1/11/2009

Week 15 Line-ups


{The Week 15 Shadowmen Line-up contains scenes of violence, coarse language and suggestive material; viewer discretion advised...}

Highlander commentary on the Shadow's FP swap -> "bob , the also-ran":

Fantastic trade Cam. Malkin and Luongo for the next decade. Nice.

You lose at left, draw or win at center, give up pts and toughness on D and, even if injured until the WD, still win now in net. Futures it is no contest - Luongo is a top fp and is still early in his Hall-destined career. Barring any concerns about Luongo's groin long-term, this is a Severed Heads coup.

Cam doesn't even cripple his run this year and with Heatley (an fp slot reserved for Malkin) and Tavares (no longer destined to be a Severed Heads fp) the Predator Cup is very much in view for this season. Well done sir.

Bob gets what? Elias is having a great year but is he really on the same fp level as Luongo? No, but it is still a win for now on left. Maybe Lecavalier turns it on in the second half and outshines Savard so let's presume a win at centre too. Bieksa is a win on D and in the tough guy department as well. With Luongo still hurt, you can - if you squint really hard - see how your goaltending can survive the hit in net for the short term. Still, was this the best that Luongo could garner?

The problem, IMHO, for Bob is that Bob is not in the fight for the Predator Cup this year, in part because he has been rebuilding since his last cup win. He's been fighting the future so long that he's now fighting the recent past and the distant past is on the sched for next season. So if this was a trade for this year the goal is what? A top-3 finish? Luongo is a lot to give up for a few places in the standings.

As for the future? Did he even get a Tavares for the top-rated goalie fp in the league? No. What he got was another in a long line of mediocre fps to replace next season. The The nailed it: "And the whole, goddamn thing starts all over again." Last season with the acquisition of fp Luongo and prospect Backstrom the Shadowmen suggested that the was a new commitment to ending the culture of mediocracy surrounding the team - so much for that dream.

The Shadowmen will finish ahead of many teams this year. Bob is too solid on draft day and too on top of day-to-day changes to fall in the standings to the basement but there is clearly no plan to challenge the top franchises in a serious, ongoing way - which is disappointing because the Shadowmen should be a perenial contender and they are just a perenial also-ran that make frequent trades.


The Joker playing with his deck of cards and playing Russian roulette with Sylar and then asks him, Why so serious? Is it because YOU HAVE NO PATIENCE!?

The Shadowmen finally blows the injured FP LUONGO [again] out the Airlock [perchance a wee bit too early?]...Sylar needing that trade fix like a heroin junkie may cause the Shadow pain long-term because of that trade with the return of FP ELIAS [again]...Sylar then makes a trade with one of his harsher critics [see above for the critique of the bob the also-ran], we'll see about that one...Moriarty wonders about that too...

22 comments:

Moriarty said...

The Edge Week 15 Line-Up

Drop Zubov to promote Eminger

L - Ovechkin, Stempniak, and Prospal bench Kariya (dead)
C - Thornton, Jokinen, and Gomez bench Modano
R - Frolov, Cogliano and Laperriere bench Miettinen
D - Ohlund, Seabrook, Aucoin, Gleason, Eminger and Seidenberg
bench Schneider and Exelby
G - Nabokov bench Boucher
TG - Laperriere and Ohlund
+/- None

Moriarty said...

No Changes for Week 15 Lost Boys Roster

X=BENCH
TG=TOUGH GUY
NO +/-

Lost Boys
Week 15 Line-Up

KOVALCHUK-ATL
NASH-CBS
Zajac-NJ
Smyth-COL X

Langkow-CGY
M.Koivu-MIN
Nylander-WSH
Brind'Amour-CAR X

Bouchard-MIN
Gionta-NJ
Higgins-MTL X
Samuelsson-DET

Blake-SJ TG
Kubina-TOR
Rivet-BUF X
Leopold-COL
Ranger-TB
Johnsson-MIN
Poti-WSH X
Hamhuis-NSH TG

Giguere-ANA
Ellis-NSH X



INJ RESERVE

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Vermette-L OTT P3)
Lee-D OTT (P3)
Vishnevskiy-D DAL (P3)
Wishart-D TB (P3)
Rask-G BST (P3)
Bailey-C NYI (P1)
Boedker-R PHX (P1)

Edge 2nd 09-10
minus none

Moriarty said...

SEVERED HEADS WEEK 15 LINE-UP

Welcome back to Mr. Luongo, once upon a time he was an RFA goaltender of the Severed Heads before he was poached by the Shadowmen. Fitting then he should return to us in a deal with the Shadowmen.

