Wednesday Night Stats - Week 7

Bladerunners extend lead and Great Whites pass the Scourge, again, to move out of last.  The Barbarians become the latest team over the 200pt line leaving only four more teams to hit that threshold - with two more likely to do it by the end of the week.

Trade's are starting to pick-up in the NHL and none, as yet, have been concluded by Bob - see, you can do it without Bob :-)

The Shadowmen took a bit of a pause last night from trouncing the field but still have the week's best score.  They will try and get back to it tonight, no doubt.

Weak Sister Report : The Locked Out League

First off, my apologies for not reporting more often on the LOL, it's hard enough as you can imagine to produce items for the FUNHL, that doing so for the weak sister league has been all but impossible.

 That said, here is a long over-due update, that virtually nobody cares about!

 As it stands we have three clear 'tiers' in the LOL;

 High-end teams:
1. Thunderbay Murderball (9-2)
2. The Goodfellas (9-3)
3. The Calgary Crapshooters (7-4)

 Since almost the start of the year, these three teams have been absolutely killing it. Bob's Murderball team has been active in trades and on the wire in supplementing his club (sound familiar?), while the Goodfellas (Darrell's squad) has been dominant from the opening tip off with the team he essentially drafted (which sounds WAY TOO FAMILIAR!). Brian's Crapshooters have beeen a mix of both. As it stands, I'd put my money on Darrell's team, it has a deep set of talented big men (including an age defying Tim Duncan), complimented by the league's 2nd best offensive weapon in Kevin Durant.

Bob's team has relied on incredible production from three players; Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James (now traded). With the departure of James the balance on the team has improved (at least until Rondo got hurt), with the dunking machine Blake Griffin being a strong supporting cast player.

The Crapshooters are built around emerging superstar James Harden (see the 'Fear the beard' link below), but have a solid compliment of players throughout their lineup. Bob and Darrell are the class of the league, but Brian's team is right behind them.

The Mid-range teams:

The Calgary Ball-Bearings (5-6) Yeah, there is only one mid-range team, and they are technically below .500, welcome to life in the Locked Out League!

Built around Deron Williams (who has NOT justified being selected ahead of LeBron James), and Dwight Howard, the team is good enough to crush the weak, and lose to the strong.

The Walking Dead:

The Edmonton Flatlanders (4-8)
The Calgary Chumfeeders (3-8)
The Lethbridge Skywalkers (3-9)

 Ugh. For Doug, Chris Paul has been very good, but has run into just enough health problems to prevent him from being elite, and to make Doug's hair go gray. Expected to be a lynchpin forward, Andrew Bynum has yet to play a meaningful minute for the team (or even be waived). The rest of the team is a collection of rookies (Lillard, Davis), and mid-low range guys who persistently remain inconsistent enough to elevate the team into a playoff spot. Dan's Chumfeeders (team Point Guard) have some nice pieces (Irving, Westbrook), but on the whole have suffered by neglect from management (Nash is still on the bench, injured guys active in lineup, etc.). Which is what is REALLY SAD, the fact that this team can be so ignored, yet still handily beat the Skywalkers in both head to head games.

 The Skywalkers have the league's best name, and the largest collection of injuries known to afflict a squad since the dawn of time. There are exactly three players left from the roster drafted at the start of the year, and actively replacing dead star players with living waiver wire players has created a squad almost entirely of waiver wire caliber players. Not a winning strategy. I will say that two of my favourite weeks of basketball this year were in games against Brian's Sharpshooters. Both games were effectively tied late in the week, only for me to discover that in both weeks Brian had an advantage of man-games played over the rest of the way. Loved watching the scoreboard ticker for those games though.

 Some random notes;

 - Did you know that Denver Nugget Kenneth Fareid (the 'Manimal', and not coincidentally, one of my favourite players) has two Mom's?

 - Here is (the otherwise MASSIVELY SUCKING) Joe Johnson making Celtics Small Forward Paul Pierce look very, very, old 

- The Lakers are going to miss the playoffs. After signing Steve Nash AND Dwight Howard in the off-season. Mind you, Nash got hurt right away (bone contusion) and Howard has been fighting a shoulder injury on the court (and if you believe the rumours Kobe Bryant in the locker room), and now Pau Gasol appears to be done for the season with plantar fascitis. Expect more shameless ball-hoggery/chucking from Bryant as the season gets progressively more meaningless and Bryant looks to get his points.

 - Fear the Beard.

 The playoff picture for the LOL is definitely rounding into shape (the Walking Dead teams are not going to make it), and once they get going I'll do another update.
 Cameron

Tuesday Night Stats - Week 7

Only two days in and I think the Shadowmen may have won their trades - so far the Shadowmen have amassed over 22pts!

The Bladerunners hold a narrow lead atop the Predator Cup standings and the Highlanders try and regain first spot, while the Scourge had a solid night to pull back ahead of the Great Whites at the bottom of the table.

Trade lines remain open - remember, Bob isn't the only one who can fleece his fellow GMs.  The next winning trade could be yours.

Monday Night Stats - Week 7

The Bladerunners pass the Highlanders on Monday night and move into first place.  The Great Whites have an even better night and move out of last.

The Shadowmen look to have won all of their trades stealing R.Josi's 4 pt night to have the best night of anyone.

Note the Edge are down a point from last week's total (though they did get two last night) when I noticed I had them playing 4 TGs on Week 6.  That is now corrected.  No impact on their Challenge Cup game or standings.

Trade lines are open.

Week 7 Line-Ups

I guess I got this posted before Bob posted his.  The plan, however, is the same.  Please post your line-up below.


