Start Crawford tonight v. Detroit (away)
The Red Wings are on the road in Chicago tonight and I'm debating starting Crawford. He has been red hot his last 3 games but 4 out of 5 before that were not great. Detroit is winning a ton but haven't had many 4+ goal games so even a loss could mean good peripherals, also Howard is back and may be shaky. Would you start Crawford?
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
I would since they are at home and just came off a huge win against the Blues. Not only Crawford, but the whole team has been playing well the past few games, so tonight is a big test against the best team in the league. Chicago needs wins, so they will be playing hard.
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G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, STP, HITS, BS, W, GAA, SV | 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G
C - Crosby, W.Nylander, Kempe, B.Howden, Wallmark, Z.Sanford, Newhook
LW - Ovechkin, Vrana, S.Bennett, Lehkonen, Aston-Reese, T.Benson, S.Poulin
RW - JT.Miller, Coleman, Gourde, Dzingel, Tippett, Volkov
D - Klingberg, Chabot, Slavin, Matheson, Chychrun, Sanheim, D.Toews, E.Bouchard, Cholowski
G - J.Gibson, DeSmith, Sparks, Luukkonen, Starrett
I would start him. Detroit normally plays well against CHicago no matter what, but coming off a six game homestand and with another huge home game Thursday, I can honestly see them mentally checking out for tonight's game. Not a good thing....but it's been known to happen with them.
Looks like Toews is out tonight (see injury section) so I might reconsider. Losing the team's best two way forward can't help Crawford with the stats.
I think Chicago can win (Howard could be rusty, away game for the wings) but if you are looking for peripherals, I would consider sitting him.
EDIT - Looks like Dats is out now for 2 weeks so Detroit will be w/o their top gun tonight. God, I have no idea how to call the CHI-DET game........
Last edited by Chili con Carne; February 21, 2012 at 12:48 PM.
I'm rolling Crawfordout there......although the Toews injury doesn't help, I expect Howard to have a little rust on him. The Hawks have found a bit of a groove, gonna hope they keep rolling.
10 team, head-to-head, multi-cat, keep-12 keeper league. CATS: G,A,+/-,PPP,PIM,SOG,HITS BS,SHP, W,SV,SV%,GAA,SO Daily rosters of 6F, 4D, 2 Flex, 2G
F: Crosby, Hall, Pacioretty, Hartnell, Neal, Nugent-Hopkins, Callahan, Dubinsky, Hossa, Huberdeau, Abdelkader, Bjugstad (IR)
D: Karlsson, Hedman, Muzzin, Savard, Streit (IR)
G: Lundqvist, Quick, Condon
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