Heading Into the Weekend of Week Four

Well, it's that time again... the weekend... the best time for points in the pool. Only four games tonight, 13 on Saturday and two on Sunday. Let's see who's in line for the weekly honours...

Player of the Week Candidates...
There are three Oilers in line this week... Jarret Stoll leads the three with six points, while Ales Hemsky and Petr Sykora each have five points a piece. The Oilers will host the road-weary Capitals in the second-half of the doubleheader on CBC, so an Oiler has a good shot at the award.
Ilya Kovalchuk looks to be back in form, now a month into the season. He has six points this week and will have a tough task against the Sabres on Saturday. Good thing he has Slava Kozlov (with four points) to help him out a bit.
The last line of defense against those Thrashers, Ryan Miller, also has six points this week and a win would bring him up to eight... good standing for the award. An unlikely shutout would almost guarantee that honour.
Finally, the last great hopes come from the capital... Jason Spezza (six points), Joe Corvo (six points) and Dany Heatley (five points) will all have a shot at the title. After the performance they put on against Toronto this week, it finally looks like all systems are go for the Sens. You almost feel sorry for the Bruins, their opponent on Saturday.

The Mover and Shaker candidates
It would have to take a landslide for Derek Wyllie to not fall from this high distinction this week. Finally, with Ottawa making waves in the pool, Derek has jumped into the Top 20. If all seven Senators he has on his team keep up this new torrid pace, he'll have a good shot at some big money down the stretch. His current move is sitting at 16 spots... second, Dieter has moved only 8 spots up.

Basement Dweller candidates
Two teams, Rob and Caterina have dropped eight spots in the standings this week, while Mike Windsor and Gerald have both dropped seven spots. Nobody really wants to have this distinction on this page, especially Caterina... it'll clash with her M&S award she's already picked up this year. If there is a tie for the biggest drop, the lowest point total in the week will clinch it.

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