Does anyone know what's going on in St Louis? They have an intriguing collection of young guys battling for spots.
Canes are currently looking at these lines...
Tlusty Staal Semin
Skinner Rask Lindholm
LaRose McClement Gerbe
Boychuk Nash Malone
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WHL - World Hockey League (24-Team Daily H2H)
Weighted Scoring: G(1),A(1),PPP(0.5),+/-(0.5), SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK(all 0.05), FOW-C(0.01)
Cleveland Barons
C(3): Kopitar, Brassard, J.Staal
LW(3): Schwartz, Ladd, Skinner
RW(3): Frolik, Michalek, Wingels
F(3): Michalek, Josefson, Tlusty
D(6): Ekblad, Maatta, Niskanen, Garrison, Emelin, Clendening Marincin
G(1): Holtby, Ortio
Bench: R.Nash(C), Brodziak(C), Bellemarre(C), JT Brown (RW), Marincin(D)
Prospects(10):
F: Larkin (C), Petan (C), W.Karlsson (C), C.White (C), Bracco (RW), Compher (LW)
D: Honka, Manning, Tennyson
G: Desrosiers
Does anyone know what's going on in St Louis? They have an intriguing collection of young guys battling for spots.
Good stuff P7, I especially commend you for staying up and watching a pre-season game between WPG and CGY.
A couple of comments:
i) 60 points for Scheifele is still too much of a stretch for me, especially as a C2. Remember Bryan Little got 64 points last year and should still be the main dog for the Jets this year, he'll get the bulk of the best offensive opportunities I think. Scheifele should be in the 45-50 points range at best.
ii) Gaudreau - Monahan - Hudler looks like a solid top line to me. I think Hudler could have another pretty sneaky good season this year, he's definitely someone I'm keeping my on.
Yahoo! 1 year league, 9 teams, Points only [G (3pts), A (2pts), PPP (1pt), Hits (0.1pt) *** W (4pts), Goals Against (-2pts), SV (0.2pt), SO (3pms)
C: McDavid, Couturier, Kopitar, D.Strome
LW: Guentzel, Connor, Miller, Kaprizov
RW: Stamkos, Stone, Teravainen, Tatar
D: Dahlin, Theodore, Andersson, Dumba
G: Shersterkin, Talbot
Oh, Little is still their top center... but do you think Winnipeg will really play Ladd-Little-Frolik/Buff more than E.Kane-Scheifele-Wheeler?
I think the Wheeler line is their best offensive line... easily.
Though... Ladd-Little-Wheeler always seems to ends up together at some point.
But if you told me two guarantees:
i) E.Kane-Scheif-Wheeler all season
ii) Scheif plays 82games.
I would take the over on 59.5pts.
I think he can do 60 if those hold true, I really do.
(and the commentator last night said something like Scheif closed with 29 in his last 39... that's a 61pt pace for an end-of-rookie season)
I can tell you where I've seen that Lindstrom before.
Norris. Trophy. Winner.
I kid you not.
Here, I've got proof.
(makes me laugh EVERY. TIME.)
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
Yeah, the Blues may have the best depth in the league.
Agree but I can't help but feel that no one on that squad will really step up offensively. If the top 3 lines are so balanced, Hitchcock will rely on who's hot on a nightly basis and that'll spread the available points imo. Just a hunch, but I'm not sure we see another season like Steen had last season for example.
All speculation right now, I must admit.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
it won't explode since they're a third line, though. And the jury is out on this Lehtera guy.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
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Victoria DH
C(3): Athanasiou, Sissons, Zibanejad
LW(3): Lehkonen, Burakovsky, Hymen
RW(3): Bjorkstrand, Smith, Palmieri
F(3): Stepan (C), Bjork (LW), Poehling (C)
D(6): Carlson, Heiskanen, Bogosian, Edler, Hakanpaa, Fleury
G(1): Talbot, Sorokin, Varlamov
Bench: Parise (LW), Motte (C), Richardson (C), Hagg (D)
IR: Wood, Henrique, Johnson, Dvorak
Prospects: (F) Barre-Boulet, Khovanov, Beckman, Greig, N. Robertson, Fagemo, Tuomalaa, (D) Ceulemans, Hughes, Schneider, Zboril