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Zach6668 · Guru

Gameday 67 - February 12, 2019

GOCUBSGO · Guru

We hot. 14-3 over our last 17 games with wins over the Whalers, Seals, and homekeys

MLP · Guru

is this the most boring playoff race in sports standings history?

Zach6668 · Guru

we seem to always kind of have a pretty big split between the playoffs and non- playoffs, don't we? or maybe there's usually one team trying to sneak in? the division/league races are always much more exciting (though here only 1 division is even close, and even that...)

MLP · Guru

do we? I guess I never noticed.

strange, you would think there would be some parity in the middle

Zach6668 · Guru

I think it's a league that really rewards/incentivizes all or nothing.

rich · Overselling players since 1993

I have no patience for ever doing another rebuild so in 5 or 6 years there will be at least one donk chasing the 8 seed.

rinswun · Guru

The tugnutt race would have been much closer had I not dropped a bollock yesterday.

Jay · Turning Back the Clock

I only plan on 15th this year and next. Then I'm back

rich · Overselling players since 1993

4 top 2 picks allows you to do that.

Adam · Guru

MLP wrote:
is this the most boring playoff race in sports standings history?

This is the first year I remember where it doesn't appear that anyone outside the top eight will stand much chance of getting in. Usually there's a team or two that miss the bubble in the last couple games of the year. This season it seems like the playoffs have been set since December. I don't remember any teams being locked into the playoffs this early before either.

rich · Overselling players since 1993

Adam what's up with your Sabres.

Adam · Guru

rich wrote:
Adam what's up with your Sabres.

Just more of the same...

No heart. No fire. Just a bunch of individuals looking for someone else to get it done. Same way it's been for many years now.

rich · Overselling players since 1993

I feel more optimistic about them than I have for the last 5+ years. This slump seems more the product of a young team not lack of effort, am I wrong?

Adam · Guru

rich wrote:
I feel more optimistic about them than I have for the last 5+ years. This slump seems more the product of a young team not lack of effort, am I wrong?

I see some of them trying hard, but there are too many passengers and too many guys having really off years. Plus Housley's insufferable tendency to roll Sobotka as our 4th leading icetime forward. Ristolainen is playing bad most nights, Dahlin has had some very off nights (first time he's played more than 40 games in a season so I'm giving him a pass), Okposo should be getting paid about $1 million per year for what he contributes, rather than the $6 million he's getting. Pominville is just done. Scandella has been a train wreck who still consistently gets top-2 minutes. Matt Hunwick is a thing that exists and gets playing time.

Guys who are having a good/great season - Eichel, Skinner, Reinhart, McCabe, Pilut (sometimes...you can definitely see the rookie at times), Larsson (having some injury issues at the moment), Girgensons, Rodrigues, and that's pretty much it. Dahlin is great on the scoresheet, but he's also had some awful giveaways at the worst possible time that have definitely cost us games. Mittelstadt has been playing way better since the break, seems like he might be rounding into form. Sheary is okay...not great but not terrible either. Bogosian was playing pretty good until he got hurt...it's a minor miracle he lasted this long.

MLP · Guru

Hows Skinner playing? I know the stats have dried up a little for that line and the subsequent splitting up of that line, but Im curious to hear from someone who always watches how Skinner looks.

Also, Reinhart same question?

Thanks!

Broadway · Guru

Everytime I think Reinhart has raised his game, he seems to stall a little. Slow but steady progress I guess

Adam · Guru

Skinner has been outstanding, it will be a tragedy if Buffalo doesn’t lock him up. Always in the mix, he can drive play, he draws penalties like crazy, and obviously he can bury that puck. Reinhart has also been outstanding this year, really taking a big step. At this point he looks like he’ll be a perennial 70 point player and might go above 80 a couple times.

MLP · Guru

Thanks Adam. I have a long history with both of these guys from other pools/Skinner being a Hurricane. I took both in my big pool this year, theyve been fantastic stat wise but I realized I dont watch too many Buff games.

its interesting with Skinner that he hasnt resigned, BUF is kind of dropping out of a playoff spot with a very young team, and there is next to 0 talk about him being traded.(at least that I have seen). I'm guessing the two sides are close to a deal, and something gets done soon.
I always loved his offensive talent, and his skating was a treat to watch. I'm not sure he does very well without an Eichel type on his line, but who knows. I'll be interested to see how he
responds next year being in a non contract year.

Reinhart, Ive noticed some of the same thing that John said, but it looks like his trajectory is really trending upward last 12 months, and even with some bumps, really going forward. He looked really good in the weekend games I saw, and that was without Eichel. Him and Middlestadt (Sp?) made a nice combo, maybe the best players in the Sunday/Sat game, cant recall which one. All I know is last January I traded Reinhart, at a time when he has like 10pts in 30gp, and since then hes been about 75pts in 80gp

good team, fun to watch, will be a real threat in the coming years if they get a Gtd, and some better secondary parts, IMO.

-- Edited by MLP on Tuesday 12th of February 2019 07:53:26 PM

Adam · Guru

From what I understand, the team can only sign him to an 8-year deal after the deadline. That’s the only reason I’m being patient about the fact that he isn’t locked up yet.

MLP · Guru

oh, didnt know that.
I didnt even know the trading deadline ad anything to do with resigning guys, interesting.

btw, I just realized we're playing each other tonight....and then I noticed I have a DH.
lets go Whalers!

Adam · Guru

MLP wrote:
oh, didnt know that.
I didnt even know the trading deadline ad anything to do with resigning guys, interesting.

btw, I just realized we're playing each other tonight....and then I noticed I have a DH.
lets go Whalers!

Close so far, but your Toronto boys haven’t started yet. Would be nice to actually beat the Whalers once this year.

