Final, and much delayed, Omnivore Stats Confirming Scourge Win

Congrats to the Scourge for a back-to-back win on the Omnivore and a good run by the Shadowmen and Severed Heads.

ENTRY DRAFT FINALIZED...


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH 2012
TIME ` 11 AM MST LOCATION: TBD



 BC FOR THE DC...

FUNHL News and Notes

- Well the NHL playoffs are in full swing, and with a quarter finals featuring the Rangers, Devils, Kings and Coyotes I find that I really could care less.

Of the four teams I guess I have the most interest in LA and the Devils, but neither team is playing a style of game that I find anything remotely like 'watchable'.

That said, Kovalchuk is worth the price of admission. Nobody is bitching about his contract now.

One pundit on the morning radio sports show said they should change the name of the NHL playoffs to 'Goaltender' - but I think that almost misses the point. The trap is back with a vengeance, and teams are blocking 30+ shots a game each. At least we had the batshit insane Philly - Pittsburgh series to start things off. How crazy was that first round matchup? Giroux still leads the playoffs in scoring despite not having played a game since the second round.


How low has my interest dropped? I've been more invested in the Oklahoma City Thunder than any of the teams remaining in the NHL playoffs, and I have much more hate for the Heat than I do for the normally loathsome Rangers. (My prediction; OKC vs Indiana in the finals, with OKC taking it in 6 - the Thunder's best four players; Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka and Harden are the superior core, with Durant being all but unstoppable offensively. That said, the OKC will have to face the NBA's version of the trap in San Antonio next and that will likely be a tougher matchup for them than whoever eventually comes out of the East).

How to fix things? My first choice is to do what Bob Gainey suggested, make it a penalty for players to leave their feet to block a shot (i.e. no dropping to one knee or lying in front of the shot). Instantly offense would increase as more shots, and more screened shots get through to the goaltender.

- The Flames have signed this guy Roman Czervenka out of the KHL to an entry level contract, which is just an awesome move. The Flames are incredibly thin for talented pivots, and while Jokinen has rehabbed his career to become a very decent #2 center, he no longer has the offensive ability to drive things forward. Czervenka had some great stats playing with Jagr the last few years, but he also has very decent stats playing without him (over a ppg in the KHL playoffs). Undrafted originally because he was so slightly built (roughly 140lbs in his draft year), he has packed on some weight (180+) and flashed enough skill to be a potential scoring line component in the NHL. The value of this signing is that it costs the Flames nothing but cap space (which because it includes bonuses is triple what Czervenka will actually claim in salary - unless he wins a series of major awards like the Hart and Art Ross - in which case, Boo Yaa!).

- Speaking of Jagr, I expect him to resign in Philly and continue to act as Giroux's wingman of choice. His early season stats were excellent until about half way through when he had his annual groin injury-DTD period after which he dipped statistically. Still deeply weird to see him in a Flyers jersey.

-Interesting prospect draft coming up as a number of teams don't need to pick any (Brian, Mike G), while several only need one (Chris, Collin, Darrell). Perhaps not coincidentally, this looks by my estimation to be a rather weak year overall for prospects, in part because this year has already been picked over at the top end (Yakupov, Forsberg, Grigorenko, and Murray). 

Bladerunners - Promotions: Benn, Subban. Need: 0

Great Whites - Promotions: 0, Need: 4

Ramapithicines - Promotions: Neal, Wilson, Del Zotto. Need: 3

Highlanders - Promotions: Fleischmann, Eberle, Carlson, McBain. Need: 1

The Edge - Promotions: Duchene, The Nuge, Kulikov: Need: 2

Barbarians - Promotions: 0, Need: 4

Personal Vendetta - Cuts: Boychuk Kindl, Promotions: Kane, Plecanek, Need: 1

Knights Templar - Cuts: McLeod, Zucarello, Horak/Omark, Promotions: 0, Need: 0

Wolves - Cuts: Kadri, Schroeder, Promotions: Kulemin, Anisimov, Need: 4

Scourge - Promotions: Neidereitter, Myers, Need: 2

Severed Heads - Promotions: 0, Need: 4

Shadowmen - Cuts: Pulkinnen, Josefson, Promotions: 0, Need: 7

- Speaking of Murray, the Oilers brass (Lowe/Tambellini) may have been too cute by half in having Murray join the WC roster for Canada. He looked way over his head playing against NHL caliber players, and appeared to be in full panic mode the entire time. If nothing else though, it probably made choosing Yakupov all that much more obvious for them. He's now considered the clear front runner head and shoulders above the rest of the field.

