As of February 24, 2009

With the trade deadline quickly approaching, this week's TFP Power Rankings have a bit of a D-Day flavor, as we outside each team's needs and available assets leading into March 4.

Here is a look at the latest TFP Power Rankings, updated weekly throughout the 2008-09 regular-season.

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1 1 Needs: Two-way forward
Available: Jonathan Cheechoo, draft picks, Kyle McLaren
2 2 Needs: 2nd line winger, top-4 defenseman
Available: Matt Lashoff, Vladimir Sobotka, draft picks
3 3 Needs: Third-line forward
Available: draft picks, Darren Helm, Tomas Kopecky
4 4 Needs: Top-4 defenseman
Available: Michael Nylander, Shaone Morrisonn, draft picks
5 7 Needs: 2nd line center, top-4 defenseman
Available: Matthew Lombardi, Eric Nystrom, draft picks
6 8 Needs: 2nd line center
Available: Nikolai Khabibulin, Dustin Byfuglien, draft picks
7 6 Needs: Top-4 defenseman
Available: draft picks, Jay Pandolfo, Barry Tallackson
8 16 Needs: 2nd line forward, No. 2 defenseman
Available: Cory Schneider, Taylor Pyatt, draft picks
9 15 Needs: 1st line goal scorer
Available: Jay Bouwmeester, Kenndal McArdle, draft picks
10 10 Needs: No.1-2 defenseman
Available: James van Riemsdyk, Danny Briere, Joffrey Lupul
11 9 Needs: Top-six forward, physical defenseman
Available: Tim Connolly, Maxim Afinogenov, draft picks
12 5 Needs: Gritty 2nd line forward, 2nd or 3rd line center
Available: Chris Higgins, Ryan O'Byrne, P.K. Subban
13 12 Needs: 1st line scorer, top-4 defenseman
Available: Scott Gomez, Petr Prucha, Michal Rozsival
14 14 Needs: Two-way forward, big No.3 defenseman
Available: Frantisek Kaberle, Anton Babchuk
15 18 Needs: 1st line center, top-pairing defenseman
Available: Rostislav Klesla, Mike Peca, draft picks
16 22 Needs: Top-2 defenseman, two-way forward
Available: Sean Avery, Mark Fistric, draft picks
17 19 Needs: Top-six forward, physical defenseman
Available: Kim Johnsson, Marc-Andre Bergeron, draft picks
18 21 Needs: 1st line winger, third-line forward
Available: Ryan Whitney, Jordan Staal, draft picks
19 13 Needs: 1st line forward
Available: Erik Cole, Rob Schremp, Ladislav Smid
20 17 Needs: Two-way forward, third-line winger
Available: Rob Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Todd Marchant
21 24 Needs: 1st line sniper, secondary scoring
Available: Radek Bonk, Greg de Vries, Dan Hamhuis
22 23 Needs: 2nd line center
Available: Michal Handzus, Sean O'Donnell, Kyle Calder
23 11 Needs: secondary scoring, third-line forward
Available: Olli Jokinen, Derek Morris, Steven Reinprecht
24 28 Needs: No.1-2 defenseman, 2nd line forward(s)
Available: Filip Kuba, Chris Neil, Jason Spezza
25 27 Needs: two-way forward, top-4 defenseman
Available: Keith Tkachuk, Jay McKee, Manny Legace
26 20 Needs: 2nd line forward, Top-pairing defenseman
Available: Ian Laperriere, Jordan Leopold, Ryan Smyth
27 26 Needs: 1st line forward, 2nd line center, goalie
Available: Nik Antropov, Tomas Kaberle, Alexei Ponikarovsky
28 25 Needs: No.1-2 defenseman, secondary scoring
Available: Vaclav Prospal, Mark Recchi, Jeff Halpern
29 29 Needs: 1st line center, secondary scoring, No.1 defenseman
Available: Niclas Havelid, Marty Reasoner, Kari Lehtonen
30 30 Needs: 1st line forward, secondary scoring, No.1 defenseman
Available: Bill Guerin, Brendan Witt, Richard Park

 

 

 

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