
We are officially eight weeks into the season and its been a good season, to say the least. The points keep rolling in and the injuries are keeping us all on our toes. The Waiver Draft has occurred in the Draft, with the players that were picked going active today. The Sheet Pool has been doing well with trades being made and teams trying to keep on top of all the injuries and cold players in the league. Keep it up!
In Week Nine, we are definitely in for a treat, as the schedule ramps it up a bit. We're now going into a season-high worth of games during the week, as 54 games will be played, 7 more than our previous high in Week Five. Hopefully we see some record numbers of points in both the Draft and the Sheet pools and maybe some good movement up and down the standings as well.
Poll Question

For Week Nine, I would like to know what bubble players for the Olympic team would you like to see make it to Vancouver in February. I tried to pick names that have been suggested as players that are not quite locks on the team, but could play their way on during the season.

Peter had a number of great performances this week, most of which would be worthy of Player of the Week honours, which will be revealed below. Joe Thornton led the way with 8 points, while Claude Giroux had 7, Pekka Rinne had 6, Vincent Lecavalier had 5 and Keith Ballard had 4. That's a pretty slick streak of players he had going on there, plus he'll be able to get rid of a pair of non-performing players this week, so that should open his team up for some good scoring.
Peter has had a number of injury problems this season, as he ranks 16th in skater games played and 9th in goaltender minutes played this season. With his new player pick-ups, he should be able to improve on his skater numbers, hopefully picking up some slack in the points-per-game column, where he ranks 13th in the pool.

The new race for one of the Winter Classic jerseys begins this week... stay tuned to the Newsletter for your scoring updates and see where your team is.

There is an honourable mention in the Basement Dweller this week, as John B. does take over the actual basement in the standings, after an 18-point week, he goes down to 17th place, only 1 point behind Chris.





Well, I've got a buttload of trades to make in the Sheet pool before the action gets going on Monday night. Those ten games will be a busy one for all us poolies that like to keep track of that sort of thing. I know I even have to make some trades this week, as I haven't really looked at my team at all this season. Yikes!
John P. continues to lead the Sheet pool after a respectable 67-point effort in Week Eight. His lead continues to shine with a 31-point gap to second place. There is still plenty of time and plenty of potential injuries that could change all of that. John has used a couple of his trades, so he is keeping good tabs on the pool.
The best week of the pool came from 2nd place, Wes... he scored 71 points in Week Eight. He moved back into 2nd after dropping down to 3rd in Week Six. He enjoyed his best week of the season thanks to Joe Thornton (8 points), Mike Fisher (6), Dany Heatley (5), Brian Campbell (5) and Mike Green (5).
The biggest move up in the pool was made by Allan, who jumped up six spots to 32nd, thanks to some big trades a couple of weeks ago. He's taking advantage of the time that was spent making some trades, opposed to the teams he is passing that haven't made trades. It's a very big advantage to have, utilizing your moves.
Keep your trades coming... you have until puck drop on Monday night to get them in for Week Nine!
Other News and Notes




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Hockey Night in Canada




The Calgary Flames will be on a roadtrip in Week Nine and their Saturday stop will be in Columbus to take on the Blue Jackets. This pair of teams has created somewhat of a good rivalry over the past couple seasons and it'll flare up again this weekend. New Waiver Draft pick-up, Anton Stralman, an ex-Flame, will show his previous team what they're missing, which does seem to be quite a bit.
In the late game, it will be the classic Northwest rivalry between the Oilers and Canucks in Vancouver. Dustin Penner and Mikael Samuelsson headline the players that were taken in the Waiver Draft in this game and they'll make their first Saturday appearance for their Draft teams. That should work out to be a great game.
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