The teams in this week's rankings all lost in their earlier division contests. If they win this week's wild card, however, they will advance to the next round, along with each of the 3 division winners.
So how did these losers stack up? Click on through to the other side:
12th place: Minnesota Wild
A well-deserved last-place finish, with a logo far worse than any other logo in the West because of a complete lack of any positive attributes or qualities. Subpar color choice, bad overall sillhouette, regrettable concept, and poor execution send this team to the basement of the whole selection of losers. Watch for their upcoming match-up with the Lightning for worst logo of the NHL.
11th place: Columbus Blue Jackets
The Blue Jackets eke out a penultimate finish above the Wild due to better, more traditional color choice. Still, this doesn't stop it from being an awful logo.
10th place: Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Above BJ and the Wild because, aside from the humiliating name and the adoption of an already-made movie logo, it's technically a decent design.
9th place: San Jose Sharks
San Jose loses to the Predators because they rely on the graphical-crutch triangle needlessly housing their shark and the double-border outlines, blurring the edges and creating a less bold overall shape.
8th place: Los Angeles Kings
Given an excellent name, LA fails to keep it simple, placing 8th for gaudy excessiveness.
7th place: Nashvile Predators
Saddled with an overly broad name, the Predators come up with a decently produced representation of their mascot.
6th place: Vancouver Canucks
Even with the annoying Orca connections, the Canucks own a well-drawn and nicely balanced logo. Vancouver is mostly disappointing because of the high quality of their old logo.
5th place: Phoenix Coyotes
The Coyotes beat the Canucks because their logo represents their mascot and not some parent corporation. Phoenix also wins the green ribbon for Most Improved logo in the NHL.
4th place: Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks rate higher than the Coyotes mostly for visibility (contrast in colors and less shading) and shape recognition (the actual coyote takes a second to parse).
3rd place: Colorado Avalanche
Colorado just barely steps over the Blackhawks for the simplicity and quality concept, though that background blue oval continues to be annoying and extraneous.
2nd place: Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton's logo has none of the annoying flaws of the Avalanche logo, but is lacking a bit of the simplicity and boldness of St. Louis's mark.
1st place (and Wild Card Winner): St. Louis Blues
As close as they were to winning their extremely strong division, the Blues solidly take the wild card win among the losers. Almost a perfect logo.
And, like last week, check out each division's ranking, based on how their member teams did; lowest score being better. (For instance, St. Louis's 1st place adds 1 point to the Central total, while Minnesota's 12th adds 12 points for their Northwest division.)
3rd place: Pacific, 32 points
Holding 3 of the last 5 place finishers and none above 5th place, the Pacific division is officially the worst logoed grouping in the NHL.
Tie! 1st place: Central, 23 points
Tie! 1st place: Northwest, 23 points
With the Central Division taking 1st and 4th, the Northwest taking 2nd and 3rd, and the Pacific staying out of the way, these two divisions end up tied for the best division in the Western Conference.
Congratulations to the wild card winner, St. Louis, and good luck in the later rounds.
How would you rank the Western Conference losers?