Monday's Daily Dosage - Malkin, Neal, Blake...
by Cam Collingwood on Jan 16, 2012 9:13 AM EST
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PrintIt was Evgeni Malkin's game yesterday, he was just letting the other 39 guys enjoy the show as he had 3+2=5, GWG, plus-3, two PIMs, two PPPs & six shots. He moved up to 2nd in league scoring (just one point back of H.Sedin) but he easily leads the league in pts/gm (for players over 10 games) with 1.38.
James Neal kept the scorekeeper busy yesterday with two PPGs, plus-2, 10 PIMs & six shots. He's approaching his career best in goals (27) & shots (212) and he still has 38 games to spare.
Vincent Lecavalier has been going lately and with another 2A last night, he now has 6+6=12 over his last 11 games. He also decided he'd seen enough of the Geno-show as he sucker-punched Malkin and that landed him a solid 14 PIMs to boot.
If it wasn't for Malkin's greatness, Jason Blake would have had the fantasy line of the night with 2+1=3, GWG, plus-3 & 10 shots. He has 3+3=6 over his last six games.
Mathieu Garon gave up five on 43 shots yesterday and what started as a promising season has come off the rails as his gaa popped over 3.00 and the sv% is now below .900.
Dave Bolland with a goal last night to give him 5+2=7 over his last five.
Hawks rookie Andrew Shaw has mostly been lining up with Hossa lately and he's put up goals in three straight games. Worth a look cause he's likely available in most leagues and just pray that his dream sequence keeps going.
Tomas Vokoun has started nine in a row and doesn't appear to be tiring as he stopped 43 of 44 yesterday and is now 7-2-0, 1.96 & .940 during the run.
Taylor Hall with the GWG in OT last night to give him 6+3=9 & 41 shots over his last nine games.
The goals haven't been as frequent for Max Pacioretty lately but the shots have been so I wasn't too worried about him... he had 2+1=3 & plus-3 last night and has 47 shots over his last 12 games.
Viktor Stalberg capped off a nice week with another two points to give him 5+1=6 & 18 shots over his last four games.
Rene Bourque led all Habs forwards in ice-time (20:59) and registered four hits but was kept off the scoresheet in his debut. He played on a few different lines but was mostly paired with Tomas Plekanec.
The Leafs have sent Jake Gardiner to the AHL.
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Alex Steen
Expected to come back this week, maybe tonight. Should I pick him up?
My team:
C Kopitar, Plekanec
L Couture, Perron
R Seguin, Downie
F Malkin
W Lucic
D Weber, Campbell, Doughty, Suter
Util Visnovsky
Util RNH
G Halak, Quick
Bn Letang, Fleury, Elliott
Who do I drop? A trade takes 4 days, so I can’t swing one fast enough. I’m not dropping Halak. The guy still has only lost once in regulation since Hitch came in. My thoughts are between Visnovsky, Suter, Plekanec, Downie, Perron
Stats are: G, A, +/-, PP, PIM, GW, SOG, W, GAA, SV%, SO (Daily H2H league)
Visnovsky is a tough one to cut but he probably makes the most sense as you will have five top quality d-men with Letang coming back soon.
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I don't understand leagues with zero IR spots
you really should trade a goalie and d-man for a top forward
4 goalies and 6 d-men are to many for this setup
I personally prefer Visnovsky to Campbell or Suter (too many options in Nashville) going forward, looks like the Ducks are flying now
I guess if you have to get Steen I would drop Downie.or Suter
by MasterOfPuppets on Jan 16, 2012 10:26 AM EST reply actions
I don't understand them either
But it’s an annual bar league and we got a new commissioner this year after finding out the old one wasn’t paying out the full amount.
I’m currently trying to swing deals with Campbell and Suter, but I have no biters yet. At this point I can’t afford to trade away goaltending. In a league with no IR spots, a team with multiple injured players has to rely on goaltending stats and +/- to get wins each week. These guys have gotten me through some tough weeks. the 6 d-men are definitely too much though, even 5 is a little unnecessary, but I’m waiting until Letang comes back before cutting all the way back to 4.
My issue with dropping Visnovsky is the same as yours, but while the ducks are surging, Visnovsky has seemingly missed out. His shot totals are down, he’s 3rd/4th in minutes for d-men instead of leading them, and his points tend to come on the powerplay leaving his +/- to continuously drop.
My issue with dropping Suter is that, while he hasn’t managed to rebound from losing Weber earlier this season, it’s quite likely that with Ellis’ latest productivity, Suter could be on his way out and could prove more useful on another team.
My issue with dropping Downie is that in a time of seemingly endless injuries, Downie has singlehandedly won me the PIM category every week (though Lucic does his part to add on). However, Downie’s ice time has drop dramatically, and not just due to time in the box. If someone could let me know if he’s still playing with Stamkos and St. Louis, that’d be great, because he doesn’t seem to ever show up in the boxscores with them anymore.
NBC Sports Morons
I could not believe that I heard this from Mike Milbury & Keith Jones last night
Comparing Malkin to Marchand and giving Lecavalier a pass.
I didn’t see, and still don’t, any intent from Malkin to do anything but get clear of the hit, which he did very successfully and the only danger Vinny was in was his shoulder vs the glass.
It also sounds as if they were calling him out for not fighting Lecavalier
yeah that’s exactly what Malkin should be doing, as if the Penguins don’t have enough problems up the middle without losing their only center for the final 5 of a goal game
by MasterOfPuppets on Jan 16, 2012 10:51 AM EST reply actions
NBC HOCKEY Morons
Why is it that the NFL panels are filled with future/current hall of famers and highly distinguished retired coaches, while the NHL panels are comprised of career backup goaltenders, unskilled enforcers, and fired coaches in between jobs? I can’t stand listening to aaron ward, matthew barnaby, mike milbury, and nick kypryos criticizing skill players as if they played the same game. Skill players don’t need to fight to be valuable and they can’t seem to realize. Also, I can’t help but laugh when Glen “holes” Healy, Jamie McLennan, or Darren Pang criticize goaltending.
To cap it off, there’re guys like Pierre Maguire who have never played hockey or at least not well enough to ever get anywhere. And they attempt to criticize players and coaches. I honestly would like some big name player to refuse interviews with NBC and TSN until they fire some of these goofs (mostly Pierre, but I wouldn’t mind throwing in a few more). Anyone got Crosby’s phone#?
And just to clear up, compared to the “player analysts” I actually enjoy most of the coach-between-jobs contributions. And Marty Biron was respectable as well.
Get Gretzky a microphone… he’s not doing anything.
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I agree… I like some of the insight from the fired coaches but the former NHL players turned analysts are typically pretty weak. I’d noticed that it’s a lot of former enforcers and backup goalies but never thought that compared to the NFL there is a real lack of high-end talent amongst that group. Good point, not sure why that is. I guess we do have Roenick but I would prefer that we didn’t.
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