L: Heatley-Ott FP, Naslund-NYR, Hartnell-Pha RFA TG / Wolski-Col

C: Malkin-Pit RFA, Savard-Bos, Roy-Buf / Sundin-Vcr RFA

R: Satan-Pit, Neil-Ott TG, Havlat-Chi RFA / Afinogenov-Buf RFA

D: Timonen-Pha, Kronwall-Det, Letang-Pit, Hainsey-Atl RFA, Kuba-Ott RFA, Picard-Ott / White-NJ, Bergeron-Min RFA

G: Luongo-Vcr FP / Osgood-Det

Cameron said...

I am going to leave Bob's reply to Doug's screed in the body of the message and move Bob's lineup to comments (where it belongs - I hate lineups on the main page - but maybe that is just me).

That said, I had a couple of comments regarding Doug's screed myself.

First, it is incorrect to assume that Malkin will replace Heatley. Mgt still adores the big power winger even though he hasn't been on pace for his typical 55goal 100pt season this year. It is in fact Luongo's spot that will be vacated to make room for Malkin. Heatley's time as an FP will run out when Tavares matures enough to take his role.

Secondly, given that Luongo was injured and that Bob recieved back an FP in the top 10 in scoring, the trade makes sense on its face. The fact that Luongo has greater future value (assuming good health) is something that Bob (and his dark minion the Joker) will no doubt wrestle with - but the fact is that the Shadowmen have rarely if ever given themselves to long term planning. They have two cups and field a competitive squad year in and year out so its not like this has been a fatal flaw for them.

Cameron said...

However, the Joker gets some pleasure in taking his knife to Kobasew's mouth and making it look more like "Kold Kuts"...dropping bloody bratwurst Kobasew-BST RW TO THE WAIVER WIRE. Eriksson-RW DAL P3 IS FINALLY PROMOTED.

Week 15 Shadowmen Line-up

LW
Gagne-PHI
ELIAS-NJ FP
Burrows-VAN RFA TG
BENCH: Brunette-MIN

C
Lecavalier-TB
Carter-PHI RFA
White-ATL
BENCH: Briere-PHI

RW
ST. LOUIS-TB FP
Kovalev-MTL
Eriksson-DAL P3
BENCH: Svatos-COL RFA

D
O'Brien-VAN RFA TG
Bieska-VAN
Edler-VAN RFA
Vlasic-SJ
Yandle-PHX RFA
Tyutin-CLB RFA
BENCH: Ference-BST
Boucher-PIT RFA

G
Smith-TB
BENCH: Auld-OTT

TGs: BURROWS, O'BRIEN

NO +/- PLEASE

PROSPECTS:
Eriksson-R DAL P3, promoted
Kindl-D DET P1
Dupuis-LW PIT P1
Purcell-RW LA P1
Pesonen-LW PIT P1
Hodgson-C VAN P1

PICKS 09/10
minus my 1st
plus Severed Heads 1st, 2nd
Bladerunners 1st
Great Whites 2nd
Thank you.
Moriarty for the Shadowmen [arm in sling]

Scourge said...

LW - Sharp Chi, Versteeg Chi , Vanek Buf RFA / O'Sullivan LA RFA
C - Spezza Ott FP , Richards Dal FP, Richards Phi / Drury Nyr
RW - Ryan Ana P3, Guerin NYI , Cheechoo SJ / Bertuzzi CGY

D - Campbell Chi, Boyle SJ, Mondator Ana (TG) (+/-), Hamrlik Mtl RFA, Robidas DAL RFA, Mara NYR(TG) / Barker CHI RFA ,Enstrom ATL

G - Theodore Wash RFA / Fleury PIT RFA



IR... Selanna ANA RW


Pouliot-L MIN (P3)
Ryan-R ANA (P3)
Tlusty-L TOR (P2)
vanRiemsdyk-L PHI (P2)
Brunnstrom-L DAL (P1)
Hornqvist-R NSH (P1)
Winchester-R OTT(P1)
Hickey-D LA (P1)




plus none 09-10
minus 3rd 09-10

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Red Five said...

