Minstrel Hockey League 2010-11

Post by **Manimal** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:38 pm

The offers you gave me were definately not close to being good for me. I didn't proceed with the talk as it won't do me no good. We are too far apart

Post by **batdad** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:02 pm

No issue. Like I said, I would move Iggy for the right deal. If nobody steps up, I will ride out his slow start like I did last season, and hopefully laugh at the end as he gets hot.

Post by **visualdarkness** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:48 pm

I've changed the team name to the more local and suiting Surahammar Sloppy Slippers.

Post by **Manimal** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:31 am

visualdarkness wrote:I've changed the team name to the more local and suiting Surahammar Sloppy Slippers.

Have you played the Västerås Vikings yet? That is a real local derby in this league

Post by **visualdarkness** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:36 am

Sadly it was he first game of the season but I got the away game Jan 10 - 16.
The small village with the heart against the big city with the money. David vs Goliath!

Post by **batdad** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:17 am

I would like to thank Concussion Junction for working out a fair deal for Jerome. I am of course, nervous to be losing him as I would have been no matter what. But my patience has worn thin,

Concussion negotiated fairly and well, and after having deal attempts that included Zetterberg and Bieksa and thoughts around Knuble, Smyth and others we have worked a deal that I am satisfied with.

I got two guys who shoot the puck shoot the puck, and a goalie who will be a starter for the whole season, not just while the real starter is injured.

It was a pleasure dealing with you Eric. Hopefully, this works out for both of us...but better for me!!!

The key to this deal for me was losing Boyes. Boyes is so inconsistent he makes me mad. Plus I don't think he will manage to stick on the top line. If he does...and scores...then definitely I will lose this deal.

eric1985 · Post by **eric1985** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:38 am

Same here. Im sad to lose samuelsson but im banking on an iginla comeback. I have a feeling by the end of the year we will come out even

Post by **visualdarkness** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:06 am

Chicago Sun Bears looks really inactive and barely got any players in the line-up. Looks bad for sure and they are keeping Hemsky away from my team.

Post by **Manimal** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:39 am

visualdarkness wrote:Chicago Sun Bears looks really inactive and barely got any players in the line-up. Looks bad for sure and they are keeping Hemsky away from my team.

That's JoeHelmer's team. He is not really inactive, just stupid

Post by **B. Stinson** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:41 am

He's still active. Although, their lineup is definitely not ideal right now.

I know what he's doing, though. Last night, he played only the guys who had a game. But then forgot to do his lineup for tonight. ESPN uses your last-set lineup as your "standard" for any games after that point.

In other words, every time you set your lineup, I believe that becomes your standard lineup, unless you jump ahead to future days and change it (at which point, that will now be the standard for all the lineups after it).

I usually forget to do my lineups at the beginning of the week, and I sign-in on Tuesday or Wednesday praying that I didn't lose too much to the bench.

Post by **visualdarkness** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:57 am

I set my at least a week in advance so I never miss it!

Why the heck would you only play half a line-up? Helmer, you really are stupid.

Post by **B. Stinson** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:04 am

visualdarkness wrote:I set my at least a week in advance so I never miss it!
Why the heck would you only play half a line-up? Helmer, you really are stupid.

I like to do that, too. Ideally, I'll sit down on Monday, and go through each day of the upcoming week.

I also try to keep my whole lineup in a "depth chart" format, only benching the "lesser" players when possible.

Post by **visualdarkness** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:08 am

B. Stinson wrote:
visualdarkness wrote:I set my at least a week in advance so I never miss it!
Why the heck would you only play half a line-up? Helmer, you really are stupid.
I like to do that, too. Ideally, I'll sit down on Monday, and go through each day of the upcoming week.

I also try to keep my whole lineup in a "depth chart" format, only benching the "lesser" players when possible.

Same here, always the ones who got games and after that filling out with with the best one available.

This round could prove to be a close one if my goalies gets their games!

Post by **McQwak** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:34 am

Nice hattrick by Iginla yesterday, still counted for BLAC team. Good for me because CON is my current opponent.

Post by **batdad** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:57 pm

Yeah...the two guys I have dealt off...Boyes scores 1-1 and Iggy hattrick. Nice good bye present!!!

Post by **visualdarkness** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:48 pm

Wow, this a close one! Whos team is the Black Bears?

Edit: Oh, there's a list...

Post by **B. Stinson** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:36 pm

With Lake Alajarvi and Concussion Junction both losing last week, Marsac's Newbies remain the only undefeated team in the league with a 6-0 record.

Post by **visualdarkness** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:59 pm

And I won my only full series so far!

kuulapaa · Post by **kuulapaa** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:14 pm

Bald Uakari's lost their first this season, so now I can write something about the team with no fear of jinxing it

Our team hasn't been magnificent, but somehow they still managed to win five games in a row before losing last week. The matchup against Vikings was a close one too and was resolved only on Sunday. Vikings had their biggest guns on ice and that did it as we played mostly our dmen who haven't been very efficient this season. Yet.

Maybe I could categorize our players in three groups: underperformers, business as usuals and hot ones.

