This week, the Isles finished around 13th on average in the opinion polls and 12th in our own power rankings. It's a rare instance where gut feelings and cold hard calculations produce the same result.
The media opinion polls are more of a "who's hot now?" list (TSN being the notable exception), whereas the LHH Power Rankings use the results of games to tabulate who's best over the course of the entire season to date (giving equal weight to games whether they were played yesterday or on Day One of the season).
We'll talk more about how the LHH rankings are built later, but for now, let's check in with the pundits.