dom's 2017 front office confidence rankings
worst:
31 -
Avs
30 -
Canucks
29 -
Red Wings
28 -
Canadiens
27 -
Islanders
worst 4 make sense, but i thought Snow made enough decent moves that he shouldn't be that far in the basement though. probably some general low profile team bias against them.
best:
1 -
Predators
2 -
Penguins
3 -
Lightning
4 -
Maple Leafs
5 -
Hurricanes
Rutherford kind of overrated due to just having Sid & Geno etc, Yzerman quite overrated based on rep (he's had a bad time of it lately imo), Lou kinda mashing buttons and somewhat overrated (Dubas was crushing it), Francis/EricT could probably be as high as 2.
notable homers: (fans of team scored way higher than the public)
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Kings +0.6 : think the public is correct here, they've been doing a bad job of it for a while now
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Devils +1.1 : bias against low profile teams, Shero has been one of the better GMs in NJ imo
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Sabres +0.7 : maybe the most underrated homer fan base in the league, they've been doing ok, but calm down
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Flyers +0.8 : have also been doing ok, but their fans are probably being a little too homerish
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Coyotes +1.2 : more bias against a low profile team, they've been making a lot of smart moves, and sooner or later it'll pay off
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Jets +0.6 : like with Buffalo, no shock that the Winnipeg fans are homers (small town syndrome)
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Stars +0.9 : another relatively low profile team, fans probably more correct than the public here
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Hurricanes +0.6 : blah blah low profile team blah blah
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Lightning +0.6 : wonder when the world will finally turn on Stevie Y ... oh well, he can always return to Detroit
hater$ ghana hate: (scored higher with the public than their own fans)
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Red Wings -0.5 : oh, they MAD
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Capitals -0.3 : getting a little tired of not even making it to the ECF i see
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Sharks -0.1 : probably right to be frustrated
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Wild -0.3 : another fan base getting chaffed about a lack of playoff progress
closest to even: (fans & public seeing eye to eye, all +/- 0.1)
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Islanders
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Bruins
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Sharks
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Senators
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Predators