Safe Bet of the Day #2

I'm thinking of someone, just a little less obvious as a safe bet for the upcoming season... and believe me, with the uncertainty of injuries and suspensions and holdouts, it does seem to be quite tough to pick "safe" bets. To be a safe bet, you have to be pretty consistent... and there are very few who fit the bill.

For this season, since there wasn't one last year... I am doing much like the NHL did for the Draft Lottery and take the average standings of players stats and that comes up with my measurement of consistency.

So for today, I've found... Brendan Morrison. In the past three seasons, Morrison has consistently found himself hovering around the top 50 in pool point scoring, higher in league scoring when you don't count goaltender points.

I'd hate to think that you'd ask why... but if you must... he has a pair of pretty good bets playing with him on a line. Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi are pretty responsible for why Morrison has the points that he does, but it isn't like he doesn't deserve to be there or else he probably wouldn't play there, would he?

Morrison is highly durable... having played all 82 games for the Canucks for the past four seasons, that's a pretty solid accomplishment for a guy who is only 5'11".

His career high in points is 71 in '02-'03... having scored 60 in the last season... he's a solid 2nd round pool pick. If you could swing Naslund and/or Bertuzzi in the first round and Morrison in the second... you'd be laughing.