Hello 239ers new and old, figured since I haven’t seen anybody do a power rankings yet I will do one. There are a lot of new faces this season and I’m definitely not going through looking up every player that I don’t know, so take these rankings with a grain of salt. I also thought Sapperle’s team post draft last season was complete trash so i mean what do i actually even know. I’ll do rankings from worst to first, also with subheadings of Pretenders and Contenders. Basically, it will be split between teams that I currently think have no chance to win the cup against teams that do. That being said, trades, MIAs, etc can happen. Maybe I’ll do a mid season PR as well. And as always, I will not be ranking my own team. Here we go!
Pretenders
14. Divorced Men (Rawb) Best Value: None Worst Value: All
Quong-Rawb-Shielf
Renfri-Dom
Kronos
I don’t see a single thing I like about this team. Dom was overpaid even though RD was scarce. I think he is going to try to do wayyyyy too much because there is no talent on forward at all. They got kronos at 7 bods when elite goalies were going for less than 5 bods more. I see a lot of struggling scoring and just mediocre defensive play.
13. Alhamdulillah (BLK) Best Value: Cee Worst Value: Morphius
Crazy Legs-Morphius-Cee
Hawnky-BLK
Pemm/Gannibis
While BLK has a couple of good pieces in Cee (and maybe crazy legs? Idk why but idk him), that’s where it ends. He himself had an absolutely horrendous last season and seemed completely checked out on a team that gave up over 6 GAA. Hopefully he cares a little more, otherwise Cee will have an aneurysm losing a lot. Center is a rookie and basically seems to be waiver caliber from what I have heard. Idk anything about Pemm maybe he is a gem goalie, but he better be because gannibis in net is the definition of no bueno.
12. Just Gonna Send it (Jelly) Best Value: Seedew Worst Value: Goat
Makar-Rufio/Swizz/Jelly
Rebel-Seedew/Rob
Goat/Skippy
Apparently Makar is a legitimate stud, and he better be because this team is going to need some hard carrying. I feel Jelly is one of the most overrated captains skill wise. Swizz part time on center is not a good idea. Rebel, while a good utility knife piece, is probably not who you want playing LD especially with what I assume is going to be a run and gun type team. Jelly spent 5 on a PT goat, who unfortunately has consistently shown to be one of the worst goalies the past couple seasons, when he could have spent a lot more on a legit goalie since he had a lot left in the tank. Seedew is back and will need to play very well, as she has in the past. Jelly flubbed it by leaving too many bods and not getting a better piece somewhere.
11. Dwight and his Beets (Odd) Best Value: Weasel Worst Value: RockyDanglez
Dainty-Odd/adrenaline-cob
odd/rocky-King
Weazle
Odd pretty much went for a friend/chem team, but the top end talent just isn’t there. Their defense is pretty good, but they will have issues scoring for sure. Odd had probably the worst value pick of the entire season in getting a part time rocky for 30 bods. He could have definitely spent that on a very legit scoring threat or puck possession guy so cob could be more of a support/shoot role. Getting weazle at 11 bods was fantastic, even with goalies going for lower bods than the past couple seasons, he will have to steal many games for them. I see them doing ok, especially against poor defensive teams, but they don’t really have any type of star power or ceiling to be a threat.
10. Wasted Potential (Ozzy) Best Value: kro? Worst Value: Two Accurate
Freakonastix-killzone-ozzy
kro-yambag/two accurate
cripps
Honestly not too sure where to put this team, they could surprise. I do not know many people on this team personally. I have no idea how good kro is, I have heard pretty good things. Nor do i know the LW. Ozzy and killzone proved last season that on a chem/legit team, they are both very good/underrated players in this league. Cripps in net is about as good as it gets. Two accurate for 20 PT is a bit of a reach, but he is a good player that can move around the lineup a bit. I just don’t see the oomph needed to be a serious contender, but I said the same thing about Sap’s team last season and they were dominant. Prove me wrong!
9. Whalers (Schemmm) Best Value: Kane Worst Value: Lineup shuffling
Schemm/choco-ayytrain/schemm-blip/kane
epik-kane/spitz
Cheevers
I see some good pieces here, but it seems schemm doesn’t really know how he wants the team constructed, which from personal experience doesn’t usually go well. He got great value in Kane at only 28 bods as a legit RD, maybe even RW. Epik is a great plug and play on either D side, especially if he is the number 2 dman. Schemm is best at LW doing his own thing, but there are several PT people I am not familiar with that need to be good pieces for this team to be legit. Choco has proven to be a good piece, but unclear where he is playing atm. Cheevers is a great rookie/G pick up.
Contenders
8. Born on Third (Tommy) Best Value: zackrell Worst Value: MIA
zack/chum-zigz-reep/melo
beliveau/????-reep/melo/pogs
Tommy
My original owner! But i’m poo and was already traded for chum and pogs. Tommy clearly didn’t have a set plan in the draft and spent his time cucking a couple other coaches instead of thinking about his own synergy. On paper, the ideal lineup is actually very good here. The major problem is that it seems like it will never be on the ice. Zackrell is on vacation until February, but he will be an elite talent once back. Zigz is a good piece but is a better LW than C and that will probably show. Unsure who is playin RW/RD but they have reep, melo, and pogs. Pogs being a waiver was criminal, he should get legit play time on RD. Maybe reep will slide to C and zigz will LW when chum isn’t there. There are also other availability concerns rather than already said. If these guys can weather the storm and float around a playoff spot until zackrell comes back, i think they will be a good/legit team. But, with lineup changing and people seemingly missing every night, will they be able to hold on?
