Flyers in 6.
Just thinking aloud guys, shouldn't each of these series match-ups be polls?
League 1: 2021 Dobber Entry (Patrick), Yahoo Roto, 10 Teams
4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 2G start; 5 Bench
Skaters: G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, Hits
Goalies: W, Saves, GAA
Forwards:
C: Malkin, ROR, Backstrom
LW: Forsberg, Parise
RW: Gallagher, Hornqvist, D Brown, Kessel
Dual Eligibility: Svechnikov, Jamie Benn, Radulov, Domi, Rakell, Pavelski
Defense: Hamilton, Letang, OEL, Suter, Spurgeon, Girard
Goalies: Vasilevskyi, Lehner, Mrazek, Reimer
Flyers in 6.
8-GM / WK-H2H
Forwards: G=2, A=1, PP/SH= +1, GWG= +2, Shootout G=1, HT= +1
D-Men/Captain: G=3/A=2
Goalies: W=3, OTL=1, SO= +2, SV= .10
Start = 13F, 6D, 2G / Keep 44 (3G)
Captain: Matthews
(F): MacKinnon, Pasta, Marner, Rantanen, Malkin, Barkov, M.Tkachuk, W.Nylander, Pettersson, Gaudreau, Laine, Keller, Miller, B.Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, L.Raymond, K.Johnson, Cozens, Quinn, Guenther, Kulich, Cooley
(D): Makar, Dahlin, Q.Hughes, Ekblad, Rielly, Werenski, Letang, Jones, Chychrun, Seider, Edvinsson, Jiricek, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Ceulemans, Hutson
(G): Shesterkin, Demko, Vejmelka
Poll added. Get your votes in.
Thinking Rangers in 6, going with better defence and goaltending.
Piranha Hockey League est 1990 - Oakley Doakley's - 16 teams
Pts only W=2 OL=1 SO=3 Auction Draft
WHL - est 2016 Expansion - Glasgow Kiss - 24 teams
25 pro players / 10 minor league players
G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,Hits,Blk,PIM,FOW, W,Sv,GA,SHO
My buddy is a diehard Flyers fan. He is extremely nervous about this matchup. He felt much better about a potential Pittsburgh meeting. Only one round away though! I don't think they make it there. Rangers are looking solid.
Flyers in 6.
Being a die-hard Pens fan, this is hard to say. I like the Flyers mainly because I don't like the Rangers. I think the Rangers lack scoring and I don't think they can bang with the Flyers. I also REALLY REALLY like the Flyers PP and I think it will prove to be the difference in this series. Only way the Rangers pull this off is if King Henrik goes BEASTMODE and MSL leads the charge offensively.
Go Rangers!
Fantrax - Salary cap dynasty - cap hit - H2H each category
Start: 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2UTIL, 2G, 6 Bench, 4IR
Cats: G, A, +/-, PIM, STG, STA, SOG, FOW, GWG, Hits, BLK, W, GAA, Saves, SV%, SO
C: Getzlaf, Turris, Eakin, ____
LW: Kunitz, MacArthur, Pacioretty, ____
RW: Little (C), Tarasenko, Eriksson (LW)
D: Pietrangelo, JJ, Streit, Brodie, Benn, ____
G: Lundqvist, Bishop, Holtby
Farm: Grigorenko, H Lindholm, Faksa, Collberg, Grimaldi, Lee, K Hayes, G Carey, Schmaltz
G: Grubauer, Gudlevskis
I would have picked PHI to upset PIT, but not the RAGS. NY is a superior puck possession team. Their 5-5 goals-for/against is better than PHI. PHI has the better PP, but NY has one of the top PK units in the league. NY ranks 10th in fewest PIM/gm while PHI sits dead last in the leauge in penalties taken. I like PHI's depth too, but think that is easily balanced by the King in G for NY.
RAGS in 6.
10 Team [keep 10 + 4 prospects]
Scoring F=1[g/a]; D=2[g], 1[a]; G=2[w], -1[L], 1[OT], 2[SO] Top 12 F, 6 D, 2 G count
Forwards
Crosby, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Wheeler, Byfuglien, Hornqvist, Simmonds, Ladd, Zuccarello, Ribeiro, Desharnais, Semin, MacArthur, Moulson, Purcell, Soderberg, Dupuis
Defense
Keith, Goligoski, Carlson, Krug, Trouba, Streit, Pouliot, Ceci, Nurse, Martinez
Goalie
Fleury/Price/Rask
I don't know what's so crazy about it. When a team hasn't won in a city in three seasons I'm not prepared to assume they're going to now. I guess that means that Rangers in seven should have been my prediction, but Giroux hasn't scored a goal against the Rangers in ten games, and only has two against them in the last fifteen. Combine that with the fact that the Flyers have been living off of their power play this year and the Rangers have been shorthanded the second fewest times in the league and I don't think six is outrageous. The Flyers have certainly shown a ton of resiliency this year though, so I really hope I'm wrong, lol.
rangers in 6
girardi/mcd/lundqvist the difference makers
Will Mcdonagh be healthy enought to play game 1?
6 teams dynasty pool,points only,no pos. for F, Keep All, 12F, 6D, 2G count.....backup=6F, 4D, 2G, 4 roster moves( 2 at 30th game and 2 at NHL deadline)
F- , P. Kane,Eichel, DeBrincat, Kopitar, Wheeler, Kuznetsov, Point, Huberdeau, Verhaghe, Bergeron,Keller, Batherson, Schmaltz, W.Nylander, Buchnevich,Rantanen
D- Makar, Gostisbehere, Carlson, Burns, Barrie, M. Rielly, Hronek, DeAngelo, KA Miller
G- Vasilevskyi, Sorokin, Campbell, Markstrom
Farm: Lundell, Guenther, Holtz, Glass, E. Svechnikov, Denisenko, Newhook, Heponiemi, Lauko,Neighbours, Bokk N. Foote, Borgstrom, Dahlen, Bokk, S. Poulin, Zelleweger, Liljegren, Heinola, Perunovich, S. Knight.
I find this one so tough to call. Flyers in 7 I guess, but not very confident in it.
Seriously tough series to call. NYR in 7, but I feel this is literally a coin toss. The difference for me is Lundqvist vs a banged up Mason.
McD should be good to go. Apparently Brassard left practice early complaining of back pain but AV says he should be ok for Game 1.