Read: Power Rankings For Week Of 1/11

by Mike Nichols on January 14th, 2009 at 11:55 am

Here is a look at where the Rangers rank in this week’s Power Rankings from various national media sites around the web.

The Rangers previous week ranking is in parenthesis.

ESPN.com: 11 (unchanged)

“A shutout win against the Senators? Not something you should get all that excited about. Let’s not forget … against the meat of the East (Montreal, Washington, New Jersey), the Rangers haven’t had much success of late.”

FOXSports.com: 9 (+1)

“Henrik Lundqvist continued his up-and-down play for the Rangers last week. The goaltender was perfect in his two shutout wins over Pittsburgh and Ottawa, but in between those starts Lundqvist was terrible in a 6-3 loss to Montreal, where he gave away the game by giving up three third-period goals.”

CBSSports.com: 11 (unchanged)

“More consistency needed from Henrik Lundqvist, who has allowed four or more goals in half of his last 12 starts.”

TSN.ca: 13 (-1)

“Just an addition to my blog about Petr Prucha being named first star when I was at the Rangers-Islanders game over the holidays — aside from enforcers, there may not be a more popular forward with only three goals. Blueshirts fans roared their approval for Prucha all night and seem to like him a whole lot more than head coach Tom Renney, it seems.”

The Hockey News: 10 (unchanged)

“Have to be excited by a potential 20-goal campaign from 23-year-old Ryan Callahan.”

USA Today: 10 (-2)

Yahoo!: 9 (unchanged)

“At 15-13-3 since a 10-2-1 start, the Rangers aren’t quite sure what to make of the first half. They had to cut ties with Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan, and fortunately, the team is doing fine overall in what could have been a difficult transition.”

SportingNews.com: 10 (+2)