Hitching my wagon to a goaltending triumverate of Backstrom, DiPietro and Budaj has proven to have been a serious tactical error. Backstrom gets good stats but rarely wins, Budaj hasn't started a game so far and DiPietro will be laid up for another month or so (at which point he'll start 6 games in a row, tear something, and be gone for the year).

Season is still young and I'm not far enough behind to really start panicking, but my team isn't showing me the stuff I expected coming out of the draft when I was really pleased with my haul.

Ugh, I'm with you then. I have Backstrom and Steve Mason in my other one, fully expecting to tear shit up. Instead I'm second-last in goaltending.

I assume the presence of Budaj on a roster means there are absolutely no goaltenders left in the pool.

I'm very dissapointed in you guys that believed so much in Backstrom/Minnesota. You should have known that was a downward spiral!

Last year, I got a lot of flack in one of my pools for trading Backstrom+some depth fwds for Bryzgalov+Parise+Pavelec (Pavs was on the farm).

Im smiling now!

ps: please hockey gods, dont let Bryzgalov+Pavelec come crashing back to reality! At least not til I trade them.

I m interested in Budaj..And will send you some trade offers..

There are three goalies available for pickup that have seen NHL icetime this season: Patrick Lalime, Alexander Salak, and Curtis McElhinney.

There are only two goalies available that have actually played this year, both have played a combined two games.

Almost all backups and some third stringers are gone.

you beat me too it..


By the way...Salak is a hilarious name if you speak Turkish.

salak
n. idiot, fool, stupid, silly, country bumpkin, cretin, dolt, dope, ninny, sucker
adj. silly, stupid, crazy, dimwitted, doltish, dopey, gullible, jerky, obtuse

Nice job jinxing Bryz! I also have Pavelec who fortunately had Hedberg blow up after Pavelec's ill inducing highlight reel from last week. Should be interesting to see if Lehtonen gets the starting job back when he returns from injury.

I read that Lehtonen's injury might be a lot worse than they thought. Thats my hope, and Im thinking that more and more, Atlanta would like to move on from Lehtonen's issues. But Pavelec has to show a lot for them to do that.

Having Atlanta and Pheonix goaltending scares the crap out of me, but I noticed this year, there are a lot of questions with a lot of goalies, so take what you can.

I have Lundqvist to complete my trio, which USUALLY helps me sleep at night. He ever gets hurt, and Ill be on here posting regularly at 4am, asking if anyone recommends Greiss or Budaj type pickups!

try having the nashville and toronto combos are your tenders!

You win lose.

oh yeh, try having those two combos and missing the gustafsson start. fml.

He was in a minor car accident this morning. SERIOUSLY. LOL

He is reportedly ok

And now Budaj has the swine flu..This thread is a jinx to all goalies.

I feel like Marty Brodeur hasn't received the attention he deserves in this thread. He's an amazing talent, and will be tough to beat tomorrow when Buffalo plays the Devils.

lol.

I nearly passed out reading that.

This will be my last post in this CURSED thread. I wish all you yahoo-adam teams good luck, may the injury bugs not bite.

Jinxes are for losers.

My pick of Craig Anderson was amazing. The guy is on fire and putting up sick numbers.

up 14-0 vs Broadway going into the weekend.

Hold one time..

I never get shorthanded goals.

Sorry Serge. I think you need to look again

It's going to be a tough week for some of the leaders this week.

1 vs 7
2 vs 3
4 vs 5

People are going to drop.

I was just about to come post about our huge matchup, Scott. GL.

bs..i went from dominating the whole week to a brutal finish

This week i guarantee a 12-14 pt week..My opponent is pretty brutal..

Are you playing my team?

no dev.

Kinda interesting situation here going into the last Sunday, between me and Belanger. We were 3rd and 2nd respectively coming into this week.



I've got Hemsky, Boyes, and Khabibulin going, while he has O'Sullivan.

I figured out Khabi would have to allow 7 goals on 28 shots for me to lose the save percentage category, and that's unlikely, although not impossible, so I'm close to free rolling a chop on the wins category tonight if the Oilers can win a game.

Offensively, I can tie or beat him in any of the 6 categories I'm currently behind or tied in. The only ones he can beat me in that are tied or I'm ahead in are PPP and SHG. I don't think he can realistically comeback in shots, but it's possible. PIMs are possible too, but I don't see O'Sullivan going crazy tonight.

So, realistically, on a night where we have 3 total players playing, and one goalie, I could take it from 7-7-2 to as high as 13-2-1, although that extreme is unlikely. It is probably most likely we just stay around 7-7 or 9-6 or something closer, but I have a good chance to pick up a few important extra points here today, with the 2 better players going, and the goalie freeroll for 1 point.

Have to say it's been a hell of a matchup. My only problem is I have one goalie, but it's a small problem.

Well... in an interesting twist...



lol.

lol, that is a shit Zach.

In my pool, the page was down the other day. As such, I didn't get a chance to adjust my lineups. No big deal as we have short benches, and all it meant was not being able to start Jason Blake a couple nights ago, and not being able to switch out Mike Green for Zidlicky last night.

