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The new and improved (in shape) Dustin Byfuglien
https://twitter.com/JimTothCJOB/stat...413378/photo/1
Apparently, he's been working out pretty hard this offseason. It shows in the photo. Blake Wheeler said in an interview that Buff is going to be a big time player this season. I wonder how it will effect his game. Dare I say, he won't be as lazy in his own end? Oh, the possibilities. I'm actually intrigued by his new commitment. I think it'll do him good on the ice.
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15-Team keep 6f, 3d, 1g pts-only, wins=2, SO=3, OTL=1
F: Robertson, Thompson, DeBrincat, McCann, Tomasino, Chytil, Brink, Carlsson, Berggren, Guenther
D: Morrissey, Montour, Jiricek, Perbix, LaCombe, Perunovich
G: Talbot, Kuemper, Merzlikins, Kochetkov, Copley
Wow, he looks pretty good.
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25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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about time he starts taking thing seriously. his upside is already huge, so if hes in better shape the sky's the limit.
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4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.
C= eichel,horvat,malkin,kuznetsov
LW= forsberg,kreider,lee,b.tkchuch,hertle,granlund
RW= reinhart,radulov,hoffman,laine,hayes
D= doughty,ghostebehere,karlsson,jones,klefbom,dahlin ,skjei
G= price,murray,grubauer,georgiev,ullmark,samsonov
under250gp=nichushkin,tuch,mathesson,marino,pujuja rvi,hosang,terry,andersson,j.hughes,patrik,crouse, zadina,podkolzin,k.miller,nedeljkovic,kravtsov,hay ton
--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO
"Alright Buff I've got the pic, you can exhale now!"
Seriously though, there's a hYUUUUUGE difference between this pic and the pic released last off-season.
Oh Fooey!!! You people are no fun.
I have the guy on my squad and I LOVED when we got a glimpse of the Dustin BUFFETglien offseason regimen. Enjoy the summer as long as you come correct when the puck drops. I gots no problems with his numbers so far but at least this gives hope that they can be EVEN BETTER I guess.
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FWD = G(2), A(1), PP/SH(+1), GW(+2), SHOG(1)
DEF = G(3), A(2), PP/SH(+1), GW(+2), SHOG(1)
GOAL = W(3), OTL(1), SO(+2), SV(.10)
FOR: Malkin Ovechkin Kessel Stepan Gaborik Zetterberg Carter Vanek Pacioretty Duchene Skinner Lupul Hornqvist Perron Semin Okposo Byfuglien Granlund Bennett Strome Bjugstad Nichushkin Yakupov Galchenyuk Grigorenko Kuznetsov Kucherov Etem Burakovsky
D: Letang Goligoski Kronwall Voynov JustinSchultz Hedman RyanMurphy AdamLarsson Pulock Sproul
G: Lundqvist Lehtonen Schneider
Photoshop.
but will being in shape necessarily translate into increased fantasy value?
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2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G every night
G ,A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, Hits, Blocks
Wins, Saves, SV%, GAA, SO
C-Eichel, Marner (RW), Matthews
L- Skinner, Pacioretty, Vanek, Perlini, Palat
R- Hoffman, Byron, Tuch, Kerfoot, Sprong
D- Ekblad, Gostisbehere, Rielly, Borowiecki, Montour, Girard, Orpik, Schenn
G-Fleury, Rask, Brossoit, Saros, Kuemper, Appleby
Defensemen can actually play a good game with a little bit of tummy fat.
Not an enormous deal.
We noted how out-of-shape he was last year and he did just fine.
A defenseman is very, very rarely skating at full speed.
There is an enormous difference short-stamina-shift-wise between playing forward & defense. When I'm off ice for 2 months, I'll be completely gassed by end of first period if I'm playing forward and just fine if I'm playing defense.
I don't think this will translate to very much "fantasy-wise".
As his real NHL game goes... he'll probably be a bit better defensively and give up a few less goals against.
I hear he was starving himself in anticipation of the post-hockey camp banquet/buffet.
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I wish him luck. But he has shown a tendency to "fall off the wagon." Hopefully this is a lifestyle change for him.
League:Fantrax 18 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats:G, A, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, H+B, FOW, S, SV%, W, GAA
C: Backstrom,Giroux,MacKinnon,Seguin
W: D.Brown,Hartnell,Hossa,P.Kane
Kesler,Marleau,Perron,Zibanejad
D: Boyle,Del Zotto,Doughty,D.Hamilton,Hedman,Markov
G: Rinne
Bench: Braun,Comeau, Demers,DeHaan,Polak,Stempniak,Wingels --Fleury
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Oh No! LOL. Yeah, then he'll be on his old diet:You just scored him a new endorsement deal!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kTTzrf90iI
League:Fantrax 18 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats:G, A, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, H+B, FOW, S, SV%, W, GAA
C: Backstrom,Giroux,MacKinnon,Seguin
W: D.Brown,Hartnell,Hossa,P.Kane
Kesler,Marleau,Perron,Zibanejad
D: Boyle,Del Zotto,Doughty,D.Hamilton,Hedman,Markov
G: Rinne
Bench: Braun,Comeau, Demers,DeHaan,Polak,Stempniak,Wingels --Fleury
Here's another recent pic: https://twitter.com/BlairWizzer/stat...94509585879041
Byfuglien was already a pretty fast skater even weighing 265+, he'll be flying if he's closer to 240. Regarding Pengwin's post, I agree he'll be better defensively (better able to turn and chase wingers going past him, etc), but I also think a higher fitness level and less weight will make him that much more dominant on the breakouts.
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D: Josi Hamilton Weegar Montour Ekholm Myers Parayko Pettersson Seeler
G: Vasilevskiy Swayman Kuemper
He was out-of-shape last year and wasn't just fine. Maybe fantasy wise he was fine, but his defensive game was absolutely atrocious. There was a stretch when Byfuglien was just pure garbage-- a pylon, a tired, idle defenseman. Instead of skating back into position, he would coast like Ovechkin. Except it's much worse when defenseman do it.
This doesn't surprise me that he wants to change himself. He was embarrassed with his play last year and is on a mission to come back stronger and prove people like me wrong.
Hopefully committing himself to this will make him more reliable defensively. I want to see a crease-clearing, physical specimen. The more in-shape he is, the more stamina he'll have especially late in the game when he's on his 25th minute.
This change will more than likely make him a better defenseman.
Last edited by AtlantaSportsFan; July 30, 2013 at 4:48 PM.
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