Underperformers:

D Shea Weber - very disappointing season this far, ranked only 55th of dmen in the league
D Andy Greene - Devils struggles and it can be seen from Andy's production
G Brent Johnson - he's only our third string goalie, but I still was hoping more from him (never trust a Penguin, I say)
D Zach Bogosian - for playing such huge minutes his production has been weak - really weak
D Christian Ehrhoff - my another keeper D struggles also, but not nearly as bad as the other
G Craig Anderson - wouldn't be in this category without his injury, I guess - and I'm really hoping he (among others) improves asap

Business as usuals:

C Jonathan Toews - has started to pick it up slowly, couple of weeks earlier he would have been in the group above
G Miikka Kiprusoff - not the best start to a season from him, hopely Flames figures out how to get it going again
D Brett Clark - a decent FA pick, scores PP points and shoots often, but would need something more to climb into the hot ones
C, LW Evander Kane - would be in the hot ones without his terrible +/- rating of -9
RW Troy Brouwer - I didn't expect much from him, but I'd sure take some more points anyway!
D Toni Lydman - FA pick who was putting up some points at first, but not anymore
D Anton Babchuk - look above (except that Babchuk wasn't a FA pick...)
C Cal O'Reilly - young center replacing injured T.J.Oshie has produced some points, but needs to do more to keep his spot in our roster

Hot ones:

C Jarret Stoll - ABU's 23rd round draft pick is ranked as 9th of league's centers at the moment - not too bad
LW Alex Ovechkin - well, AO is doing well, he's on the verge of another +100 point season
RW Chris Stewart - when I traded Mark Streit for him in spring I wondered if I'm doing the right decision - but not wondering any more
RW Daniel Cleary - before his injury he was another of my great FA pickings, hope he gets back on it while healthy again
C Derek Roy - had a stellar start to the season, lately has been slowing it down a little, but still I'm very happy with him
LW Clarke MacArthur - my first FA picking of the season, and maybe the best (this far)
LW Alexander Steen - didn't expect much from him, but he's ranked as 17th of left wingers in the league

Not evaluated:

LW Lauri Korpikoski - has been in our roster for only couple of days, but will definitely stay if keeps his pace of scoring points
RW David Moss - just took him in and dropped our 14th round draft pick Eric Fehr as I got tired of waiting him to start producing

As it can be seen there's much to improve especially in ABU's defence. I think I'll go and fix our trading block right away, go and take a look at it if you're on the mood of trading!

Post by **archibalduk** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:43 pm

I need to spend some time on my roster. I thought I'd give it some time to bed in but my roster is really weak. I need to take a look at how I'm going trade in some players to improve my stats.

Post by **Manimal** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:13 am

kuulapaa wrote: Underperformers:
G Brent Johnson - he's only our third string goalie, but I still was hoping more from him (never trust a Penguin, I say)

How can you be dissapointed in Johnson? He has won six games and has played more than expected. He is only a back-up goalie so you should not expect more from him. Now, if you had Fleury until lately...

kuulapaa · Post by **kuulapaa** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:14 am

Manimal wrote:How can you be dissapointed in Johnson? He has won six games and has played more than expected. He is only a back-up goalie so you should not expect more from him. Now, if you had Fleury until lately...

He didn't win the games for us, I picked him up too late. He stopped winning, he stopped having ice time, he got ill and above all, he is a Penguin. Why in earth wouldn't I, rooting poor Devils, be disappointed to him? I love to be disappointed to any Pengs member... no, I freakin' love to hate Penguins

Post by **Manimal** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:11 pm

kuulapaa wrote:
Manimal wrote:How can you be dissapointed in Johnson? He has won six games and has played more than expected. He is only a back-up goalie so you should not expect more from him. Now, if you had Fleury until lately...
He didn't win the games for us, I picked him up too late. He stopped winning, he stopped having ice time, he got ill and above all, he is a Penguin. Why in earth wouldn't I, rooting poor Devils, be disappointed to him? I love to be disappointed to any Pengs member... no, I freakin' love to hate Penguins

I know that feeling. Two of my star players are underperforming Devils!

Post by **visualdarkness** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:26 pm

Manimal wrote:
kuulapaa wrote:
Manimal wrote:How can you be dissapointed in Johnson? He has won six games and has played more than expected. He is only a back-up goalie so you should not expect more from him. Now, if you had Fleury until lately...
He didn't win the games for us, I picked him up too late. He stopped winning, he stopped having ice time, he got ill and above all, he is a Penguin. Why in earth wouldn't I, rooting poor Devils, be disappointed to him? I love to be disappointed to any Pengs member... no, I freakin' love to hate Penguins
I know that feeling. Two of my star players are underperforming Devils!

And my guys are mostly overperforming in my eyes, well not the half-injured players.

Post by **Manimal** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:12 pm

visualdarkness wrote:
Manimal wrote:
kuulapaa wrote: He didn't win the games for us, I picked him up too late. He stopped winning, he stopped having ice time, he got ill and above all, he is a Penguin. Why in earth wouldn't I, rooting poor Devils, be disappointed to him? I love to be disappointed to any Pengs member... no, I freakin' love to hate Penguins
I know that feeling. Two of my star players are underperforming Devils!
And my guys are mostly overperforming in my eyes, well not the half-injured players.

But the point was that my stars are Devils-players!