Difference is going to be a 9-0 loss instead of a 5-3-1 win with both of them having GWG and combined 4 points. ARG.


I am so tilted I can't sweat this league. Standard 'good luck' for whoever is playing Serge this week

lol, Sully with a power play point, and it gives Scott a 8-7-1 record, which could end up back at 7-7-2 if the Oilers hold on for the victory.

Boourns!

Pretty fitting though, considering how close we were coming into this week.

Yup, 7-7-2 final. GG Belanger.

Next up for me, the Crazy Dicers.

Talk about an even battle. We were almost tied up close for about every day.

Yeah, just about. I think I had a 10-5 lead or something one night, but I knew it wouldn't last. Heh.

I am tilted that Cam Ward is gone for a long time, but lucky enough I have Leighton and was extremely lucky to get Manny Legace today, after Carolina signed him..

Surprised no one else took him ahead of me..

Nobody really needs a guy like that who will split starts on the worst team in hockey, since we have no minimums anyways.

It makes sense for you, but that's really about it.

Ya for me its important as i need the starts and the saves..Who knows, short term he steps in and puts up some wins..Cant get any worse for Carolina..

Problem is I have 5 guys on IR and 5 goalies..

after week 2 or 3 I was dead last in the league but it was mainly due to slow starts and bad weeks by some of my key guys. Last 2 weeks have been strong and I've jumped up to 8th. The limidonks will be a good challenge for us, a nice lopsided win could launch me ahead of you.

1. GoBears 54-18-8 .725 116 8-6-2 12 12

2. runthemover 46-22-12 .650 104 11-4-1 3 6

3. Corona Ice Kings 45-24-11 .631 101 7-7-2 1 4

4. Ottawa Limidonks AAA 44-25-11 .619 99 7-7-2 2 3

5. The Captain 42-27-11 .594 95 12-2-2 9 8

6. Canadian Gothic AAA 39-32-9 .544 87 4-11-1 18 4

7. The Lost Cause 36-34-10 .513 82 6-8-2 7 11

8. Crazy Dicers 35-33-12 .513 82 14-0-2 8 8

9. Point Cannon 36-35-9 .506 81 11-3-2 14 6

10. Newmarket Hurricanes 33-33-14 .500 80 11-2-3 6 6

11. mustangs 33-33-14 .500 80 7-6-3 5 11

12. The Super Friends 29-45-6 .400 64 2-12-2 15 3

13. Burnaby Express 28-44-8 .400 64 12-2-2 17 5

14. Fearsome Beavers 27-43-10 .400 64 2-11-3 4 2

15. dEv~s BamFs 26-42-12 .400 64 6-7-3 13 8

16. Broadway 26-42-12 .400 64 3-11-2 16 9

17. Montreal SilverSeven 26-44-10 .388 62 2-12-2 10 11

18. Ingmen 21-50-9 .319 51 0-14-2 11 15

I looked for him but you beat me by 4 hours or so, would have been an easy upgrade over Budaj.

WE CAN'T AFFORD THESE KIND OF MISTAKES.

I am just a genious thats all

I guess u going 7-6-3 against me is brutal too. Not that it really mattered but I didn't check my team once as I was in CA all week.

I usually dominate the goalie categories..thats why i thought i would smoke u..

Good game.

I'm absolutely determined to make the playoffs this year.

I've been in each year you guys have done this, except one, and have never even sniffed the playoffs. I had one year where I started out good, but just completely folded down the stretch. That is not happening this year!

Yeah, we can.

Gothic Smokes Mustangs!

Can someone post a standings update?

1. GoBears 73-28-11 .701 157 9-5-2
2. runthemover 67-29-16 .670 150 12-3-1
3. Ottawa Limidonks AAA 59-34-19 .612 137 6-6-4
4. The Captain 58-40-14 .580 130 5-9-2
5. Canadian Gothic AAA 57-40-15 .576 129 7-5-4
6. Corona Ice Kings 56-39-17 .576 129 9-4-3
7. Newmarket Hurricanes 50-45-17 .522 117 13-1-2
8. Broadway 45-50-17 .478 107 8-6-2
9. Crazy Dicers 44-50-18 .473 106 6-8-2
10. Fearsome Beavers 45-53-14 .464 104 6-6-4
11. The Lost Cause 45-53-14 .464 104 3-12-1
12. Point Cannon 44-52-16 .464 104 5-7-4
13. Burnaby Express 43-56-13 .442 99 8-6-2
14. The Super Friends 43-57-12 .438 98 10-3-3
15. dEv~s BamFs 40-54-18 .438 98 4-9-3
16. mustangs 39-54-19 .433 97 3-10-3
17. Montreal SilverSeven 37-62-13 .388 87 6-8-2
18. Ingmen 26-75-11 .281 63 1-13-2

Beavers slowly moving up each week.

Yeah, nice win vs me last week. Dunno what happened to my offense. Either they had an off week, or you killed me. Weird though, because Thornton had a million points. My goalies were stellar, as I went 3-0-3 in those categories, but won only 2 offensive spots.

Thanks sweetheart.

Keep up the good work, Monkeyman.