- Bob and I also discussed the top probable FP possibilities (in no particular order);

Free Agents
Claude Giroux
Patrick Kane
Jonathon Quick
Anze Kopitar
John Tavares

Restricted Free Agents
Erik Karlsson
Drew Doughty
Alex Pietrangelo
Taylor Hall

Previous candidates still hanging around:
D. Sedin
H. Sedin
Ryan Getzlaf

Last but not least, you should notice that the banner of the blog has been changed to reflect the Price-Green combination that Dan didn't even really bother to use for his Predator Cup win. 


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Ugly GM#3 OT Winner PHX v CHI

Will not talk about the Torres KABOOM! on Hossa...except going out on a stretcher brought back memories for me...

Regardless, That OT goal was extra bad with sad and ugly on top

Gm#4Winner - NSH v DET

What is Detroit doing?

2012 Playoff Pool - Entry fee= $10

Hi guys, just like last year please send me a list of your player pics

20 Forwards
8 Defencemen
2 Goalies

Goalies get 1 point for win, 2 points for OT win, and 0 for loss (OT or regulation). Additionally they get 2 points for a shutout (eg. 1 point for win, 1 point for shutout). In case of OT Shutout max points equals 3.

Goals and assists are 1 point each.

You cannot pick more than five players (F,D,G) for any one team. You must pick one rookie on your team, you can pick more if you wish but please designate the rookie to fill that position as he will get double points...added twist to pool.

Please submit your teams by Saturday at noon MST at the very latest.

Entry fee this year will be $10.00 because of the recession and further if you want to enter more than one team it allows you to spend double!

Please submit your teams as soon as possible, I will try and get stats out to you on a weekly basis and I will be posting everyone's teams as soon as I can (most likely this Sunday).

So guys pick your teams wisely and I look forward to your submissions.

Congrats to the HORDES!

A Brand new Challenge Cup Winner - KUDOS to Breakenridge!

Final FunHL Stats: Making It Official Edition. Congrats to the Great Whites on 4th Predator Cup; Congrats to the Barbarians on 1st Challenge Cup

Corrected Baseline

Hey all,

Subject to Doug's confirmation, and comparison to final standings to calculate the Omnivore, these are the numbers I get for the Omnivore post-ED baseline with accurate goalie stats!

Playoffs - RND 1 Predictions

First Round Matchups
1) NYR vs. 8) OTT 1) VAN vs. 8) LA
2) BOS vs. 7) WSH 2) STL vs. 7) SJ
3) FLA vs. 6) NJ 3) PHX vs. 6) CHI
4) PIT vs. 5) PHI 4) NSH vs. 5) DET

In the East

OTT upsets NYR in 6gms
WSH upsets BST in 6gms
NJ sweeps FLA
PIT beat PHI IN 5gms

In the West
VAN gets LA in 7gms
SJ gets by STL in 7gms
PHX beats CHI in 6gms
NSH beats DET in 5gms

Predictions from bob

Congrats Dan!

Why does it happpen? Because it happens - Roll the Bones...

"Jack - Relax
Gotta kick some Gluteus Max
It's Parallax,
The small gets big - It's a Rig
It's Action - Reaction
And some random interaction
Who's to say there's a little abstraction
It doesn't matter bow -
Because He's Number One!"

"Don't go folding
Lady Luck is Golden
She favours the Bold
And that's Cold
The night plays a thousand Saxophones
So get out there (and Rock)
And Roll the Bones!"

