


The Nashville number one finished Week Twenty-One with a 3-0-0 record, with 1 shutout, only allowing two goals against in the week. Rinne was able to beat the Canadiens, Blackhawks and shutout the Blues on Saturday night for his big week, just narrowly edging his teammate Filip Forsberg for the weekly honour.
Rinne's numbers have been pretty good this year, as he finished the week ranked 19th overall in pool scoring, 11th among all goalies, thanks to 24 wins, 4 shutouts and 2 assists this year, making up 58 points in total.
For Ryan, his 1st round pick is still playing like a 1st round pick, even if he is a little bit below his overall draft position. Rinne was taken 10th overall by Ryan this year, but is still paying off in the 19th overall position. Rinne kept Ryan in the hunt for the Mover & Shaker nod for the week, but the rest of his team had him falling a bit short in the end.


Evgeny Kuznetsov of the Capitals and Jhonas Enroth of the Kings each chipped in with 4 points a piece and then you can add 3 points from Jamie Benn of the Stars and Cam Talbot of the Oilers, that encompasses all of his top notch forwards and both of his goalies in the impressive week.
Brian's team is finally working its way out of a mid-season lull it was suffering from, as the best team, so far, in the third segment of the season. Brian's team was in the money conversation early on in the season, peaking at 4th place as late as Week Five, but dropped down to 12th in Week Fourteen. His team has really started to make a turn and with the names that are listed above, that shouldn't come as a major surprise. Some injury problems were to blame for that drop and maybe a lack of scoring depth in the dog days.
Nevertheless, his team is back up to 5th place, thanks to his Mover & Shaker week and he is right back into the money conversation, now 5 points out of 4th place and 12 points out of that last paying spot, 3rd place. His team made up 18 points on John P.'s money team, so there is plenty of potential to do it sooner, rather than later.

Stacey's team didn't have very far to drop, as her team had a cushion before the 24th ranked team, which was also vying for the Basement Dweller this week, but her team really fell away from 22nd overall and the conversation for last place is increasing to five teams this week. With a weighted draft order system now in place, it isn't a terrible thing to finish at or near the bottom.
Out of her team's 9 points, Lars Eller of the Canadiens, Morgan Reilly of the Maple Leafs and Antti Niemi of the Stars led the way, each with 2 points, making up the gist of her scoring for the week.
As we head into the trade deadline today, her team does have one of the big chips in play today, as Jamie McGinn of the Sabres could get dealt to a contender, helping her team's cause immensely... or as best he can.

John P.'s grip on 3rd place has been slipping, as was mentioned in the Mover & Shaker this week, but it's both Neil and Brian coming up for him this week. Neil will start Week Twenty-Two with only a 7-point gap to make up this week and that isn't very much, as we've seen from week-to-week.


Ryan's rookies were not tops in the week, as that honour actually belongs to Mike, as all three of his rookies hit the board in Week Twenty-One, leading all rookie teams with 5 points. Small consolation, I suppose... there's no prize for each week.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Could there have been nerves through the last week before the trade deadline? Scoring was down by a point and a half per game, we were down an entire minor penalty per game and participation from players and goalies were all down too. It wasn't really a good week for the pool, in the grand scheme of things. Maybe once the deadline passes this afternoon, everyone will feel a bit better and go back to what they do best.
NEWS AND NOTES

Kristy & Don activated him in their lineup in Week Nineteen and since then, he's only played in three games and not registered a point yet. Maybe my mock draft wasn't so hot for them, eh?

There's a pretty good chance that John P. will get a little bit of help with a deal that sees his player head to a contender, it's something his team could really use about now, after a bit of a soft week in the standings.

This has some potential to be a big loss to Jeremy, despite only getting the odd start here and there. Montoya has been great as the number two guy in Florida and our pool leader has already picked up 12 points from him this season, coming as a Waiver Draft pick. That's not too bad.

All three teams made up ground on Benson, as his aging defender sat up in the press box on Sunday night. Benson's team is only 9 points up on 27th place, but on the plus side... his team did make up some ground on Stacey M., who is only 4 points away.

Mike's rough season continues to get rougher and rougher. His team ranks tied for 15th in skater games played this year, 53 games back of the healthiest team, tied for 19th in forward points, 111 back of the leader in the category. It's been a hard luck year, but it could make for a good start to next year, with a high profile pick!
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