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Editor's note: These rankings are based on player production in terms of Hockey Prospectus' GVT valuation metric. If you are unfamiliar with GVT and how it works, you can find out more here.
Periodically throughout the season, Prospectus will provide updated Player Power Rankings for the top 10 skaters and top five goalies in the NHL based on HP's proprietary value metric, GVT, which includes offensive, defensive and shootout components.
After this past week, the Chicago Blackhawks have two skaters ranked in the top four despite losing their past five games, and Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick finally relinquishes the No. 1 ranking among goalies.
These rankings are through Feb. 5. Total GVT might not equal the sum of the subcategories because of factors that aren't shown.
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Player Power Rankings (01/24)
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Let me preface this by saying I'm a diehard Ranger fan, but I'm seriously trying to be as objective as possible here...
While the Devils are clearly a much better team this year than last, I don't think they're legit. I think they're the product of some good luck and good performance in shootouts. They are 12 games over .500, but they only have a +2 goal differential.
I remember the Rangers were just like this a few years ago, back in 2008-2009. They had the league's best record in shootouts, but had a terrible (I think negative) goal differential, before getting bounced by a clearly superior Penguins team in the 2nd round.
The Devils will make the playoffs, but I doubt they'll do much.