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Well, we are aboot a quarter of the way into the season, and it looks like you can put the teams into 4 categories.
In the elite league by themselves are the Karate Kids. by the red-belt combo of Chuck & Chuck, these two have ridden Ziggy Palffy and the all or nothing goaltending of Montreal's Thibault and Garon, and Phoenix's Sean Burk. Theodore's 4 shutouts (5 overall) and 17 goalie wins have allowed him to sweep the goaltending categories almost on a weekly basis. While Goal scoring has been average to good- the Kids have been cleaning up in assists and the other minor categories - like powerplay points and +/-.
In the second Tier, these clubs have excelled in specific categories to win a majority of their match ups. They are all within 5 points of each other for 2nd through 5th place
Drury's Revenge- Riding Robert Lang and Sergei Federov, this team has excelled on the power play and received timely short handed points- Weaknes- +/- has been an issue and goaltending sucks. Best hope is that Cujo gets traded somewhere wher ehe can start 2 or more games per week
Clumpy Clump's ( with Bill Guerin & 3 stud goalies) Guerin, Glen Murray, the suprising Mike Knuble, and the recently traded Steve Konowalchuck have guiven this team some scoring punch. His goalie rotation of Eshe (phi) Osgood (StL) and Mikka Nooronen have been providing - 22 wins & 5 SO's Weakness- Not a lot of Penmalty minutes from this line up-
Dozerdogs 12 players ranked in the top 101 players - including Ilya Kovelchuck(leage scoring leader) the top 2 goons (Sean Avery and Chris Simon- 162 mins between them) and league leading G Aeibischer (13 wins). Weakness- Goaltending- after Aebischer's wins- they haven't performed well- with a high GAA and low save %. Has yet to register a short handed point this season.
Buffalo Transplant has received solid efforts from Mark Messier, Pavel Datsyuk. Forsberg has been an animal in games he can stay healthy for- 5 goals, 14 assists in only 11 games. Weakness- Goaltending- 4 headed monster with the best goalie- J Thibault on IR. If he can get him back and clear out the other 3 career back-ups, and keep Forsberg healthy- this could be a tough team.
Tier 3, the
In the elite league by themselves are the Karate Kids. by the red-belt combo of Chuck & Chuck, these two have ridden Ziggy Palffy and the all or nothing goaltending of Montreal's Thibault and Garon, and Phoenix's Sean Burk. Theodore's 4 shutouts (5 overall) and 17 goalie wins have allowed him to sweep the goaltending categories almost on a weekly basis. While Goal scoring has been average to good- the Kids have been cleaning up in assists and the other minor categories - like powerplay points and +/-.
In the second Tier, these clubs have excelled in specific categories to win a majority of their match ups. They are all within 5 points of each other for 2nd through 5th place
Drury's Revenge- Riding Robert Lang and Sergei Federov, this team has excelled on the power play and received timely short handed points- Weaknes- +/- has been an issue and goaltending sucks. Best hope is that Cujo gets traded somewhere wher ehe can start 2 or more games per week
Clumpy Clump's ( with Bill Guerin & 3 stud goalies) Guerin, Glen Murray, the suprising Mike Knuble, and the recently traded Steve Konowalchuck have guiven this team some scoring punch. His goalie rotation of Eshe (phi) Osgood (StL) and Mikka Nooronen have been providing - 22 wins & 5 SO's Weakness- Not a lot of Penmalty minutes from this line up-
Dozerdogs 12 players ranked in the top 101 players - including Ilya Kovelchuck(leage scoring leader) the top 2 goons (Sean Avery and Chris Simon- 162 mins between them) and league leading G Aeibischer (13 wins). Weakness- Goaltending- after Aebischer's wins- they haven't performed well- with a high GAA and low save %. Has yet to register a short handed point this season.
Buffalo Transplant has received solid efforts from Mark Messier, Pavel Datsyuk. Forsberg has been an animal in games he can stay healthy for- 5 goals, 14 assists in only 11 games. Weakness- Goaltending- 4 headed monster with the best goalie- J Thibault on IR. If he can get him back and clear out the other 3 career back-ups, and keep Forsberg healthy- this could be a tough team.
Tier 3, the
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