NHL Power Rankings: Sidney who?

Posted January 31, 2012 12:53 pm.

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If the greatest player in the National Hockey League misses all but eight games for your team all season, it sure helps to have the second-best player in the NHL on your roster as well.

Not that any serious hockey fan thought considered Crosby-Malkin to be a Jordan-Pippen situation, but Geno, with big assists from a healthy Kris Letang and a steady James Neal, has picked this team up and carried it through seven straight victories.

When All-Star Game intermission performer Drake requested a game-used stick, he needed it to be Malkin’s left-curved composite.

Here are this week’s Sportsnet.ca Power Rankings:

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