Capitals Power Ranking Roundup: Week 4

by EmilyB on Nov 3, 2010 2:07 PM EDT in Power Ranking Roundups

Our weekly temperature-taking of the mainstream media's opinions on the Washington Capitals:

Outlet	This Week	Last Week	What They're Saying
	4	NR	Showed the Flames how dangerous they can be. (11/1)
	7	5	Goalie Michal Neuvirth has been very impressive while Alexander Ovechkin and the offense are starting to put things in overdrive. (11/1)
	7	9	Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Nicklas Backstrom busted out for 10 points in a blowout win over the Flames last weekend, and it looks like the Caps offense is finally off and running. (11/1)
	4	6	A big question mark at the beginning of the season, the Capitals’ goaltending has been the biggest reason for their success so far, led by Michal Neuvirth. Well, that and the offense provided by the big three up front. (11/2)
	5	6	Goaltender Michael Neuvirth is a big part of it, but the Caps have allowed 2.27 goals per game, tied for third best in the NHL. (11/1)
	8	9	This is what happens when you wake up a sleeping giant -- a giant can of whupping comes out in Calgary. What a win! (11/1)
	8	12	(.636) Michal Neuvirth was the man in both Washington victories last week. The 22-year-old goaltender only allowed two goals on 58 shots in the two Capitals wins, which included his first NHL shutout. (11/2)
	7	10	Still some holes in Caps’ attack, but when they’re on their game, few opponents can keep up. (11/3)
	6	9	Capitals' offense awakens while winning three times in four games. Pasting Calgary, 7-2, was the capper. (11/2)
	3E	4E	Michal Neuvirth is it. He's played in all but one of the Caps games so far this season and he's 7-3-0 on the year. (11/3)
	6	9	A lot was made of the Sharks reuniting their three big scorers on the top line, but the combination of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin isn’t too bad, either. (11/3)
	11	9	Frustrated by a 2-1 loss to the Wild, after which coach Bruce Boudreau said, "[We] looked like we were playing in quicksand," Alex Ovechkin jumpstarted the Caps in 12 seconds. On Saturday, Ovechkin scored two power-play goals that many ticks apart in a 7-2 win in Calgary. (11/2)
	7	11	Don't look now, but Alexander Ovechkin has checked in. Ovie had two goals and three points in a 7-2 dousing of the Flames. (11/1)
	5	16	Turned up the heat against the Flames on Saturday night, scoring three times on the power play to end a five-game drought that had seen the Caps go 0-for-16 with the man advantage. (11/1) Key Injuries: G Semyon Varlamov (groin), Tom Poti (lower body).
	4	5	Ovechkin heating up: 5 pts in 3 games. (11/2)
	2	1	With all the video watched by coaches, how is it when Alexander Ovechkin drifts without the puck to the left circle that no one shadows him there? (11/2)

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I don’t understand how the Caps dropped on SI?

This weeks mean rating, so far, = 6

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by zephyr on Nov 3, 2010 2:24 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I don’t expect to be #1, because they’re not, but to drop after a pretty decent week?

"It's always good to have vikings."

by gfcaps fan on Nov 3, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Boston, Philly, and everyone’s favorite new hotness, the Bolts, had better weeks than we did. I think six is about right. If we drop this game to the Leafs (or even look flat), look out.

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by EmilyB on Nov 3, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Comment wasn’t so much about being #6, which is probably fair. It was more about the drops, such as at SI and CBS Sports.

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by gfcaps fan on Nov 3, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, they aren’t an 11.

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

by zephyr on Nov 3, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

But Keep expectations low around the League

We are confidently waiting for the post season. this regular season doesn’t matter (for once as a Caps fan).

by brettpedigo on Nov 3, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think the Canadiens reading SI is what hurt the Caps last season.

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by cobracg on Nov 3, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

great.

we’re being compared to a soup that’s finally being heated up after someone turned the wrong burner on originally

by Brainumbc on Nov 3, 2010 2:51 PM EDT reply actions

Next week.
“Caps soup cooling off to a nice simmer”

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by iced on Nov 3, 2010 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve decided that I no longer care about the rankings.

It took me a while. The rest of you, I think, have been there a while.

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by STLSpidey on Nov 3, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

I like reading their “reasons” for each team. It’s a nice sentence recap on some teams I don’t get to watch.

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by zephyr on Nov 3, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Quite this. It’s not the number that’s interesting. It’s more interesting to see the thumbnail opinions on the team from the outside world.

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by souldrummer on Nov 3, 2010 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t really care that much about the Caps rankings but it’s interesting to read the blurbs on the Caps and other teams as zephyr and souldrummer said.

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by cobracg on Nov 3, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions