No Vezina finalist will have previously been a finalist
Mathew Barzal will outpoint John Tavares
Ilya Kovalchuk will score 35+ goals but under 55 points
No more than 5 goalies will get 5+ shutouts
Two of Bergeron/Marchand/Pasta will be NHL's highest scoring duo
Zach Parise will score 70+ points
At least 10 teams will score 10+ SHGs
JT Miller will outpoint Steven Stamkos
Grubauer will be top 4 in SV% among 40+ game goalies
JVR will score more goals than Patrik Laine
Philly will finish in the top 3 among team goals scored
At least 2 who've never scored 55+ points will top 80+
At least 13 defensemen will score 15+ goals
At least 9 players will score 30+ goals without 200 SOG
Jeff Petry will lead the Canadiens in scoring
None of the Above will occur
Wow your forecasts are bold! Hmm here's a few of my own.
Boeser will finish with less then 50 points
RNH will score more then 80 points
Eberle will score 70+ points for the 2nd time in his career
Carey Price will win the Vezina
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, K.Connor, J. Hughes,,J.Guentzel, A.Svechnikov, C.Giroux, T.Terry
D: Q. Hughes, A.Pietrangelo, J.Carlson, A.Ekblad, Sanheim
G:Bobrovsky, Ingram
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
Mat Zucarello is traded to a California team before Christmas
Consider Sim Hockey because guys who play shutdown minutes, deflect shots and clear creases build championships. Yet in fantasy they litter the unwanted UFA lists.
I think that a bump on this thread is in order!
- I said... "God damn this tablet is heavy!"
Bumping because I just did an in-depth look back on the results and lessons that can be learned from them: https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-home...s-for-2018-19/
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12 Team Dynasty, H2H (points)
Dress 2C, 4W, 1F, 4D, 1G (Daily)
G (3), A (2), STP (1), SHOG (1), +/- (0.5), SOG (0.2), Hits (0.2), Blk (0.2), FOW (0.1); W (5), SO (2), Sv (0.2), GA (-1)
C - Draisaitl (W), Hughes, Larkin, Trochek
W - T.Thompson (C), Pastrnak, Reinhart, Batherson, Nichushkin, Duchene (C), Zuccarello
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Bouchard, Faber, Werenski, Skjei
G - Jarry, Gustavsson, Montembault
Fm - Bordeleau, Barlow, Lucius, G.Perreault, Luneau, Perunovich, Nikishin
Here are my results:
The top four goal scorers combined will score more goals than the entire Ottawa Senators.
The top four goal scorers (Ovi, Draisaitl, Tavares and Stamkos) had 193 goals. The Sens had 242. They were much better than I anticipated.
Tomas Plekanec will be top-two in even strength ice time for the Habs this year (either by the time he is traded or if he finishes the year with the club).
That obviously didn't happen.
The Strome brothers will be the highest-scoring brother duo in the NHL.
I think this is a hit. The Strome brothers combined for 92 points (although it took both being traded). The Staals combined for 80. The Benns combined for 75. No other brother combination came close (unless I am missing an obvious one). Unless Kucherov had a brother that played a game, this counts as a hit.
At least five coaches are fired by the all-star break.
Hit. Chicago, Edmonton, St. Louis, Philly and L.A. all fired a coach before the NHL All-Star break. Kind of funny when you consider no NHL coach was fired in-season during 2017-18.
Three Nashville players will hit 70 points (they haven't had any in a decade).
Did I mean to say 50 points? No one even reached 65. Johansen had 64, Josi had 56 and Forsberg had 50.
Still, two out of five ain't bad.
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
Combined 107 points for the Tkachuk brothers. Still, a bit better than I would have expected for the Stromes.
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No more than 5 goalies will get 5+ shutouts
9 Goalies had 5 or more this season, this was the highest voted option in the poll. Last season, 8 goalies had 5+.
JVR will score more goals than Patrik Laine
2 other people voted for this with me and we were close! 27 for JVR and 30 for Laine.
Philly will finish in the top 3 among team goals scored
Philly ended up finishing 17th with 244 GF - 3rd was SJS with 289.
At least 9 players will score 30+ goals without 200 SOG
45 players scored 30+ goals this season however, only 8 did it without 200 SOG and they were:
Point (41G , 191SOG)
Pavelski (38G, 188SOG)
Scheifele (38G, 199SOG)
Hertl (35G, 176SOG)
Arvidsson (34G), 195SOG)
Stone (33G, 199SOG)
Duchene (31G, 172SOG)
Rantanen (31G, 193SOG)
Last year only 32 players scored 30+ goals and 6 of them did it with less than 200SOG.
Dooley89 goes 0/4
Stupid Tkachuk brothers.
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid