 6 | 48 | 0.571 | 1632 |
| 18 | Washington | 21 | 16 | 2 | 44 | 0.564 | 1626 |
| 19 | Nashville | 22 | 15 | 4 | 48 | 0.585 | 1608 |
| 20 | Winnipeg | 20 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 0.549 | 1569 |
| 21 | Phoenix | 20 | 17 | 5 | 45 | 0.536 | 1542 |
| 22 | Calgary | 19 | 19 | 5 | 43 | 0.500 | 1458 |
| 23 | Montreal | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 | 0.476 | 1425 |
| 24 | Buffalo | 18 | 18 | 5 | 41 | 0.500 | 1424 |
| 25 | Tampa Bay | 17 | 20 | 3 | 37 | 0.463 | 1333 |
| 26 | Edmonton | 16 | 22 | 3 | 35 | 0.427 | 1303 |
| 27 | NY Islanders | 14 | 19 | 6 | 34 | 0.436 | 1267 |
| 28 | Carolina | 14 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 0.407 | 1241 |
| 29 | Anaheim | 12 | 22 | 6 | 30 | 0.375 | 1187 |
| 30 | Columbus | 11 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 0.329 | 966 |
May the power be with you.
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Apparently there’s a (unrelated) de Haan in this picture, from last summer’s Rowing World Cup.
I’ll bet the deHaan in the photo is the 2nd girl who looks to have limited use of her shoulders.
Just a guess though.
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Maybe our de Haan
Should do some offseason rowing for shoulder strengthening.
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Seriously
Girl #2 also looks to have bigger arms than Nino…hope JP doesn’t see this. Do you think they have “TEH GRITZ”?
Maybe they can play on the bottom pairing.
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I saw it...
and I said to myself, “why can’t we have a prospect in our system with arms like that”
Instead, our prospect rowing team looks like this…
I've had enough! It's time to call out Garth Snow!
@JPinVA
by JPinVA on Jan 11, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Six months in the ECHL
To get that one to say “stroke”….it’s probably Klementyev.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 11, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Hey
Who posted that picture of the LHH servers?
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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by mikb on Jan 11, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
As a former rower
I got wood seeing rowing on my favorite team’s fan site.
I'm a mets, jets, islander, and terps fan. Also known as a glutton for perennial punishment.
Well that is something.
Haha, thanks for sharing.
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I'm hoping the oars are made of wood?
Yet another Moulson brother-in-law.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 12, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
LHH - home of fireplace and whittling enthusiasts
We may be in the box, but you get the penalty.
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fans would rather flagellate themselves over some really awful history than talk Steve Staios.
He’s just tempting me to do a whole post on Staios, isn’t he?
"Line brawl på Long Island!? Matt Moulson i huvudrollen!!!?! Wot!?" SwedishIslander
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by Mark D on Jan 11, 2012 2:18 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Seriously
He’s just enjoying that not one, but two teams have signed up for the Staios Ring Around The Boards product in his post-Oilers career.
Lighthouse Hockey: A flute with no holes is not a flute. A Dane with no holes is Frans Nielsen.
Ullstrom sent to the AHL
I hope it’s just for conditioning and he’ll be right back up. Otherwise a very poor move by the Isles.
You wouldn't believe how good the Corsi is for my NHL 12 Be A Pro player.
Conditioning stint? i hope?
I really hope thats it because i would take ullstrom over Pandolfo, Wallaca and rolston right about now
"Mario Lemiuex… I used to respect you."- Turgeon1992
Yeah, I suppose conditioning
With a dose of, “Things change, nothing is permanent, go earn your way back up” thrown in.
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I say, "Suck It, Sportsnet!"
Don’t expect much more from the Isles this week, as the Red Wings and Flyers invade Long Island.
Plus they spelled “favourable” wrong. Stupid Canadiens…
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
Why is everyone mad/freaking out about the Ullstrom move?
He hasn’t played for a few weeks and is coming off a concussion, he needs to get into a rhythm and skating well again and the best way to do that is put him in the AHL where he’ll get good playing time and face a weaker quality of opponents who won’t pummle him.
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by edavidmorris on Jan 11, 2012 3:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, wondering that myself
Plus with the road trip coming up, let him play down there. No doubt he’ll be back.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
We're Islander fans
We always freak out. How anybody could blame us for that at this point, is beyond me.
"We owe him a lot more than he owes us at this point. He's been stellar all year. He still gave us a chance to win this one, and we've got to find a way."
—C Josh Bailey, on G Al Montoya after a 5-3 loss Tuesday in Montreal.
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Jan 11, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
We live in joyful hope
That maybe that one guy who played nice in those one games that one week will be better than the painfully more familiar.