The much altered, post-apocalypse trade with the Severed Heads, Great White lineup:
(barring further trades)

LW Parise (NJ), A. Kostitsyn (Mtl), Naslund (NYR) Bench: Hagman (Tor)
C Staal (Car) - FP, Demitra (Van), Sundin (Van) - RFA Bench: Koivu (Mtl) - RFA
RW Sykora (Pit) , Boll (Cbs) - RFA - TG, Horton (Fla) Bench: Satan Pit
D Hainsey (Atl) - RFA, Meszaros (TB), Rozsival (NYR) Bench: Johnson (Chi)
D Letang (Pit), Ballard (Fla) - RFA - TG, Oduya (NJ) Bench: Hunwick (Bos)
G Lundquist (NYR) - FP Bench: Valiquette (NYR) - RFA

TG Ballard (Fla) , Boll (Cbs)
+/- None


Prospects:
Esposito C (Atl) - P3
Staal C (Pitt) - P3
Alzner D (Was) - P2
Price G (Mtl) - P2
Tavares C (OHL) - P2
Comeau L (NYI) - P1
Couture C (SJ) - P1
Lepisto D (Was) - P1

PrD picks
Minus: 1st, 2nd
Plus: Edge 3rd, SH's 3rd

Cameron said...

As Bob would say, 'Fight the Future';

L: Heatley-Ott FP, Semin-Wsh, Hartnell-Pha RFA TG / Wolski-Col

C: Malkin-Pit RFA, Savard-Bos, Roy-Buf / Plekanec-Mtl

R: Kessel-Bos P3, Neil-Ott TG, Havlat-Chi RFA / Afinogenov-Buf RFA

D: Timonen-Pha, Souray-Edm, Kuba-Ott RFA, Kronwall-Det, Doughty-LA P1, Picard-Ott / White-NJ, Bergeron-Min RFA

G: Luongo-Vcr FP / Osgood-Det

Prospects:

Frolik-R FLA (P3)
Skille-R CHI (P3)
Sanguinetti-D NYR (P2)
Leino-L DET (P1)
Hall-C OHL (P1)
Caputi-R PIT (P1)
Karlsson-D OTT (P1)
Doughty-D LA (P1) promoted
Kessel-R Bos (P3) promoted

Cameron said...

Based on the rumour he may in fact be ready to play Tuesday, Heads activate Bergeron-D Min RFA and bench Picard-D Ott.

I promise that is the last change today. At least until I need to make another.

Templar said...

Knights Week 15

L - Chimera Cbs, Kunitz Ana, Lucic Bos RFA TG / Tanguay Col FP INJ

C - Kopitar LA P4, Ribiero Dal, Arnott Nsh / Dubinsky NYR

R - Kane Chi P2, Backes StL TG, Zherdev NYR / Hejduk Col FP

D - Rafalski Det, Weber Nsh RFA, A. Markov Mtl, Burns Min, Martin NJ RFA, Mitchell Van / Sarich Cgy, Wallin Car

G - Bryzgalov Pho RFA / Budaj Col

V for Vendetta said...

Week 15:

LW: Datsyuk-DET; Cammalleri-CGY; M. Michalek-SJS (RFA) / Ruutu-CAR (RFA)
C: Zetterberg-DET (FP); Lang-MTL (RFA); Stajan-TOR / Stastny-COL (P3)
RW: Huselius-CBJ; Knuble-PHI (RFA); Zubrus-NJD / Hemsky-EDM
D: Lidstrom-DET (FP); T. Kaberle-TOR; Zidlicky-MIN / Z. Michalek-PHX
D: Suter-NSH (RFA); Spacek-BUF (RFA); Keith-CHI / Commodore-CAR
G: Backstrom-MIN / Vokoun-FLA (RFA)
TG: Suter, Knuble
+/-: None

Prospects:
C-Stastny-COL (P3) - promoted
G-Harding-MIN (P3)
D-M. Staal-NYR (P3)
C-Turris-PHX (P2)
R-Downie-TB (P2)
D-Bogosian-ATL (P1)
R-Brule-EDM (P1)
L-Sterling-ATL (P1)

2009 PrD:
- minus 2

Moriarty said...

Changes to the Lost Boys due tofact LW FP NASH ON IR...SMYTH WILL PLAY IN HIS PLACE ON LW...

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HIGHLANDER RE-RE-REVISED WEEK 15 LINE-UP

Barring any trades or other changes (and there seem to be a few of both currently brewing) here is my line-up for Week 14.

