
Through 15 weeks, we've seen lots of ups and downs, lots of points and some good times. Now we come upon Week Sixteen and we're in for an interesting week. The Draft will see the second Waiver Draft take place and the race for the second jersey is now on and it's coming down to the wire. This is really what the season is all about... some really good times, right?
Last year, there was some pretty good movement in the Draft throughout the season and then there was a dramatic pass for the lead with about a month to go, which was exciting. It really looks like we're in for that sort of thing again, as Leon stormed out in front and is now slowly getting reeled in by the teams below him, setting up for another excellent finish. John B. had himself a lead for 14 weeks before letting go with six weeks to go last year and Leon has already been ahead for 12 weeks... so maybe we're in for a pass really soon. His lead is 29 points, so I don't think its coming too soon anyways.
We have ourselves a new team in 2nd place, as Wayne leapfrogged both Wes and Dale C. to take over the next best money spot, so that's pretty interesting news. The gap between 2nd and 6th is only 14 points and you can drop down another 7 points to get to 7th. This is great, especially with the Waiver Draft going this week, just to make things even tighter.
Stay tuned to the blog... the news just keeps on coming.
Poll Question

In the second poll, I wanted to know which of the available players for the Draft you would have preferred to have picked for your team and that was a little more spread out. Boston's Tuukka Rask was the most desired player out of 8 votes, taking 3 of them in the week. He's getting some pretty good minutes with the Bruins this season, as he's a reliable compliment to Tim Thomas in the starting role.
For Week Sixteen, I would like to know how much of an effect the Olympics will have on the back end of the season. I started to think, the Olympic Break is only a few weeks away, meaning there will be a good chunk of the season left to play afterwards. What kind of effect will that have on the players, teams and most importantly, the pool?

Helping to pick up all of those for him this week was Jonas Hiller (8 points), Henrik Sedin (7), Daniel Sedin (6), Kristian Huselius (5) and Jarret Stoll (4). I think you should be able to figure out why he's been able to shoot up the standings with big weeks of late, it does seem to correspond with the return of a certain twin brother returning from injury. Amazingly, Dale does have two players on his active roster that were not able to score, so it could be a reasonable bet to say that they could be dropped in order to reach the top.
Statistically speaking, Dale's skaters are really picking up the pace, but they have lacked in games played due to injury. They rank 3rd in points-per-game at 0.689 ppg, but rank 14th in total games played with 457. The importance of remaining healthy. In goal, he has a very busy tandem, which rank 4th in minutes played and 4th in points-per-60 minutes. Any big improvement to his team could have him in the money by the end of the last 10 weeks.




With the big week, Hiller jumps up to 76th in pool rankings with his 34 points this season, which also ranks him 18th among all goalies in the league this year. That's a pretty good deal for being picked in the 5th round, 70th overall.

The Sheet pool still has some life left in it, as there is still some pretty good movement in the pool in Week Fifteen. Sure, John P. did extend the lead a little bit and passed the 1,000-point mark this week, but since there is still 11 weeks left in the pool, there's still plenty of time for a new leader to come about. Saying that though, Week Sixteen was a clinching week in last year's pool, because the top three did not change after that week. There was some movement in the last few weeks for 4th and 5th spot, the last two money spots, so there is some hope there. I'm hoping that we see something a little different this year.
It was another astronomical week in Week Fifteen, as Carl D. soared above the rest of the pool with a 95-point week, which cleared the previous best of 90 points, which Wes M. had in Week Thirteen. Carl has yet to make a trade in the pool this year and it looks like his patience paid off a bit with this huge week. Needless to say, a week like that was also going to make him the biggest mover up the ranks, as he moved from 16th to 10th in the week.
Moving into the money, as a notable achievement was one of Scott G.'s teams, which leaped from 9th to 5th with a big week. He knocked Caterina F. from the money for the time being, but that 5th spot has changed hands for several weeks in a row, which is great for competition. Keep it up, teams!
Other News and Notes








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Hockey Night in Canada




HNIC will have the Senators in Montreal to take on the Habs in the early game across the network. That game will likely have some playoff implications to it, but not as many pool implications, since most of the players taken from Ottawa in the Draft are injured at the moment. How harsh is that?
In the late game, the Penguins will be in Vancouver to take on the Canucks, which should see a large number of Olympians battle it out for a night. You have to expect that game will be a real good one. I'm sure the CBC is salivating at the promos... Crosby versus Luongo.
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