The NHL has finished their trade deadline and ours is next Monday's line-up. The headlines in the FunHL, however, are not the usual Predator Cup horse-race (though the Highlanders have extended their lead over the last two nights of play) it is the horse-race at the bottom of the table. What a difference a week can make. The Scourge had been riding H.Zetterberg and P.Datsyuk to a big and growing lead on the last placed Edge and seemed poised to avoid a rookie season Herbivore and then the Edge woke up and made a deal for Jason Spezza. The trade is paying dividends this week to be sure but the real story is the return of players already on the Edge line-up such as O.Jokinen and A.Ovechkin. Think about this. One week ago tonight, Wednesday February 21st, the Scourge had built up a 35+pt lead. As of last night's action the Edge have pulled to within 3pts. That's how fast things can change. A caution for the Highlanders and encouragement for the Bladerunners to be sure.
The Challenge Cup playoffs open up this week with the Severed Heads hosting the Highlanders in one semi-final and the Bladerunners hosting the Shadowmen in the other. In early action it is the visitors who have the lead. As mentioned before, a win by either team would be their first ever in Challenge Cup playoff action. While both the Bladerunners and Heads have been here before and have both won Challenge Cups. Lest you think that the Challenge Cup always goes to the eventual Predator Cup winner, in three of the seven years it has been awarded the Challenge Cup winner has NOT also won the Predator Cup and on two occaisions the Predator Cup winner didn't even make the Challenge Cup final.
Milestones and notes that I had forgotten to make. The Great Whites are now an 800pt team - congrats. The Wolves have passed the Severed Heads who fall to 5th.
Following Tuesday's action, here are the unofficial stats:
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