A little abbreviated chorus to Dan and the Great Whites from Rush's "Roll the Bones" and What a draft, Some Fortune in the ED, WD1 and WD2 and some auspicious trades to seal the deal...Yup, this may be Bob's unofficial congratulations but you grabbed 1st and wouldn't let go...Well done on Predator Cup 4 especially with Green FP -MIA and Price -FP STRUGGLES THE LAST 1/3 of the season with the problems in Montreal...

Alas...Always next year!

SOWinner by Kane leaves Howard Aghast

Kane's SO winner dooms a PHX-CHI 1st RND match-up

Malkin hits 50

Art Ross Winner, Malkin hits 50 goals...

Stamkos hits 60 goals

Stamkos joins the elite 19 in the 60-goal club, first player since Ovie's 65 goals...

Clowe breaks up 3 on 2 from bench

no penalty? ouch...

Week 27 - As of Wednesday Night Stats, Quiet Night - Quiet, But Deadly

Week 27 Stats - As of Tuesday's Games: Great Whites Maintain Lead in Predator; Barbarians Take Early Lead in Challenger

NHL AWARDS AND PREDICTIONS

NHL Trophies

Hart Trophy

Who should win the Hart Trophy?

Claude Giroux
Henrik Lundqvist
Evgeni Malkin (to go along with his Art Ross)
Steven Stamkos (to go along with his Richard Trophy)
Ilya Kovalchuk

Vezina Trophy

Will anyone pick against Henrik Lundqivst for the Vezina?

Who should win the Vezina Trophy?

Brian Elliott
Henrik Lundqvist
Jonathan Quick
Pekka Rinne

Jack Adams

The Blues went from 6-7-0 to winning the Central Division under Ken Hitchcock.

Who should win the Jack Adams Award?

Ken Hitchcock
Dave Tippett
John Tortorella
Barry Trotz
Alain Vigneault
Dan Blysma

Calder Trophy

Does the No. 1 pick in the draft deserve to take home some hardware?

Who should win the Calder Trophy?

Justin Faulk
Adam Henrique
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Gabriel Landeskog
Matt Read

Norris Trophy

Will Shea Weber win his first Norris Trophy this season?

Who should win the Norris Trophy?

Brian Campbell
Zdeno Chara
Erik Karlsson
Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Weber

Selke Trophy

Which way will you go when picking the best two-way forward?

Who should win the Selke Trophy?

David Backes
Patrice Bergeron
Anze Kopitar
Jordan Staal

Best NHL GM

Mike Gillis
Dave Tallon
Brian Burke
David Chiralli
David Poile

Thoughts? Vote here and write in votes are good too...

Who comes out of the East?

NYR
PHI
PIT
NJ
OTT

Who comes out of the West?

VAN
DET
STL
CHI
LA
SJ

WHO WINS THE CUP?

NYR
VAN
PIT
PHI
NSH
STL
DET

THOUGHTS? WRITE INS?


BC

Week 26 Stats - Final Week Sees Great Whites Hold 16 Pt Lead in Predator; Challenge Cup Goes To Game 3; Herbie Destined For Knights

Week 25 Stats

Thanks again to Dan for pulling the stats for me, to Brian for doing unofficial stats, to Bob for posting the line-ups and to Sid for helping the Highlanders pull away from the basement.

Radulov makes the Chicago D look silly

Wish I had Radulov... (sorry, Doug - yes many tears)

Final LineUps: Week 27 closes the FUNHL

The Last Week - It looks like the Cavemen fighting the Hoardes for the Challenge Cup could come to end soon or entering a final game.

Meanwhile the Phantom Menace and the Shadowmen are collapsing, The Severed Heads, have hired a bounty hunter to hunt down and capture the Great Whites as Red Five seem to have created some "breathing space" with one week left. We'll see if any Drama out of the Dark occurs in the Final week

Place your Rosters here...If Emailed, they'll be posted here!

Good Luck Y'All as the season comes to an end...

Two Weeks Left - Week 26 Line-Ups

Two weeks to the End! Well, The Great Whites are holding on to 1st. The rest is up in the air...

