Monday, November 19, 2007

Early points race prediction

As the first quarter of the 2007-2008 season comes to a close, its time to make an early, inaccurate, yet educated guess as to who will come out on top in this seasons point race. I will give names and point totals arbitrarily, but I sort of know what I'm saying...I think.

  1. Sidney Crosby, 133 Pts
  2. Evgeni Malkin, 129 Pts
  3. Joe Thornton, 123 Pts
  4. Dany Heatley, 120 Pts
  5. Henrik Zetterberg, 120 Pts
  6. Jarome Iginla, 118 Pts
  7. Alex Ovechkin, 117 Pts
  8. Vincent Lecavalier, 115 Pts
  9. Daniel Briere, 113 Pts
  10. Ilya Kovalchuk, 112 Pts
  11. Jason Spezza, 111 Pts
  12. Daniel Alfredsson, 110 Pts
  13. Jaromir Jagr, 110 Pts
  14. Marian Hossa, 108 Pts
  15. Martin St. Louis, 107
  16. Paul Kariya, 107 Pts
  17. Paul Stasny, 107 Pts
  18. Marc Savard, 105 Pts
  19. Pavel Datsyuk, 104 Pts
  20. Daniel Sedin, 104 Pts
  21. Patrick Marleau, 100 Pts
  22. Joe Sakic, 99 Pts
  23. Thomas Vanek, 97 Pts
  24. Scott Gomez, 96 Pts
  25. Mats Sundin, 95 Pts
  26. Eric Staal, 93 Pts
  27. Ryan Smyth, 90 Pts
  28. Ray Whitney, 89 Pts
  29. Marian Gaborik, 88 Pts
  30. Brad Richards, 84 Pts
  31. Daymond Langkow, 83 Pts
  32. Justin Williams, 83 Pts
  33. Michael Nylander, 80 Pts
  34. Milian Hejduk, 77 Pts
  35. Mike Cammaleri, 74 Pts
  36. Rod Brind'Amour, 74 Pts
  37. Patrick Kane, 72 Pts
  38. Chris Drury, 72 Pts
  39. Kristian Huselius, 72 Pts
  40. Ryan Getzlaf, 71 Pts
  41. Rick Nash, 69 Pts
  42. Alex Tanguay, 68 Pts
  43. Jonathan Toews, 67 Pts
  44. Jason Blake, 67 Pts
  45. Corey Perry, 67 Pts
  46. Vaclav Prospal, 67 Pts
  47. Nathan Horton, 66 Pts
  48. Milan Michalek, 66 Pts
  49. Vyacheslav Kozlov, 65 Pts
  50. Derek Roy, 65 Pts


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Thursday, November 1, 2007

How about them sleepers?

Let's revisit my sleeper picks for this season. I'll have to mention that I've been a Leclaire supporter since last season - I had drafted him in the last round as a sleeper. He was up on my list because I believed that if he was healthy Columbus would be more than happy to make him their starter. The rest are iffy (save Khabi, who is Chi's only option anyways) but have definitely proven their potential.

1. Carey Price, MTL - Projected Round - 3/4 to completion
2. Manny Legace, STL - Projected Round - 3/4 to completion
3. Mike Smith, DAL - Projected Round - 2/3 to completion
4. Pascal Leclaire, CLB - Projected Round - Undrafted
5. David Aebischer, PHX - Projected Round - 3/4 to completion
6. Dan Sabourin, PIT - Projected Round - Undrafted
7. Nikolai Khabibulin, CHI - Projected Round - 2/3 to completion
8. Jose Theodore, COL - Projected Round - Undrafted
9. Martin Gerber, OTT - Projected Round - 3/4 to completion
10. Jean-Sebastian Aubin, LA - Projected Round - Undrafted

Pretty pretty good. Those guys are definitely of more value than they were on draft day.

1. Duncan Keith, CHI
2. Carlo Colaiacovo, TOR
3. Mark Streit, MON
4. Brent Seabrook, CHI
5. Ian White, TOR
6. Adrian Aucoin, CGY
7. Niklas Kronvall, DET
8. Fedor Tyutin, NYR
9. Thomas Pock, NYR
10. Cam Barker, CHI

Pretty pretty bad, but then again its really hard to see a defenseman 'break out'. The season is still young.

1. Niklas Backstrom, WSH
2. Lee Stempniak, StL
3. Jiri Hudler, DET
4. Alexander Steen, TOR
5. Drew Strafford, BUF
6. Andrew Ladd, CAR
7. Jonathan Toews, CHI
8. Gilbert Brule, CLB
9. Scottie Upshall, PHI
10. Phil Kessel, BOS

Toews is playing incredibly well. Backstrom is auditioning for biggest bust already. I'm sure he's played well, but where are the headturning plays we expected? Also, keep an eye on Kessel. With Bergeron out, Kessel's offensive presence should increase.


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