1/30/2009
The Return of Z
He still has a ways to go to reach 10 on the season, but the Zednik tally above is definitely a candidate for goal of the year.
Note, of you have any nominations for GOY feel free to post them to the blog, or e-mail them to me and I can do so for you. I'll re-post the finalist candidates at the end of the season and we can put it to a vote.
In other news, Phil Kessel returned from his bout of Mono earlier than anyone (especially his GM) expected, and registered a pair of assists in his first game back after missing 6 games. Heads mgt had been expecting a month long layoff and a slow return to form after that, so this is definitely good news.
The best news (for everyone but the Personal Vendetta) is that both Lidstrom and Zetterberg were suspended for a game for skipping the All-Star game. The three Red Wings on the PV roster have been absolutely killing it lately and any kind of slow-down in their production is a godsend to the teams chasing him.
John Tavares seems to have responded well to his new team-mates in London, as he has been blitzing the opposition routinely since he arrived and has regained his status atop the OHL scoring leaders including goal a game production rate overall, and a ridiculous 13 goals in his first 7 games (to go with 7 assists for 20 points) as a London Knight. Chances of him not being the first player picked in next years NHL-ED are growing smaller each day.
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GOY... to confirm = "Goalie of Year"
I'd have to nominate Backstrom-MIN and Nabokov-SJ. I'd be thrilled with one of those 2 guys. Mason-CBS should probably be on there re. NHL - but he hasn't been used as a FUNHl goalie.
And I forgot Thomas-BST of course...
To be sure, GOY is 'Goal of the Year'!
The best 'Goal' of the year will be voted on, not goalie. Nobody gives a crap about goaltenders except when they get beat.
Maybe we can do a 'save' of the year for those highway robberies that are too amazing to ignore?
Even better is I come up with something witty or droll to describe to rename the awards. I'll work on it.
Whoops, interpreted acronym wrong. Me brain dead, long week and not even over as running a course tomorrow on how to handle behaviors of concern (which maybe I shouldn't do when I feel like strangling people).
Ok.. should have figured out "GOY' correctly when talked about as part of article about guy scoring a nice goal. LOL ;-)
Hmm, Goal of the year...well, not Iggy's in the All Star game. Will think on this.
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