Everything is slowly coming together through two weeks (one full week) of the NHL regular season. The draft is almost 100% up and running, which looks pretty good. I want to get the Trash Talk page and the prizes announced here soon. The Trash Talk page was supposed to go up this weekend, but the schedule didn't find time for it to be done up, but I'm thinking the early part of this week should work. The prizes will be announced when the jerseys I have on order for the segment prizes arrive, which should be this week.
In the selection sheet pool, I have a number of statistics pages to put up, which will hopefully go up this week. Due to some Excel issues before the season started, I lost a lot of my formatting for some previous year's sheets, so I have to go back and do those up, but they are coming, I assure you. Don't let that stop you from making any trades or checking up on your teams. By the way, have you seen the new-look team pages this year? Are they easier to read?
Anyways, things are coming along smoothly and we should be up to 100% working capacity soon. The NHL season looks like a good one, so be sure to stay tuned to the blog and the newsletters!
In Vokoun's only loss, a 2-1 decision to the Canucks on Monday, he still was able to make 33 saves in the contest, which looked pretty good on him. Thursday, he made 27 saves against the Flames and on Saturday, in the Panthers' home opener, he made 29 saves against their Southeast Division rival.
After Week Two, Vokoun ranks 7th in the league in pool scoring with these 8 points.
The runner-up to the Player of the Week in Week Two goes to Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf, who also had 8 points in Week Two, but didn't make the cut, due to Vokoun already having his picture ready for the honour.
Benson finished the week with 31 points (11 goals) and with a superior goal total altogether in the first two weeks, he has also drawn himself into 1st place in the standings, albeit a tie for 1st, so it is far from a safe lead.
12 of 14 players on Benson's roster were able to pick up points in the week, led by Patrick Sharp of the Chicago Blackhawks, who finished with 5 points in the week. Alex Goligoski also had a good week in Pittsburgh, racking up 4 points of his own. Matt Moulson, R.J. Umberger, Dustin Byfuglien and Tobias Enstrom, all kicked in with 3 points a piece. A very good effort all around.
Just for fun, the team that led the draft in the 2010 season ended up finishing 6th; in 2009, they finished 7th and in 2008, finished 4th. Definitely not the best of omens here.
With only 12 points and 3 goals to his team in Week Two, Ryan M. gets the unfortunate nod at the bottom. Ryan also finished the week in last place in the standings, which he finished with a 3-point edge in that department as well.
It was definitely a tough week for Ryan, who has a couple of players on the shelf, including Rene Bourque and Jamie Benn, but also had a pretty tough week in scoring altogether. He had five zeros on his active roster and his best players only picked up a couple of points each, so there was very little scoring depth to speak of for him. Ryan may have a tough time recovering from this spot, thankfully there is a long way to go.
Top team in the pool after two weeks is Adam H., who finished with 97 points, 64 points in Week Two alone. Adam benefitted from good weeks from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin, who had 6 points each in the week. Patrick Sharp and Tomas Kopecky each had 5 points, while Alex Ovechkin and Martin Brodeur each had 4 points to their name. With the big week, Adam moved up 7 spots, from 8th to 1st.
Chris M. had a better week moving up and down the list, gaining 13 spots, from 24th to 11th in the standings, thanks to a 61-point week.
The race is good and tight to start the season, with 9 points separating 1st and 11th, with a much bigger swing available for most teams at any given time. No one is at all out of this competition, even being 36 points behind 1st after Week Two. With a little bit of patience and a keen eye watching out for injuries, making your trades when needed, any team can still be in this competition.
Speaking of trades, we did have a couple before Monday morning, as 6th place Gerald and 11th place Chris each made a swap in their line-ups. They each found a player to move because of injury and did the deed. Remember, you have until the puck drops on Monday evening to get your trades in for Week Three.
NEWS AND NOTES
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HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA
In the late game, the Edmonton Oilers play on back-to-back weekends, this time hosting the San Jose Sharks in, what should be, a pretty good test for the young team from up North. The Sharks were a popular team in the draft, having 11 players taken this year, while the Oilers youth and potential also saw 11 picks made from their side. If the Oilers can keep this little hot streak of theirs alive, they should give the Sharks a good run for their money.
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