Western Conference:
EDM>CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH>ARI
WPG>CGY
Same all the way around.
Eastern Conference:
CBJ<TOR - firewagon hockey - Leafs win
PIT<MTL - Price steals one. Drouin lights it up.
NYI>FLA
CAR<NYR - don’t trust the canes goaltending
Here's my best guess on how I see the play-ins going. What say you?
Western Conference:
EDM>CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH>ARI
WPG>CGY
Eastern Conference:
CBJ>TOR
PIT>MTL
NYI>FLA
CAR>NYR
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
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Western Conference:
EDM>CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH>ARI
WPG>CGY
Same all the way around.
Eastern Conference:
CBJ<TOR - firewagon hockey - Leafs win
PIT<MTL - Price steals one. Drouin lights it up.
NYI>FLA
CAR<NYR - don’t trust the canes goaltending
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
Western Conference:
EDM<CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH>ARI
WPG>CGY
Eastern Conference:
CBJ<TOR
PIT>MTL
NYI<FLA
CAR<NYR
14 Teams H2H Dynasty, 28 roster spots (8 bench), 15 minors under 100
Weekly Matchups - Daily Lineups
Skaters: G/A/Pt/PIM/SoG/STP/H+B/ToI/Corsi
Goalies: W/GAA/SVs/SV%/SHO
C: Eichel, Kadri, Mcdavid, Sodeberg, Schenn
LW: Ehlers, Landeskog, Meier, Debrusk, Foegele, Lee
RW: Pastrnak, Marner, Palmieri, Terry, D. Brown, Bailey, Granlund
D: Krug, Josi, Ekholm, Faulk, Muzzin, Karlsson, Cernak,
G: Hellebuyck, Biship, M Jones
PIT>MTL
CAR>NYR
NYI>FLA
TOR>CBJ
ARI>NSH
CGY>WPG
EDM>CHI
MIN>VAN
There’s always upsets you don’t see coming.
CONDORS, 2022-23 league champions, Reg Dunlop Mem Cup
12-team, H2H. Keep 12, but drop 2 of top four skaters, and also 2 of next six, then five more (from end-of-year rankings). One GK max.
Stutzle, Sergachev
Keller, Doughty, Verhaeghe, ErikssonEk
E.Lindholm, Barzal, J.Gaudreau, Huberdeau, S. Wright
Gustavsson
Western Conference:
EDM-CHI: Oilers
VAN-MIN: Canucks
NSH-ARZ: Predators
WPG-CGY: This will be the closest series, flip of a coin. I’ll say Jets though.
Eastern Conference:
CBJ-TOR: Leafs!
PIT-MTL: Penguins
NYI-FLA: Islanders
CAR-NYR: Rangers
Western Conference:
EDM<CHI Hawks have better goaltending and a healthy de Haan greatly helps the Hawks defense.
VAN>MIN Vancouver has better goaltending and is more talented overall
NSH<ARI Kuemper steals this one.
WPG>CGY Winnipeg rolls.
Eastern Conference:
CBJ>TOR I love Toronto but Torts will find a way.
PIT>MTL Pittsburgh dominates
NYI>FLA Islanders have a better defense, goalie play, and system overall.
CAR<NYR Only if Shesterkin starts.
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
pit>mtl
car>nyr
nyi>fla
cbj>tor
ari>nsh
wpg>cgy
edm>chi
van>min
Is it too early for hockey robot to start the discussion pages for each of these series?
Western Conference:
EDM-CHI: Oilers - Talent over experience when everyone is fresh for playoffs. Experience plays better after a gruelling season.
VAN-MIN: Canucks - Talent and youth over age here.
NSH-ARZ: Predators - predators have the skill and experience.
WPG-CGY:Jets - Why did Calgary lose last year in playoffs? cause Colorado played a better playoff style. Winnipeg will do that this year.
Eastern Conference:
CBJ-TOR: Leafs - Leafs can’t lose first round again can they?
PIT-MTL: Penguins - As much as I hope for Price to steal three straight, it is unlikely
NYI-FLA: Panthers - Bobrovsky gets hot and steals it!
CAR-NYR: Rangers - Zibqnajed and the Rangers were coming on strong
My choices
Western Conference:
EDM>CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH>ARI
WPG>CGY
Eastern Conference:
CBJ>TOR
PIT>MTL
FLA> NYI
NYR>CAR
Western Conference:
EDM>CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH>ARI
WPG>CGY
Eastern Conference:
CBJ<TOR
PIT>MTL
FLA>NYI
NYR<CAR
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(No I don't have a hockey problem...)
Western Conference:
EDM>CHI - Chicago'a d won't be able to contain the Dynamic Trio
VAN<MIN - Dubnyk returns to form after the multi month reset and the Wild depth is too much for the Canucks
NSH>ARI - Hall has a reputation to uphold...Arizona wins the draft lottery
WPG<CGY - Winnipeg has zero dmen and Hellebuyck won't steal 3 games.
Eastern Conference:
CBJ>TOR - Columbus beat a much better team last year
PIT>MTL - Price is not enough to make this a series
NYI<FLA - Ekblad dominates the series and becomes a superstar
CAR>NYR - 'Canes have too much depth at all positions for the Rangers to have a chance in this series.
Western Conference:
EDM>CHI
VAN>MIN
NSH<ARI
WPG<CGY
Eastern Conference:
CBJ<TOR
PIT>MTL
NYI<FLA
CAR>NYR
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
The lack of a true training camp/exhibition season, etc. actually makes me see these the opposite way. Teams that are systems-driven/coaching-reliant will have less time to get back to where they were. Toronto and Florida have more talent, and talent will take a 5-game series after a long break IMO.
Just my two cents...
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
If there's one thing that CBJ has that most other teams lack is it's a driven passion which comes from Torts pushing them. This is an excellent TEAM and is not driven by superstars but an excellent system and better coaching. I think they will give the Leafs everything they can handle and I honestly think they are a better TEAM. I also think they can win this series.
It's going to be interesting and I expect a few upsets coming out of this round.
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
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."