Well, this is a little bit late, given that ESPN’s Scott Burnside posted his Summer Power Rankings back on July 25th, but when I saw them this morning, I simply had to pass the word on—he has Edmonton winning the Northwest Division.

Now, every year I see ridiculous forecasts in various sports journals (I’m particularly hard on The Hockey News since they should presumably know better) and disregard them, knowing that these largely-Eastern based columnists have a difficult time getting a read on the West. Read more...