Final Week - Wednesday Night Stats

Week 27 Stats - As of Tuesday Night Games (Cam's switch to Dubnyk in net looks inspired, btw)

EDGE Win Challenge Cup!! (Corrected Week 26 Stats)

The Final Line-ups Week 27 - 6 Days to the End!

Please post your Week 27 and FINAL line-up for the 2014/15 Season here!

6 Days remain as there are no games Sunday, April 12.

Who will win the Predator and the own "the precious" title?

Please post your rosters here.


Thank you

Week 26 Stats as of Saturday Night's Games

NHL Quiz for Fun - Results!

1)   Which NHL player leads the league in Plus-Minus currently?

So most voters went with either high scoring teams (eg TB) or teams with stellar goaltending (Mtl, NYR and to a lesser extent Chi and StL). So with the correct answer coming from Montreal, currently placed  21^st out of 30 for Goals For, clearly the defensive benefit of Carey Price makes a huge difference. Interesting that two TB players garnered a total of 3 votes while the third, Kucherov got no love despite being in second for Plus-Minus.

Votes:

2)   At present, which NHL team(s) have the most players with 25 or more goals?

Full marks to the majority of voters who correctly identified the Tampa Bay Lightning as a team with a solid number of 25 goal scorers, specifically three. At the time of the poll, Stamkos, Johnson and Kucherov all had exactly 25 goals. What no-one correctly identified though, was the other team with three 25 goal scorers at the time, namely Columbus, with Foligno, Johansen and Hartnell! As an FYI, Pittsburgh had 2 (Malkin and Crosby) while St. Louis had 2 (Tarasenko and Backes). Other teams with 2 included Dallas, Calgary, Chicago, and San Jose.

Votes:

3)   Which NHL team currently averages the most goals scored per game?

Most were on track here, picking the Lightning as the leading team putting pucks in the net. They still sit almost 10 goals for ahead of second place Dallas. St. Louis, NY Islanders and NY Rangers round out the top five. 

4)   Which NHL team currently leads the NHL in PIM per game?

Most were bang on with this one too, with Pittsburgh getting the most sin bin time, followed by Winnipeg. Only these two teams sit above 1000 PIM so far on the season. And while the Pens lead in game misconducts, Columbus leads in major penalties. Go figure.

 

 

5)   Which player in the 2014-15 season had the most points in a single calendar month?

And

6)   How many points did that player have in that stellar month?

This was the stat that caught my attention and prompted this little quiz, as it caught me by surprise. For those who may have heard the same discussion on the Fan 960 or the blog where it was discussed, it would have been an easy one, but I would never have gotten it right myself if asked the day before. The winner? Our own Jiri Hudler, despite sitting 8^th in season points, managed to put together the hottest calendar month in March of 2015 where he amassed 24 points! Congrats to the three who got it right!

7)   After Carey Price, which goalie has the next best Save % so far this year?

Again no putting much past this crew of hockey savvy gents, most of whom correctly identified Devan Dubnyk as the likely candidate. I got a good chuckle out of hearing commentators reviewing the Edmonton situation saying that the biggest hole they need to plug to properly rebuild is in goal!

8)   Which three rookies have the most points on the season so far?

Well no surprise everyone included Flames breakout Johnny Gaudreau on this list. Most also correctly identified Forsberg as being in this group which as the most often talked about would be Calder hopeful is hardly surprising (though my money’s on Johnny Hockey). Opinions differed on who should round out the trio, with the majority tagging Aaron Ekblad for the honours. Actually it is the Senators upstart youngsters hot on the heels of the top two, led by Mark Stone who rounds out the top three.

Thanks everyone for playing along. Comments, opinions and sequels welcome!

Dan

Week 26 Stats - as of Thursday Night's Games

Potential NHL Realignment By Map

Week 25 Stats - Game One of Challenge Cup

Penultimate Lineups - Week 26

You know what to do...

What Price McDavid?

Tank Nation requires a full 82 Game commitment.

As a result, it seems all but assured that the Buffalos will get the best shot at McDavid or have to console themselves with Eichel and they can certainly use a franchise center whether of the generational or "regular" variety.

That said, there is a good chance that neither the Sabres, Coyotes, Oilers or Leafs will have the ping-pong-ball luck necessary to justify the Dishonour for Conner.  Even so, maybe the best thing for a franchise who is closer to the playoffs, say Colorado, who are already fairly strong up the middle to redeux the Lindros trade.

I don't think so but as a thought experiment, what would be the best offers a team that doesn't get McDavid could make to the team that does get him?

Week 25 - Stats as of Thursday Night's Games

Note, the Ramapithicines total is 2ps less as a player was noted to be dressing last week for both pts and +/-.  That has been corrected here.

Still, they are closing the gap in a manner I am sure is most disturbing to the Severed Heads.  The Edge hold a narrow lead in Game One of the Challenge Cup Final heading into the weekend games.

Thanks to Brian for keeping a running update while I have been

Week 24 Stats - Challenge Cup Finalists Set

Congratulations to both the Great Whites and the Edge who both advance from the Challenge Cup Semis into the Finals.  The Edge employed a unique bait and switch strategy of "Selling Out" to the Heads before crushing them - inspired!

The Severed Heads will try and console themselves by holding on to their lead atop the Predator Cup standings but with three weeks to go, the Ramapiticines have closed the gap considerably.  Another week like this last one would see their positions flip.

Note, I have had to take 4 pts from the Wolves as I had them playing a benched player for +/- last week.  Now corrected.

Also, the Great Whites will have an extra half point as a result of a TG line-up mistake that I made back in Week 22.  That will be corrected the next time stats are posted.

Week 25 Line-ups...the Suspense builds with 3 weeks to go!

Well, can the severed heads escape from the cavemen and great whites for another 3 weeks?  AND WHICH TEAMS made the challenge cup finals?

Time will tell...

Please post your Week 25 Line-ups here!

Thank you.

Face-Off (1.0)

Hey all, Going to start a new idea on the blog here, which I am going to unabashedly call Face-Off...

Periodically, GMs can post a concept or hockey related thought or question for discussion. Other GMs can then post their thoughts, and give their arguments or evidence for or against the original idea posted! So to get us started:

 Is Johnny Gaudreau's present season performance the best-ever rookie performance by a Calgary Flame? 
Why or why not? Provide evidence to back up your response! 

 

Week 23 Stats - Game Two of Challenge Cup Semi-Finals

Key of Bart: Byfuglien Bash

Youtube fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc4X31XbhrA

Michal "Freakin" Pivonka, man...

Blast from the past...

Week 24 Line-ups and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Week 24 Rosters are due.

Happy St.Patrick's Day!

Happy FUNHL birthday to Noble Doug who does the stats.

And I believe the Severed Heads are still in first; so... dedicate this line-up poster to Dan and Corey!

Good Luck All!

Please post your week 4, I mean, Week 24 line-ups here!

Thank you

To all of those chasing the Severed Heads....