Right though, truly I don’t think it’s a big deal at all, especially since he’d been out a while. He hadn’t even been as good in the few games before the injury. But he’s shiny and new and in a lost season you just want to be entertained by the unknown (and its associated hope) than the depressingly known all too well.
That said, I sure would’ve liked Nino to get a conditioning stint after his concussion (he only got one after the groin injury).
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How about because he's been more offensively product then most of our bottom 6 and scoring is one of our problems(even if D related)?
Ullstrom has been more offensively productive then Rolston/Martin/Bailey/Nino/Reasoner/Pandolfo/Wallace. Scoring is our problem, we could have even slowly brought him along on the 4th line. Again, it’s a little thing, but numbers don’t lie.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
is de haan's injury the same shoulder?
i thought it would be much worse than 4 to 6 weeks
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jan 11, 2012 3:24 PM EST reply actions
I was looking around before (google style)
and couldn’t find anything that indicated (for either injury) whether it was L or R shoulder.
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The recent one
was left per Fornabaio:
The Islanders announced that Calvin de Haan will miss four to six weeks with a left-shoulder injury, without further specifics.
Yeah all of the prior stuff says nothing
even the TSN stuff.
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I think there have been injuries to both
if we go back to the WJC. Can’t remember if it was Fornabaio or who that said that. But I’m pretty sure he could use rowing with both shoulders.
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No surgery at least
I do think it is the same shoulder. I was looking back and earlier this season Staple tweeted that he was going for an MRI on his shoulder (not the same one that was repaired). Then a later news story shows Bridgeport defenseman Calvin de Haan’s MRI exam showed “nothing serious” in his right shoulder, Sound Tigers coach Brent Thomson told the Connecticut Post. De Haan is day-to-day.
So it must be the left that had the torn labrum.
No Sleep 'til....We Find Some Secondary Scoring
Same shoulder he had surgery on. Fuuuuuuuuu
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
O.T but Justin Bourne with another golden one
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by DarthDoyle on Jan 11, 2012 5:14 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
haha awesome and for the lazy
1. Jack Capuano
Get outta he-ah if you think anyone other than Cappy should be number one. He’s everybody’s best friend in college. Or maybe Tawmmy from Quinzee, I dunno. He’s the guy who drinks a 30-pack (serious rival for Hunter), wears the box on his head, gives you a hug then starts chanting "Cappy’s number one! Cappy’s number one!" I’d love to hang out with that guy.
by ghalbart on Jan 11, 2012 6:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Regarding Grabner
Didn’t he start off slow last year as well and start scoring in February/March? I know we all think the injury might be affecting him but what about his baby? Might be silly to think about but can it be affecting him in any way?
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Maybe...
I lost a half a step after my first kid arrived. Lost the other half after the second. Now I’ve got no steps. I’m stepless.
by CloseCallJiggs on Jan 11, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
I basically married into 3 kids older instantly
I’m DiPietro
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er, older kids instantly
see what I mean.
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by Keith Quinn on Jan 11, 2012 8:32 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I'll just try and check stats for you:
Grabs has 11goals through 39gms, last year through 39gms he had 10goals. So it could be a coincidence, or baby related, or just he’s a really slow starter. I don’t expect him to explode like he did last year, but he should still be able to net 25-30goals/yr, including this year.
What do you mean they won 4 cups in a row? Is that possible?
by OzzyFan on Jan 11, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
S. I. Smurfs
Not only did my spreadsheet become self-aware, but it apparently moved the team. Sweet!
Yet another Moulson brother-in-law.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 12, 2012 7:20 AM EST reply actions
Yes, but it moved them in the wrong direction, no?
Success was survival and, kid, it still is
by IslesFanInNJ on Jan 12, 2012 8:37 AM EST up reply actions
Well, it's southerly. (i know he meant "short island" but i'm talking it as "staten island")
And if it keeps pushing them south, eventually they’ll end up in hell, where they belong.
Yet another Moulson brother-in-law.
by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Jan 12, 2012 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
I like where this is headed
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Ullstrom Coda
How long will he be with those guys? Well, with Cizikas and Rakhshani, depends on chemistry, flow, what have you. With the Sound Tigers? Sounds as if all involved are hoping for a short stay. Story tomorrow.
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Hope it's tied to a press release from the Isles:
BREAKING NEWS: Isles Trade Rolston, Pandolfo for Two Cans of Cheese Whiz.
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Between the quarterfinals (where they beat the upstart Oilers in six games) and the finals, the Islanders reeled off eight consecutive wins -- with a four-game sweep of archrival Rangers in between. As they defeated the Minnesota North Stars in five games for their second Cup, their goal difference in the final was a combined +10.
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