 

Final Stats - Week 6

Bladerunners have monstrously good week but the Highlanders hold on to first place by the skin of their teeth.  The Highlanders do lose their first Challenge Cup game to last year's champions, the Barbarians, falling to 4th place in the process.  The Great Whites finally win their first game of the Challenge Cup season but their solid week is not enough to lift them out of the Predator Cup or Challenge Cup basements.

As always, trade lines are open.

FunHL rule clarification, since it is becoming an issue, I just want to remind GMs that FunHL trades CAN be consumated between teams not called Shadowmen. :-)

Saturday Night Stats - Week 6

Huge weeks for the Bladerunners and the Edge so far, who join the Highlanders, Wolves and Personal Vendetta on the good side of 200pts.  Sunday's games will settle the lead, the Highlander's undefeated status in the Challenge Cup (not to mention the Great Whites' winless streak - as they hold a 3+pt lead on the Wolves heading into today's games).

Trade lines remain open.

Barkov Shootout Goal

Highlander prospect looking to up his draft stock.  For those who haven't seen it yet.

Thursday Night Stats - Week 6

Sorry for not getting stats out yesterday - forgot my flash-drive at home.

Only two teams haven't gained ground on the Highlanders so far this week.  Three more teams are poised to cross the 200pt threshold either tonight or tomorrow.  The Great Whites have pulled within 8pts of the Shadowmen (and probably would have reeled them in by now but for the trade with the Highlanders boosting their numbers).

Looks to be an exciting weekend.

Trade lines remain open.

Datsyuk is god?

Datsyuk beats them all...but detroit still lost :(

Hossa Hit...

ouch...

Tuesday Night Stats - Week 6

The Highlanders become the first team over the 200pt threshold with the Wolves leading a host of teams set to repeat the feat in the next few days.  The story of the week, though, is shaping up at the bottom of the table as the Great Whites continue their strong start to the week and are now closing in on the Shadowmen as they try and work their way out of the FunHL basement.

As always, trade lines remain open.

Monday Night Stats - Week 6

Hi guys.  Thanks Bob for tracking all of the trades and posting all the line-ups to the blog.  As always, that's a huge help.

Keen eyes will note slight changes to the totals from last week for the Wolves, the Scourge and the Highlanders.  For the Wolves, I noticed that I had them playing two goalies for week 5.  For the Scourge I did not have Mr. Johnson dressed for Mr. Myers as a player or for TG.  Both issues have now been corrected.  Neither change had any impact on the Challenge Cup games.  In addition, the Hockey gods have also taken a pt away from Mr. Eberle, this did not impact the Challenge Cup game last week either.  Not sure what Eberle did to deserve taking away his assist but hopefully he can get it back (and more) tonight.

Great start of the week for the Great Whites (specifically Giroux and Neil) as they attempt to claw their way out of the basement.

Trade lines remain open.

Week 6 Line-ups

I believe you all know the routine.

Week 5 Final Stats

Great to see Collin (and Colleen and Tiana) this weekend, even better than beating him in the Challenge Cup this week :-)

Everything clicked this week for the Highlanders, including a much-maligned defense showing up in the pts department, giving my squad the best result for Week 5 and a 15 pt lead atop the Predator Cup Standings. One good week does not a season make and 50pts still separates first from 9th.  Still, given a choice I much prefer 1st to 9th. The Challenge Cup remains very tight at the top but the Great Whites are still looking for their first win.  Time is running out as the regular season is half over as of this upcoming week.

In spite of my good week of defensive production, trade lines remain open.  Here's hoping everyone has a fun, and safe, Family Day.

Saturday Night Stats - Week 5

Looked like the '80s last night in Edmonton - perhaps it was hooking up with Collin, Colleen and Tiana at the Star Wars Exhibit - oh, or watching a 6-4 come from behind win for the Oilers against the Avs.  Crazy game and some pretty, pretty goals.

Friday Night Stats - Week 5

Well I was able to dodge the little ones long enough to get Friday's nights stats up.  Yay!

Thursday Night Stats - Week 5

By the narrowest of margins, and indeed little more than 20 pts separating 1st from 7th, complacency should not be an issue but it is still nice to see the Highlanders atop the table.

Best week so far is the last place Great Whites who, having suffered some injuries of their own, are hoping to capitalize on the Barbarian's FP injury to win their first Challenge Cup game of the year.  Still, a lot happens on the weekend.

Will try to get stats out this weekend (for the first time this season) now that I have the spreadsheet up and running - the challenge is to make sure the kiddies don't interfere with Daddy's "important work" :-).

Have a great long-weekend for those of you in Provinces that celebrate Family Day or other February holiday's this Monday.

Trade lines remain open - defense is a popular need, at least for me.

Wednesday Night Stats - Week 5

Sorry for the delay in getting Week 5 up and running.  Charlie has been ill and I have been up to my neck in an ugly, ugly (and thankfully now resolved) file.

Close inspection with show that every's totals in the first few weeks have changed ever so slightly.  Many, but not all, goalies for weeks 2-4 were inexplicably set in the spreadsheet to have a 3.85pt shutout base as opposed to the 3.75pt base.  That error has now been corrected.  Most teams lost about a point or so.  The totals are now correct and there were no Challenge Cup game outcomes that were affected.

The Birthday boy Wolves are off the the best result this week and have jumped into first place, their fine play this week is somewhat disappointing for thier Challenge Cup opponents, the Shadowmen, who are having the league's second best week.  That said, the week is still young.

Trade lines are open...

Week 5 Line-ups

Please post your Week 5 Line-ups here...

and Happy Valentine's Day...