Week 1 Power Rankings: "Every Day is a Great Day for Hockey - Mario Lemieux"

With week one in the books of the 2018-2019 winter Greasy MItts season, it was an action packed night which had many surprises and left a few speechless on the nights events.  We had our first 4-0 week, the commisioner had to invoke an executive action to help remedy a clarical error that almost brought the evenings events to a standstill, and much much more.   Last week's power rankings were all about the data while you can argue the average draft position may have been flawed, you cannot argue with the big data known as wins and losses so here we go.  

1)  Wong Way Shooting Johnsons - The only remaining undefeated team in the league holds the number one spot in the power rankings for the second week in a row.   Concerns around the team dynamic and all offensive draft selections by Tyler seemed to be effective against the other teams in the league as they were able to average 2.75 goals per game while Wong's goals against was only 0.75 per game.  Can this team with very little chemistry off the ice continue to play together as a team on the ice is yet to be determined, however the swagger in the locker room by this team in the locker room and on twitter let the rest of the team know they are here to stay.  

2) 2 TJ's 1 Druk - Tommy got little support on from his team in selecting a name, but he utilized an online classic for inspiration that left a few players in the league scratching their heads on what the true meaning behind the name was.   Anyways, they manage to grab the weeks #2 spot in the power rankings going 2-2 thanks the late heroics from rookie TJ who sniped one on his carpool buddy to pull out the win.   Will they continue to maintain this very average performance throughout the season or will Tommy's commitment issues leave them as a team with no captain?    Hopefully mommy can keep Tommy gainfully employed and John stops gawking at his cousin so they can stay focused on the task at hand which is winning some games. 

3) Russian Juggernauts - Captain Josh and team had a sobering experience realizing that despite the low average draft position stat from last week, they can compete in this league.   With the steller goaltending from Benik and the goal post, this team managed to pull off two wins however rumor has it that league veteren Mike was called into the league offices for complaining too much about a sore pinky...(what a baby).   Plenty of size and strength on this team but will Captain Josh aka "no more mister nice guy" be able to keep the team toughness high throughout the grueling regular season and will Mike be suspended for being a baby by the league hangs in the balance.  

4) CCM Grip - Despite having only 1 win this past week, look for this team to move up the rankings quickly based on the inspiring story Josh told last week about the team name.   It was just another great example of how the off ice training regiment can expanded to things that that are either outside the box and/or in the box.  They will need to improve need to improve the offensive output but once Phil completes his sniper's edge shooting facility look for this teams goals per game to dramatically improve as the goaltenders do not know how to defend the old heel toe wristers.  

5) Dooley's Disasters - Even though having 3 first rounders on this team, they only managed to score two goals total for the week while averaging a little more than that per game on the goals against stat.   There were questions about certain players commitment in the offseason as well as players making weight in order to be in the line-up.    Perhaps there is a deeper meaning here with the team name selected and although I believe their talent will prevail, they get the #5 ranking this week for disasterous beginning to the season.  

 That's it for this week, stay tuned for further league events and news including the first ever Soup Swap, team dance party, and more.   It is shaping up to be an interesting season already.