
Where did that weekend go? Well, at least there is a Monday off for me to sit down and recap all of that weekend that I missed.
Did John get his win? I don't think my team did very well, the Canucks certainly got the most important win out of the weekend. I suppose there were some ups and downs, like any regular weekend, eh? Let's have a look and see how the last few days affected the pool.


The 18-year old Finn opened the week with a hat-trick against the Stars on Valentine's Day, which was followed up with a goal against the Penguins on Thursday, a goal and an assist against the Canadiens on Hockey Day in Canada and then his week concluded with a pair of assists against the Senators on Sunday night. It was a busy week, but his less-than-idle hands did a lot of damage.
The Winnipeg phenom now leads all rookies in scoring with 28 goals and 52 points in 54 games with the Jets, which is good enough for 27th overall in pool scoring, vaulting past Matt Murray, Mitch Marner and Matthews for the lead.
The rookie sensation hasn't exactly improved Scott's standing though, as his team, besides his rookies, haven't been too productive of late and his team currently sits in 11th place overall.


Goaltending was tops on her team this week, as both her goalies, Cam Talbot of the Oilers and Mike Smith of the Coyotes, finished with 6 points, nearly accounting for one-third of her team's points in two players. Marcie also had a monster week from Sharks defenseman Brent Burns, who was good for another 5 points and is by far the best defenseman in the pool this season. Five more players were good for 3 points a piece, really rounding out an even display of offense this week from her team.
Now, heading into Week Twenty, Marcie is only 12 points behind 2nd place, 14 points behind 1st and did make up ground on both teams over the last couple of weeks. It all starts from the back end for her team, as she owns the pool's best defensemen and the 4th-best goaltending combo in the pool, it almost doesn't matter that her forwards rank 22nd.
How much more does her team have left in the tank?

Troy is obviously in it for the goon money, so it makes no difference that his team is 45 points back of 24th place, which Tony's unlucky band of fellows occupies.
Is there any real point in going over how bad it still is? Probably not.

Dale B. has returned to the pinnacle of the standings, thanks to another good week, which was actually comparable to Marcie's Mover & Shaker week with 31 points. He zipped past Brian in the standings and opened up a quick 2-point gap in the process. And then, as it was highlighted above, Marcie sits 12 points back of Brian and is now 10 points ahead of Stacey C. for that last money place. Brenda & Seward dropped out of 3rd place to fall down to 5th and is 11 points back of Marcie's team, but does have Mover & Shaker potential, as do most of the top 10 teams.

Her team was 10 minutes better than Stacey C.'s, whose team isn't even in the race. All the supposed goon teams are taking an absolute licking and there might be little to no chance at catching this our leader.

Week Twenty does appear to be a speed bump week, as there are only 39 game scheduled in the NHL, but there should be more than enough starts for each of these two to make it through. It's going to take quite the cold spell to lose out on this and they might even split the pot, if they can both hold out with wins for the next seven weeks.

NEWS AND NOTES

Reinhart's absence says more to the Basement Dweller nod than the goon pool for Troy, so it's not much of a talking point here.

Schultz has been Jeremy's best defenseman this season with 39 points, so this comes as a pretty big hit to his team, which currently sits in 9th place. Jeremy also has an outside shot at the outdoor games pool with Schultz in the lineup, so he will keep his fingers crossed.

Stacey C.'s 4th place team has had some success with Green, when he has been healthy, picking up 26 points in 49 games this year. Chasing down the last money spot will need everyone healthy, so here's hoping that Green can get back.

Benson's team has fallen hard, now sitting in 13th place in the standings and the absence of Stafford was a helping cause to only 13 points in the week. His team is 47 points out of the money and going in the wrong direction.

Ryan belongs to Wes, who has been riding a hot streak, but could face a bit of a cold snap with a major injury like this. This goes double for Derek B., who has both Hoffman and Stone, as his team has been trying to climb into the top 20, but likely won't, if either/or/both are long-term injuries.
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