Fantasy Hockey - Seed of Chucky

[Pekka]

Ohh I just remembered I have many Selänne's hockey cards.. used to collect them when I was what.. 12.. 13.. anyway, Have tons of them. I think I have few Selänne's rookie cards also, and they are all in mint condition. Old ones.

Gotta keep them for another decade and not throw them away, maybe some foolish fan from Anaheim will give nice price for them if he gets inducted to HoF.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Pekka
Flubber, that's your definition. You need to get very lucky in the process to win the cup, to be in the right team. I don't care who you are, in this day and age, no one player turns the heat on like that.

Selänne isn't a leader. He should never be Captain of any team, he is not that type. He can, however, fire up the team by scoring quickly, he can overturn unlikely games into wins by scoring quickly, that is, he can contribute enough to make a win for the weaker team night in, night out. But not more than that.

and in my view such a player would be consigned to the second-tier of stardom. The true greats should manage to win.Its a team game after all.

The best of the best find ways to win at some point . .. not every year of course but it is the rare player that would have NEVER had around them the supporting cast that makes a cup run at least possible.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Montreal now has the second best record in the East.

Well they are my favorite team!! I am still picking them for about 6th in the east though. Anything more would be a pleasant surprise

[Hot Mustard]

I don't have any players active tonight, yet I've taken over a stat - plus/minus, thanks to the @ss kicking that Nashville is giving Vancouver.

[KrazyHorse]

Does anybody know how the minimum goalie games is calculated?

If a goalie played the second half of one game does that count as a game played?

[Hot Mustard]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Does anybody know how the minimum goalie games is calculated?

If a goalie played the second half of one game does that count as a game played?

I believe so. Any time played makes it a game played.

[KrazyHorse]

Thanks.

[Asher]

leafs r gay!

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[Asher]

Interesting article:

http://fiveholefanatics.blogspot.com/2006/11/east-and-west-disparities.html

East and West Disparities
I looked over the scoring stats and was somewhat surprised to see that despite having the best star of his career, Jarome Iginla is only 25th in league scoring. Then I took a closer look and noticed that 20 of the top 25 point getters are from the Eastern conference. Twenty! The first WC representative to appear in the list is Patrick Marleau at spot #11 with 27 points. Below him is Teemu Selanne at #12, Joe Thornton at #16, Chris Proner at #22 and then Iggy at #25. The rest are EC players.

On the flip side, team GA stats are primarily dominated by WC teams. The top GA/G clubs are Dallas, Detroit, Calgary, Anaheim and San Jose in that order. New Jersey and Montreal are the only two EC teams to crack the top ten in terms of GA/G. A number of strong EC conference teams share the latter half of the GA/G list (BUF, TOR, ATL, NYR, CAR) with WC bottom-feeders (CHI, CBJ, LAK, STL and PHX).

The goaltending stats are similarly skewed. Only 3 EC goalies crack the top ten in terms of GAA average and two of them (Huet and Emery) have played less than 14 games. WC represntatives include Hasek, Kipper, Giguere, Turco and Roloson...and they've all played the bulk of the minutes for their teams thus far.

So it seems one side of the league has opted for an all-out attack strategy while the other has decided to stick with a stout defensive one. There has always been a slight difference between conferences in the past, but I don't remember it ever being this marked before. I mean, Iginla is among the top 5 WC scorers but doesn't even crack the leagues top 20. It makes one wonder just how many points he would accrue on a team like Buffalo or Carolina...

Im at loss to describe precisely why the two conferences differ so much. Is the WC's ******* tightening in response to the Flames success over the two seasons? It certainly seems like clubs such as Detroit, Dallas and Vancouver have moved closer to a Calgary brand of hockey this season. All three are apparently sold on the "win through strong goaltending and team defense" mindset. Build from the back-end out. Even the Oilers are exceling at the "d" part of the game over the "o" thus far.

So is there simply an imbalance in the league? More scorers in the east, better goalies in the west? Or is it coaching and strategy that is causing this polarization? Hard to say. I think I'll leave it to more astute observers like Tyler Dellow and Tom Benjamin to sort it out though.

[Hot Mustard]

I think it is more b/c of the crap goalies in the East. Boston, Ottawa, Philly, Tampa, etc. Even Lundquist struggled for awhile.

[Asher]

My endless streak of DTD players is killing me. Use the ****ing IR, teams!

[notyoueither]

Flubber isn't around, so I'll observe it was another good night for Canadian teams.

Toronto and Montreal were especially impressive. Ottawa continue to recover while Edmonton continues to Rolie along, and the forwards even pitched in.

[KrazyHorse]

Montreal's beginning to look ****ing awesome.

[KrazyHorse]

Northeast is the ****ing ****.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Flubber isn't around, so I'll observe it was another good night for Canadian teams.

Toronto and Montreal were especially impressive. Ottawa continue to recover while Edmonton continues to Rolie along, and the forwards even pitched in.

Indeed--Any win over Buffalo IN Buffalo is good - - - and as for Toronto SEVEN goals-- wow

Edmonton beating Chicago is expected-- Chicago has too many injuries to compete effectively

Ottawa? That team will make the playoffs-- I don't think they have the team to dominate or anything but they should be a solid playoff squad


In the West , Minnesota is coming back into the NW division pack-- Considering that Anaheim, Nashville, SanJose, Dallas and Detroit are looking good for playoff spots that doesn't leave a lot of room. The only "good" thing in the west is that the bottom 5 seem to be clearly the bottom 5 . .. They are not that far out of playoff contention yet but I just can't see any of them making a run for the playoffs