


In total, Sedin finished with 2 goals and 6 assists in four games played this week, picking up points in every game in the week, starting a 4-game point streak of his own in the process. An assist against Montreal on Monday, followed by another apple against Winnipeg on Wednesday, just before the goal and 4 assists against Chicago on Saturday and then finally, another goal against New Jersey on Sunday night.
This brings his season total up to 7 goals and 14 assists in 22 games this season, just a point shy of a point-per-game average. This has him ranked 24th overall in pool scoring, hardly showing any signs of slowing down at 35 years old.
Clayton snagged Henrik with the 77th overall pick in the draft, down in the 3rd round, and has seen a pretty good bargain come out of this pick. By virtue of his ranking, he could have been a 1st round pick this year, finding somewhat of a bounce back year under his belt.


Five more of his players finished with 3 points a piece, which by my count, already has his total up to 30 points through seven players and then he got some nickels and dimes through the rest of his lineup, making good use of that spare change.
Only two of his players failed to get points in the week, neither were by injury, as his team is working at a fairly healthy pace. His team ranks 4th in skater games played, only four games back of top spot and 6th in goalie minutes played, a few games off the pace there.
So, how good was that week? John's team jumped up from 7th to 2nd place, giving hope to many teams that are in the top 10, dreaming of money spots. There isn't a great deal of separation, which is good news for those teams looking to be competitive through the Waiver Draft and this huge jump is possible, with a lot of teams having quite a bit of unrealized potential in their lineups yet.

This is Grant's second time in the Basement, the first time coming in Week Five, where he dropped down to 24th place and this time, a couple weeks later, his team now sits in 26th spot.
Injuries and a bad gamble are to blame for his drop-off in the standings, as his side has three injuries, an illness and a consistent healthy scratch on his team at the end of the week, the injury to his goalie has lasted much longer than expected, another injury on the Injured Reserve for a while yet. Obviously, the Waiver Draft can't come too quickly, but what is he going to do?
Rookie scoring. That's what he's going to do. Spoiler alert.

Both John and Neil, tied with 173 points, are only 5 points behind Dale, as the race for the bobblehead trophy is staying relatively hot, unlike last year. John S. and Jeremy are 6 points out of the money talk, but one good week and they could be right in the thick of it, as John P. showed us this past week.

Troy, who sits in 2nd place in this pool, is 6 points better than Ryan overall, so it will be interesting to see how the week plays out, who gets the better pick next week to improve their standing here.

It's going to be another busy week, with 47 NHL games on the docket, so these eight teams will likely have ample opportunity to stay in this pool. It will be the All-Star weekend, when teams will really sweat it out, which isn't too far away... Week Twelve, I do believe.

Wes' side will likely be looking for some big minutes at the Waiver Draft, sitting in 25th spot after Week Seven, so this could be a runaway pool before it's all said and done.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
It was a great week for scoring, as we hit a season-high in overall points collected with 614 in total, just a shade better than 13 points per NHL game on the schedule. Remarkably, we were down in participation from both our skaters and goalies, so the scoring rates were much better than per NHL game played at each position. That's good news, right? Let's hope that the trend continues upwards.
Likely thanks to Wes' goon squad, the time spent in the box was up over 500 minutes as a group, picking up 511 PIM in total in Week Seven. That number is expected to increase as the weeks go on, specifically when we add the goons from the Waiver Draft in Week Ten.
NEWS AND NOTES

Gerbe is a candidate for a drop for Stacey M.'s team, as he has only produced 3 points in 20 games this season, not a great start to the year. Stacey's team is in the middle of the pack, so a good Waiver Draft pick could still boost her team into the conversation.

Kristy & Don are sitting in limbo, down in 23rd place in the standings. Their team isn't really in the mix for any of the mini-games and they're well off the pace for the big money, but if I had to guess, they'll make the most out of their two picks, trying to get back into the race.
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