Second-week-of-December power rankings, part 1
Snapshots —
... : 3. Detroit Red Wings [last week] 3 [record] 18-4-4 [last ten games] 7-2-1 Middling start (for the Wings) is exposing a weakness in net The Sporting News's Craig Custance suggests that a certain addition may stem the goals-against tide: December 8, The Sporting News : 3. Detroit Red Wings ([last week] 3) -- Chris Chelios is close to returning to the Red Wings, which could boost what has been a surprisingly suspect defense. The Detroit News's Dave Dye, who ...
Tuesday Roundup
Japers' Rink —
... season except one), and for all of the talk about Theodore's inconsistency, it sure would be nice for a few more of the "really good" starts to be sprinkled in with the "really bad" ones.
All of that isn't to say Theodore won't be consistently good at some point. It's just to say that he hasn't been.
Elsewhere 'Round The Rinks
It doesn't sound like Alex Semin is any closer to returning, does it?... Weekly power rankings are up at SportingNews.com (where the Caps are down four spots to 12th), The Hockey News ...