Only the dreams and the quantum entanglement of this matrix will reveal the true results.

Emails and line-ups will be posted here...

Week 25 Gets Underway: Knights Fall To Last In Herbivore Race; Ramapithicines Have Early Lead In Challenge Cup Final

Omnivore Update - Week 24

And with the release of Week 24 stats, the most up to date Omnivore (with minor anomalies at goal) - Looks like the Scourge and Shadow will fight this one to the bitter end...

Week 24 Stats - Great Whites Lead Predator; Ramapithicines will play Barbarians in Challenge Cup Final

Week 25 Lineups

Who will be the heroes?

Omnivore Update - Week 23

As of the end of week 23, (and pending release of final stats for Week 24), these are the (approximate) Omnivore standings...

Week 24 Stat as of Saturday Night - Great Whites Extend Lead, Ramapithicines Lead Knights Late In Challenge Cup Semi

With 6 games on the NHL schedule for Sunday there is still time for the Knights Templar to make up the 6pts needed to overtake the Ramapithicines in their Challenge Cup Semi-Final, the Barbarians await.  The Great Whites have extended their lead atop the Predator Cup standings while the Edge look to reel in the Knights and escape the Herbivore's glare.

Thanks again to Bob for posting all the line-ups on the blog.  Please double check your totals and let me know if you see something off.

Huge congratulations to Chris on the latest addition to the FunHL family - Page.  Keep your stick on the ice and your head up!  Sophia, my little girl, turns 7 on Wednesday (party at Ft. Edmonton this afternoon for those of you thinking of flying in) and I can assure you Chris that the time flies by - enjoy the ride my friend!

Week 23 Stats Complete - Great Whites Continue To Lead Predator; Barbarians Sweep Great Whites In One Semi, Other Goes Distance

Hi All,

Here are Week 23 Stats.  I had a near panic over the last 20 minutes as I found another 4 inexplicable pts for the Great Whites (recall the 2pts from last week).  When I finally figured out the problem I was terrified that I had mistakenly given them some 30 unearned pts over the preceeding 20 weeks and that Dan (and everyone) was going to freak on me.  Fortunately, no.  The difference was about 3 extra pts (2 of which we noticed last week).  All is corrected now and there would have been no impact on any Challenge Cup games.

Congrats to the Barbarians, belatedly, for thier first Challenge Cup series win.  This is the most success any team has had in the Challenge Cup that wasn't really at the top of the Predator Cup Standings and is really a fantastic story (sorry Dan, but it is).  The other semi between the Ramapithicines and the Knights Templar will need to go the full three games.

With the trade frenzy over I will try and get caught up with week 24 stats ASAP and may even have them up before the week is over.  We will see - Sophia's Birthday this weekend.

Welcome back Sidney, we've missed you.

Happy Birthday Stats Guy!

Congrats to our resident stats guru and GM of the Highlanders on not only successfully orbiting the sun once again, but also reaching the refined age of being one with Life, the Universe, and Everything!

Stamkos hits 50 goals...

Steven Stamkos scored his 49th and 50th goals of the season in the Lightning’s 6–1 win over the Bruins. It’s the second 50-goal season for the 22-year-old Stamkos, who tallied 51 goals in 2009–10. Stamkos is the seventh player in NHL history to score 50 or more goals in one season at least twice before turning 23 years old. Wayne Gretzky did that an amazing five times, while Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Joe Nieuwendyk, Pavel Bure and Alex Ovechkin each had two such seasons.

Setoguchi Fails

A classic example of the luck Minnesota has had all year, embodied by this fall.

Week 24 FUNHL Line-ups

More Star Wars with the FUNHL at War. Four Weeks to go!

Line-ups from Emails will be placed here to help out Doug...

Good Luck All...