LW - Malone TB rfa, Whitney CAR, Mueller PHO p3 / Franzen DET rfa

C - Crosby PIT fp, Marleau SJ, Little ATL p2 IR / MacDonald STL rfa

RW - Boyes STL, Doan PHX (tg), Setoguchi SJ p2 / Prust CGY

D - Green WAS p3, Streit NYI, Jovanovski PHX, Bouwmeester FLA, Coburn PHI (tg), Quincey LA / Sekera BUF, Carle PHI rfa

G - Clemmensen NJ / Brodeur NJ fp

TG – D Coburn PHI, RW Doan PHO

+/- - none

IR - Bergeron BOS rfa,

prospects
p3 - D Green WAS (promoted), LW Mueller PHO (promoted), RW Okposo NYI
p2 - C Little ATL (IR activation), RW Setoguchi SJ (promoted), D Franson NSH, G Bernier LA

2009 PrD
+ Shadowmen 1st

Bladerunner said...

Bladerunners - Week 15

What a crazy day...barring any last second trades:

L: bench Avery

C: bench Weight

R: bench V.Kozlov

D: bench Pitkanen, Girardi

G: bench Ward

TGs: Voros, Hossa

+/-: NONE

Moriarty said...

Wolves Week 15 Line-up

LW - Clowe SJ, Hudler P2 DET, S Kozlov RFA ATL / Sturm Bos rfa inj

C - Toews CHI P3, Antropov RFA Tor, Krejci Bos, / Grabowski TOR

RW - Voracek CBS P2, Clarkson RFA NJ, Hunter NYI / Gaborik MIN FP

D - Phanuef CAL rfa TG, Pronger ANA FP, Wideman Bos, Gorges Mtl +-, Erhoff RFA SJ, Harrold LA RFA/ Gonchar PIT inj, Salo Van RFA inj

G - Kipprusoff CAL/Biron PHI P4

TG : Phanuef CAL, Clarkson NJ

plus minus: Gorges Mtl +-

Moriarty said...

THE RAMAPITHIC WEEK 15 LINE-UP:

L: Erat NSH, Carcillo PHX, Tkachuk STL rfa / Parrish DAL
C: Getzlaf ANA, Connolly BUF rfa, Horcoff EDM rfa / Pavelski SJ
R: Perry ANA rfa, Brown LA rfa, Holmstrom DET / Kennedy PIT
D: Chara BOS, Giordano CAL, Redden NYR / Van Ryn TOR rfa
Niedermayer.S ANA, Liles COL, McCabe FLO / Lukowich SJ
G: Thomas BOS / Turco DAL
+/-: Chara BOS
TG: Carcillo PHX
Getzlaf ANA


FPs: Chara BOS
Turco DAL

Prospects
C: Hensick COL (2)
Brassard CBS (3)
Matthias FLO (1)
R: Pominville BUF (3)
Williams.Jus CAR (1)
D: Russell CBS (2)
Johnson.J LA (3)
Johnson.E STL (3)

Picks
+ Scourge 3rd, PV 2nd
- none

Moriarty said...

LOTS OF TRADES PLAGUE WEEK 15 ROSTERS AT THE LAST MINUTE...

NOW, ALL 12 TEAMS HAVE THEIR ROSTERS HERE WITH ADJUSTMENTS ETC...

ENJOY.

GOOD LUCK.

Moriarty said...

As posted on the blog earlier, the complete Bladerunners Week 15 Line-up.

Doug – changes this week:

· Umberger in at C (Weight benched)

· Grebeshkov in at D (Pitkanen benched)

· Miller in at G (Ward benched)

· Hossa replaces Pitkanen as TG

LINEUP

L: D.Sedin-VAN, Dumont-NSH, Voros-NYR TG // bench Avery-MIA

C: Backstrom-WSH (P3), H.Sedin-VAN, Umberger-CBS (RFA) // bench Weight-NYI

R: IGINLA-CGY (FP), HOSSA-DET (FP) TG, Alfredsson-OTT // bench V.Kozlov-WSH (RFA)

D: Whitney-PIT (RFA), Goligoski-PIT (RFA), Corvo-CAR, Visnovsky-EDM, Gilbert-EDM (RFA), Grebeshkov-EDM, // bench Pitkanen-CAR TG, Girardi-NYR (RFA)

G: Miller-BUF (RFA) // bench Ward-CAR

TGs: Voros + Hossa

+/-: None

PROSPECTS

Backstrom-C WSH (P3) promoted

Gagner-C EDM (P2)

Stamkos-C TB (P2)

Giroux-R PHI (P2)

Oshie-R STL (P2)

Berglund-C STL (P1)

Filatov-C CBS (P1)


PROSPECT PICKS 09-10

plus Wolves 2nd,3rd

minus 1st ,3rd