Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard.
10/10
Just finished Bobby Orr's book, and reading Captain Class next.
Looking for ideas for others to read while in lockdown??
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard.
10/10
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Bowman by Ken Dryden has been recommended to me by a friend who is a hockey historian. He has put this in his top 5 hockey biographies of all time.
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The Game, also by Dryden, is a great one.
I read Sean Avery's book recently, and whipped through it faster than I expected to. I can't say I liked him as a player, but it was really interesting to hear his side to a lot of stories.
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I liked Theo Fleury's book Playing With Fire. I havent read the other one he was involved in (Conversations With A Rattlesnake) so I cant comment on that one.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
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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Tough Guy - Bob Probert
Beyond Belief - Josh Hamilton
Starting and Closing - John Smoltz
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Future Greats and Heart Breaks by Gare Joyce is a great book on scouting and prospects. It can be difficult to find though.
I have read a lot of autobiography and biographies of NHL players and coaches. Bowman is good. Playing with fire and Tough Guy are good. The Patrick OSullivan book is good too. Boy on Ice is pretty good too.
ESPN Roto 10 team
24 man roster (+3 IR) - Keep 20 - Daily settings
Start 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G, 1UTIL
G,A,PTS, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, D PTS - W, SV, SV%
C- Zegras, Suzuki, Carlsson
RW- Batherson, Michkov, Quinn, Perfetti(C,LW), Foerster, Kakko
LW- BTkachuk, Stutzle(C), Byfield(C), McTavish(C), Benson
D- Mintyukov, Sanderson, LHughes, Clarke, Faber
G- Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt
IR- Norris(C)
IR- Fantilli(C)
IR-
Picks in 2024/25 rounds 1,1,1,2
Picks in 2025/26 rounds 1,1,3,4