7. Moose Knuckles (Mash) Best Value: French Kucherov Worst Value: Vital
Tyezeh/mobski-mash-kucherov
Kelch-vital
jsquad
This team is all offense. They will have legit and threatening firepower, but their d line is very suspect. Kelch is kelch and is not who you want as the anchor. I have heard that vital isn’t a very good piece, but I personally do not know him. Jsquad in net is a stud. I think this team could be switched with an ozzy or schemmm pretty easily in the rankings if the defensive issues come up. Very interested to see how it works.
6. Lemanski and Buds IA (Lemanksi) Best Value: Jagr Worst Value: No 2nd RW?
lem-jagr-hoots/??maybe bergi?
trey-chenkov/bergi/seid
drugmonkey
Lem has built himself his best looking squad post draft in several seasons. This poor man does everything for the league and then gets forced to own as well every season. He gets a legit other forward along with himself in Jagr, i have heard good things. He has a good back line with trey and the PT players. He does not seem to have a bad piece here, however i’m guessing he is going to have to play his potentially best RD as a RW it seems. Drug in net is obviously solid, although I haven’t seen him play in a while. I’m rooting for lem’s team to be good, especially after having to deal with a1dipshitweenieface
5. All In (Veds) Best Value: The Coach(jrd) Worst Value: Jimmy and adam dpair
Abutt-veds-jrd
Jimmy-adam
bloodstain/magilla
We all knew it would happen, veds blows his load on abutt for 83 fucking bods. This is absolutely unheard of. Despite this, they are the 2 best players in the league and look to just throttle the suspect defense overall. Getting JRD as the 3rd forward to just click up was solid, this is the best chance he will ever have to show that he can play well. Jimmy and adam on D is a big problem. Of course veds didn’t have much to work with bod wise, but there was a 1 bod pogs sitting RIGHT THERE not only in the draft but through the first round of waivers. Had they picked up pogs they would probably be number 1. Despite the shortcomings, I’m still very afraid of this team. While jimmy and adam are not great players, they do have a lot of experience at defense and in the league, they just need to focus and let the 2 boys up front cook. I do not know the rookie goalie, but mags as a PT g is pretty legit, especially for the bods he had to work with. Very very interested to see how this team does.
4. Grow Up (Iggy) Best Value: Everyone except sando Worst Value: sando
Iggy-Sando-Chandler/hype
Goblin-myke/gandalf/ace
Goog
Very early in the draft Iggy overspends on a 64 bod sando. They have been friends for a long time and he has won hardware in 239, but that is a fuck ton of bods to handcuff the rest of your team with. However, Iggy is able to magically pull off a surprisingly good supporting cast despite not having anything left to spend on by getting steal after steal. Rookie LD craplord is a very nice piece and should have gone for 25+, chandler and hype PT RW at 1 bod each is outstanding value, and myke and gandalf also very cheap at RD makes a very under the radar good blue line when you factor in selke winning sando as well. Getting a now FT goog for 1 bod at goalie is basically highway robbery. This team is darkhorse good!
3. Jedi Master Baiters (Pale) Best Value: Legion Worst Value: Gala
This lineup is a mess with PT people, not even trying. Also, fuck putting pale number 1, buddy hasn’t won a cup since before Magilla was born.
Pale builds what I think is a very solid team. He has many part time players, but they are all legit studs. He would do best to put turtle at center and wizzy at rw, probably himself at D. They also have terry who is a stud. The g7 potential here is huge, however there are a few unknowns in the lineup and if they are good pieces, these guys are very scary good. Legion for 10 is very great value for what he usually goes for. One of a kind in net is solid, but not top tier. Idk how tf he can deal with gala again on D, kudos to you my friend.
2. Pink Pony Club (Nutz) Best Value: JC Enterprise Worst Value: Lets Get Weird
Sniper-Nutz-suzuki
jc-fullsend
weird
Nutz pretty much puts together the reigning champs with a couple key changes. I am giving them a lot of credit here and I think they could easily be a couple more spots down, but nutz is legit a beast and so are a couple others. Getting JC Enterprise for 30 when he had LD available is criminally good, as probably the best dman in the draft. He pairs him with another great dman in fullsend. I love a good dpair/backend and always value it highly, especially when the D pool has been so weak for several seasons now. Cap Suzuki showed that he is a great piece last season and has a lot of chem with nutz. Sniper is sniper, he will be smart and find the right place to shoot from, but his puck carrying is not good, however i am sure they will do some good rotating with their d pieces. The only maybe missed value is getting lets get weird for 5 bods when a lot of good goalies went around this much or even less, however he is their boy so i understand. Fully expect them to be contenders the entirety of the season.
1. Egg (Cougs) Best Value: Coug on a free contract Worst Value: none
There are many part timers here too, but these guys are all friends and all elite players. Cougs belongs right with abutt and veds as the best players in the league and Goody is right behind them. Add in a dutch and matt center combo, with a previously elite seije on LW, and the team is looking scary good. I have some questions on D/G, especially if cougs has to play forward sometimes, but they will figure it out. The game 7 lineup potential is disgusting and they can just run that 4 times in playoffs and try to freight train.