This Matt Barzal kid is really good. Damn.
had Barzal played all 70 games last year, he was on a 135pt pace. in the WHL... that's about as dominant as it gets. Considering, going all the way back to the 99/00 season only Sam Steel, (131) Adam Brooks (130) and Shinnimin (134) have cracked 130.
Players look entirely different in person vs. on TV.
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This Matt Barzal kid is really good. Damn.
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Who the hell are you?.... Except the exact definition of what you just posted above?
This is a fantasy hockey forum for fun, not a court-room. I don't know if you can distinguish the two but I assure you I certainly can.
Right now, Barzal plays like he has a video game cheat code on. Of course, the NHL occurs in real life and not on a video game, right?
J'ai jamais vu.... You serious with this shit? Holy cow....
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
And I'll be damned, though Shinnimin is a great example of a player who went entirely the other way... So is Emerson Etem, who scored 61 goals in 65 games in his last year. I agree they look different in person, but considering no one predicted this level of dominant play this early on, it has to be considered surprising. And I'm not just talking his inflated secondary assists, his play all around the ice has been so dynamic.
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
I think Barzal is awesome but let's not go too crazy yet.
If you remove 2 games of production it takes away 10 points. In my opinion he hasn't been "dominating" against NHL competition every shift-- dominating is a strong word. Crosby doesn't even dominate every game. Barzal is defintely scoring consistently, but I don't think he's setting the bar at a new level for rookies or anything. He's got insane skating skills and awesome hands and those things are the first that jump out when you're watching hockey. Just because he looks so dynamic on the ice does not mean he's dominating the competition though. He still has to improve his hockey sense, defensive play, puck possession battles, etc before we start saying he's dominating at the NHL level IMO.
Also, the Islanders play pond hockey so there are tons of points to go around. Hell, at one point just a few weeks ago Josh Bailey was on pace for what, 130 points? Josh Bailey! Has he ever even hit 50? Barzal is awesome but in my opinion he's gonna max out around a Pat Kane-lite, scoring at the pace he is now. Nothing to sneeze at but nothing to drop your panties for either.
Barzal was on pace for 121 assists his last year in junior. Good god that's insane. Not really adding anything to the thread, just.... Damn haha.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Rataylor, drop it. Agentzero expressed his opinion in multiple posts to other forum members in a clear and cogent manner that included far more content and thought than you are attempting to portray. If you disagree, fine. But kindly present your opinion in a more substantive manner than sarcastic one liners that offer no content to the discussion.
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You see that feed to Eberle in tonight's game? He's GOTTA BE on 'roids!!!
I'm currently shopping him in my points keeper league. Trying to sell high. Roided up or not, he is one heck of a player.
I have an offer of Barzal and W. Nylander for my Kucherov. I turned the offer down, but Barzal made me think about it for a couple of days.
12 team, H2H, salary cap
1 pt/G or A, 2 pts/W, 1 pt/OTL, 1 pt/SO
Forward: B. Point, M. Necas, A. Debrincat, T. Zegras, J. Bratt, L. Raymond
Defense: J. Morrissey, A. DeAngelo, S. Gostisbehere, D. Doughty
Goalie: T. Demko, E. Merzlikins
Bench: M. Rossi, C. Glass, M. Maccelli, M. Dumba, K. Shattenkirk, F. Andersen
Prospects of Note: L. Stankoven, J. Lekkerimaki, D. Yurov, B. Clarke
League has been running continuously since 1997-98
10 team H2H !Y League (4 keepers - at least 1 must be a D-man OR Goalie)
Start - 2C, 2L, 2R, 1U, 3D, 2G, 6Bench, 2IR, 2IR+ (Daily) (5 moves per week)
Skaters - G, A, +/-, PPP, PIM, HITS, BS, GWG, SOG
Goalies - Wins, Saves, S%, GAA (Min. 4 starts)
Championships 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019*, 2023
C-McDavid, Trocheck, Thomas
L-B.Tkachuk(C/L), Forsberg, Hyman(L/R)
R-Svechnikov(L/R) Konecny(L/R) P. Kane, Zucc
D-Dahlin, Josi, McAvoy, Montour
G-DeSmith, Thompson, Hill, Grubauer
IR-Demko
10 team H2H !Y League (4 keepers - at least 1 must be a D-man OR Goalie)
Start - 2C, 2L, 2R, 1U, 3D, 2G, 6Bench, 2IR, 2IR+ (Daily) (5 moves per week)
Skaters - G, A, +/-, PPP, PIM, HITS, BS, GWG, SOG
Goalies - Wins, Saves, S%, GAA (Min. 4 starts)
Championships 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019*, 2023
C-McDavid, Trocheck, Thomas
L-B.Tkachuk(C/L), Forsberg, Hyman(L/R)
R-Svechnikov(L/R) Konecny(L/R) P. Kane, Zucc
D-Dahlin, Josi, McAvoy, Montour
G-DeSmith, Thompson, Hill, Grubauer
IR-Demko
He was not Canada’s best player last year. That was Chabot by a wide margin
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7 Partial Keeper (Keep 5 + 2 reserve spots) 12F (G,A=1) 6D (G,A=1.5) 2G (W=2,OTL=1,SO=1)
F: MacKinnon, Marner, Svechnikov, J.Hughes, Konecny, Ziba, Malkin, Kaprisov, Monahan, Reinhart, Tarasenko, Seguin (Hintz while IR)
D: Chabot, Q.Hughes, Barrie, Sergachev, Burns, Dobson
G: Price, Hellebuyck
Reserve: Kakko, Gusev