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December 8, 1999
Well, enough is enough!A day late and a dollar short here is the NSHL7 Playoff Preview by none other than Yours Truly.
When you've got nothing left but blood and guts then all you deserve is glory. And nothing tastes sweeter than sipping from glory itself.
Missed a previous issue of the Power Rankings?
Tant pis mon ami. That's French for click here.
| TEAM | PVS | RECORD | NSHL.com SAYS |
| 1. Traders | 2. | 59-16-5 | The Traders are number one. |
| 2. Muffs | 1. | 56-18-6 | The O'Reilly Division dominated NSHL7 in much the same way the Schultz did last season. |
| 3. Loudmouths | 3. | 52-22-6 | Will the Louds survive the O'Reilly? Will they soon be sipping from the Neely Cup or shopping for a new pair of Bar-B-Que tongs? |
| 4. Infantry | 4. | 50-23-7 | Do they have the powder to shoot their Loudmouths off? |
| 5. Spirit | 9. | 49-23-8 | If you thought that the O'Reilly was tough, look again. The Semenko's top 4 are separated by a mere 8 points. |
| 6. Thistles | 5. | 49-25-6 | The NSHL's poor sister of divisions does it again. Number 1 in the Nystrom, but number 6 overall, the Thieves lead a pack of mediocre not-ready-for-post-season players. |
| 7. Foomanchu | 7. | 47-23-10 | The Foo have the edge to reach the Pepsi Conference final, but they may get some arguments over the matter. |
| 8. Eagles | 8. | 44-25-11 | After last season's missed post-season anomaly, the Eagles face off against the Foo. Will there be a Spirit-Eagles series this post-season? |
| 9. Thieves | 6. | 45-27-8 | More than an outside chance remains for the Thieves to be left standing after the first round. |
| 10. Stompers | 11. | 37-37-6 | It's really too bad that .500 hockey doesn't do much for you in the playoffs. |
| 11. Psychosis | 12. | 33-36-11 | Will the acquisition of Langenbrunner bring some sanity to this sub-.500 club? See comment above. |
| 12. Scorpions | 16. | 32-38-10 | The Scorpions are hotter than their trans-Pacific rivals. But then again, so is snow. |
| 13. Crunch | 18. | 30-42-8 | Does anybody really think that a team that finishes 13th overall in the regular season has a chance to win the Neely Cup? Oh yeah, I forgot. |
| 14. Lizards | 17. | 29-42-9 | Are these four-legged creatures more like Godzilla or Mondo Gecko? It won't really matter if there's a second round. |
| 15. Stranglers | 15. | 28-44-8 | They're not 23rd. And yes, they won it in NSHL1. At least they'll have that. |
| 16. Ice Terrors | 19. | 27-48-5 | The S.H.I.T. lost their last 10 of the regular season, including 2 to the SunDogs. Ouch! They'll need more than luck to topple the perennial powerhouse Traders. |
| 17. Blades | 10. | 34-35-11 | Did not qualify (DNQ). The best of the worst would have been 3rd in the Nystrom, 2nd in the Schultz and 4th in the O'Reilly. Could it be the curse of the GTA teams? |
| 18. Booze Hounds | 14. | 26-43-11 | DNQ. The other Semenko team that would have made the playoffs in the Schultz division. |
| 19. Useless Twits | 22. | 27-45-8 | DNQ. Even the Twits would have made the playoffs if they were in the Schultz Division. |
| 20. Blazers | 20. | 26-47-7 | DNQ. Couldn't make the playoffs even in their Schultz division. |
| 21. Fat Guys | 13. | 26-50-4 | DNQ. Who ranked them at 13? |
| 22. Highlanders | 23. | 21-45-14 | DNQ. They played some decent hockey at times this season. Just not many times. |
| 23. Buzzards | 21. | 17-50-13 | DNQ. Thirteen tied games? |
| 24. SunDogs | 24. | 18-58-4 | DNQ. On a bright note, the SunDogs set no league records for futility. And you thought that the Stranglers were bad in NSHL6! |