Well, well, well. The Isles are in the final wild card spot. Lots of hockey left to be played, yadda, yadda, yadda, but to go from last to eighth in a one month span is pretty incredible. Does that mean we can hate the loser point a little less? NOPE! But we'll get to that in a moment.
Weekly Roundup of Opinion Polls
| Site | Updated | New Ranking | Prior Ranking | Comments |
| SportsNet | 2/16/2017 | 15 | 18 | [This week is their Your Team’s Best Deadline Trade Chip Edition] "How desperate is Garth Snow? |