Week 22 Stats - Game One of Challenge Cup Playoffs

Sorry for the delay all.  Congrats to the Barbarians and Knights Templar for their Game One Upsets in the Challenge Cup Playoffs.  Game Two is underway now (hope to get the stats out for them soon).  On the Predator Cup side the Great Whites continue to lead (and I found 2 more pre-wk 20pts that had not registered before, not sure why, but they seem legit) but the Shadow and Heads are gaining.  The Edge make a run to escape the cellar and the Highlanders appear willing to assist - come on Sid, your team needs you!!

Thanks again (and again, and again) to Bob for posting the line-ups on the blog and for doing preliminary stats.  Much appreciated.

FUNHL Trade Deadline - Week 23 Line-ups

All the trade pursuits are NOW done and five weeks remain until the end of this season. Now clever team management will lead to success or not.

Emails and the like will be posted here...Take Care and Good Luck All...

Week 21 - Not Yet Official Stats

Hi all,

Here are the stats as of Sunday night.  Brian and I (thanks again for doing the unofficial stats) still have some minor differences: Ramapithicines (6pts in WK20), Knights Templar (7pts in WK20), Wolves (3pts in WK21) and a couple of others under 2pts - none of the differences change the races at the top of either list or the Challenge Cup playoffs so while I will still want to sort them out, for now I'm comfortable going with these as they are.

Congrats to the Great Whites for Winning the Challenge Cup regular season and congrats to the Ramapithicines, Knights Templar and Barbarians for making it to the post-season dance.

If possilbe I will try and get game one stats (aka WK 22 stats) out before the weekend.  Until then trade-lines remain open.

Not Yet Official Week 20 Stats - Some Differences With Brian's Week 20 Numbers

Brian we seem to differ with some significance on the Personal Vendetta (over a pt), Highlanders (1 pt) and Knights Templar (7 pts).  I'm just going to post these as is for now but Brian send me an e-mail if you get a chance so we can review where one (or both) of us is in error.

*Update - found the obvious errors that resulted in my previous 11pt overscore for the Highlanders, since corrected, but wasn't able to find any obvious (playing two goalies, four centers, etc) errors on the other three discrepencies.

NHL Deadline...FUNHL Week 22 Rosters

The Provisional stats came out...The Challenge Cup match is now set with the Great Whites vs the Barbarians and then Ramapithicines vs Knight's Templar (that is 1v4 and 2v3, respectively) Meanwhile, a trade frenzy ensued including buyers and sellers emerged! Wow....

The FUNHL trade deadline is next week. Official stats coming soon and Game 1 for the Challenge Cup starts tonight!

Rosters emailed will be posted here on the Blog (official site for rosters for Doug)

Two graphics this week - as there is the one ring that is precious that we chase in whatever race we may be in. The dogs of war in poker sympathy picture by Coolridge representing the trades we made or missed or benches we made or didn't...

Good Luck All in Any of the Races your in!

Malkin mimics Mario...

Enjoy...

Week 21 FUNHL Rosters

Alas, Week 21 has begun yet we do not know the stats from Week 20, hence nobody knows what's truly going on in the FUNHL other than that the top five teams are within about 40 points, or perhaps the Great Whites have pulled away some more. Their latest trade with the Scourge shall help them...

Emails sent to the league will be posted here today.

Omnivore Update

Hey all,

As requested Mike ;-)

Note the baseline stats include Monday nights games which the Actual standings do not include. Also goalie stats are marginally off but you get the idea...

Not sure what to make of the fact that we are all more or less in the positive?

Dan

Post-WD2 FUNHL Week 20 Rosters

Well, there are still Six teams (a mere 41 pt spread) in the hunt for the Predator Cup and only two Challenge Cup positions left that are not clinched mathematically. The difference between first and third is only 25 points, though the Great Whites need to be mindful of the teams behind them trying to hack at their lead are thus far unsuccessful. Now that WD2 is over, I am using the Grim Reaper logo this week. No more new players other than what is on your rosters and what trades you can endeavour to make.

Good luck all, in the trades you make, and if you don't try, it'll be over sooner than later. The Grim Reaper also represents the distinction between the contender and pretender. Again, good luck all.

Rosters will be posted here from emails.

Week 19 Stats