Adam · Guru

Arp is on cruise control towards his customary +7.0 against me I see...

Zach6668 · Guru

oh FFS. At least we're both taking it.

rich · Overselling players since 1993

Yeah Adam I think you are worn down from a decade of crap, this is an actual promising core. Dahlen has the odd goofy turnover but he is doing stuff as an 18/19 year old that is absurd. The only bad move was the O'Reilly trade.

MLP · Guru

Adam wrote:
Arp is on cruise control towards his customary +7.0 against me I see...

ouch, nice call. just hit 7.0, with still 5 players going...

Adam · Guru

So frustrating. My 5.5 net beats everyone tonight except my opponent. Everyone.

Zach6668 · Guru

Lmao. I have 5.5 too and I’m also playing Arp.

Adam · Guru

Zach6668 wrote:
Lmao. I have 5.5 too and I’m also playing Arp.

So **** the schedule gods, right?

I guess you and I would tie, on further reflection.

Nice game Arp. I hope I can find some answers against you in the playoffs.

MLP · Guru

GG

Im finally get my injured guys back, and things are running well for me right now.
just worried this can't possibly sustain another 1.5months, during the playoffs, as much I hope it will.

Adam · Guru

Zach6668 wrote:
Gameday 67 - February 12, 2019
Injured Reserve 3.0 vs. The Ales 4.0
KC Reserves 4.0 vs. Blindsides 1.5
Nickle City Nerf Herders 1.0 vs. Iowa Crop Dusters 4.5
Royal Oak Fearsome Beavers 2.5 vs. Broadway 4.5
Whalers 7.0 vs. Lost Cause 5.5
Lethbridge Golden Seals 2.5 vs. Newmarket Hurricanes 2.0
BlackDevilHawks -0.5 vs. asdfjkl; 5.5
Toronto Rocket 6.5 vs. Whalers 7.0

-- Edited by Zach6668 on Wednesday 13th of February 2019 02:38:50 PM

-- Edited by Zach6668 on Monday 18th of February 2019 02:11:50 PM

Zach6668 · Guru

ha! I made it to 6!

Zach6668 · Guru

"I don't understand why Zach was a seller," they say.

Zach6668 · Guru

OK, this is perfect. Sitting pretty in that #6 spot.

Adam · Guru

Zach6668 wrote:
OK, this is perfect. Sitting pretty in that #6 spot.

I honestly don't care who I draw in the first round, lately the Dusters have been just as tough of an out as anyone else.

Adam · Guru

Adam wrote:
Zach6668 wrote:
OK, this is perfect. Sitting pretty in that #6 spot.
I honestly don't care who I draw in the first round, lately the Dusters have been just as tough of an out as anyone else.

Additional note - Everyone above me in the standings (except the Dusters) has officialy clinched with 8 games left and more than 16 points of separation from the KC Reserves (who have played their last doubleheader for the season). Lost Cause and Iowa Crop Dusters will clinch with their next point in any of the remaining games.

Zach6668 · Guru

Adam wrote:
Zach6668 wrote:
OK, this is perfect. Sitting pretty in that #6 spot.
I honestly don't care who I draw in the first round, lately the Dusters have been just as tough of an out as anyone else.

True. Have to beat the best no matter what order you play them to win the title anyways.

Dubey · Guru

My team peaked 3 months ago

digitalmonkey · Guru

Mine too

Jay · Turning Back the Clock

Sweet. Passed the Beavers!

Zach6668 · Guru

Zach6668 wrote:
ha! I made it to 6!

I actually got to 6.5.

Zach6668 · Guru

Would have won in OT if I'd have just started Dougie Hamilton!

Adam · Guru

Zach6668 wrote:
Would have won in OT if I'd have just started Dougie Hamilton!

Somehow gleaning Tyler Bozak into my lineup is the only way I could have won. Would have never happened, Radulov would have gone in first if anyone.

MLP · Guru

Zach6668 wrote:
"I don't understand why Zach was a seller," they say.

are you saying last night proves your point of selling? Cause I dont see that at all, in fact, I would think last night would prove the opposite. no?

Adam · Guru

MLP wrote:
Zach6668 wrote:
"I don't understand why Zach was a seller," they say.
are you saying last night proves your point of selling? Cause I dont see that at all, in fact, I would think last night would prove the opposite. no?

I think his point is his team is so good he’s going to be the first deadline seller to win a title.

MLP · Guru

oh. damn.

I really wouldn't bet against it.

Zach6668 · Guru

hahaha... the point is that even with very good scores, I can't beat you.

Zach6668 · Guru

(last night was just a high scoring night, not really indicative of my team, IMO.)

Zach6668 · Guru

Adam wrote:
Zach6668 wrote:
Gameday 67 - February 12, 2019
Injured Reserve 3.0 vs. The Ales 4.0
KC Reserves 4.0 vs. Blindsides 1.5
Nickle City Nerf Herders 1.0 vs. Iowa Crop Dusters 4.5
Royal Oak Fearsome Beavers 2.5 vs. Broadway 4.5
Whalers 7.0 vs. Lost Cause 5.5
Lethbridge Golden Seals 2.5 vs. Newmarket Hurricanes 2.0
BlackDevilHawks -0.5 vs. asdfjkl; 5.5
Toronto Rocket 6.5 vs. Whalers 7.0

-- Edited by Zach6668 on Wednesday 13th of February 2019 02:38:50 PM

-- Edited by Zach6668 on Monday 18th of February 2019 02:11:50 PM

Vlad Tarasenko had an assist added which gives Golden Seals the win over the Hurricanes. It was previously a Hurricanes OT win.

Dubey · Guru

Whoop!