The ESPN rankings are ridiculously funny. Maggie the Monkey could do a better job.


Here's my picks...


13 Zach Parise, NJ
24 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR
49 Patrick Kane, Chi
60 Henrik Sedin, Van
85 Jason Pominville, Buf
96 Dan Boyle, SJ
121 Brad Richards, Dal
132 Alexander Frolov, LA
157 Tomas Kaberle, Tor
168 Alexander Edler, Van
193 Matthew Lombardi, Pho
204 Tom Gilbert, Edm
229 Martin Erat, Nsh
240 Matt Niskanen, Dal
265 Andrew Brunette, Min
276 Brian Boucher, Phi
301 Andrew Ebbett, Ana
312 Artem Anisimov, NYR
337 Steve Reinprecht, Fla
348 Andrej Sekera, Buf
373 Guillaume Latendresse, Mon
384 Nikolai Kulemin, Tor
409 Maxim Afinogenov, Buf
420 Steve Eminger, Ana
445 Torrey Mitchell, SJ
456 Raffi Torres, Cls

Boyle at 96? Good-looking team, though with the Wolf Pack playing in front of Lundqvist, could be in for an interesting season.

What is the scoring?

H2H

16 categories

Goals (G)
Assists (A)
Plus/minus (+/-)
Points (PTS)
Penalty Minutes (PIM)
Power Play Goals (PPG)
Short Handed Goals (SHG)
Faceoffs Won (FOW)
Shots on goal (SOG)
Power Play Points (PPP)

Goaltending Games Started (GS)
Wins (W)
Saves (SV)
Shutouts (SO)
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Save Percentage (SV%)

My team..AKA the winning team:

SERGE'S MUSTANGS
11 Jeff Carter, Phi
26 Cam Ward, Car
47 David Booth, Fla
62 Chris Pronger, Phi
83 David Backes, StL
98 Sheldon Souray, Edm
119 Craig Anderson, Col
134 Brooks Laich, Was
155 Jason Blake, Tor
170 Milan Hejduk, Col
191 Ryan Smyth, LA
206 Anton Babchuk, Car
227 Keith Ballard, Fla
242 Chuck Kobasew, Bos
263 Niklas Hagman, Tor
278 Tobias Enstrom, Atl
299 Colby Armstrong, Atl
314 Doug Weight, NYI
335 Dustin Byfuglien, Chi
350 Mike Komisarek, Tor
371 Michael Leighton, Car
386 Kyle Wellwood, Van
407 Ben Eager, Chi
422 Cody McLeod, Col
443 Matt Greene, LA
458 John Mitchell, Tor

my team got brutalised by the autopick once i left. i've already dropped 5 guys and put 3 on ir

Merci. Boyle is looking even better now.

I am actively seeking sidebet action on Monkey to defeat Serge.

how much?

KHL.

yes i know...its no big deal..we wanted a russian presence.

post your team tough guy...so we can all laugh

Autopick sucks. My internet stick I got from work also sucks. Oh well. Donation this year and I will take it next year.

16 - Niklas Backstrom (G) Minnesota
21 - Eric Staal (F) Carolina
52 - Thomas Vanek (F) Buffalo
57 - Daniel Alfredsson (F) Ottawa
88 - Patrik Elias (F) New Jersey
93 - Sergei Gonchar (D) Pittsburgh
124 - Paul Kariya (F) St. Louis
129 - Daniel Briere (F) Philadelphia
160 - Ryan Whitney (D) Anaheim
165 - Claude Giroux (F) Philadelphia
196 - Rick DiPietro (G) NY Islanders
201 - Ed Jovanovski (D) Phoenix
232 - Andrei Kostitsyn (F) Montreal
237 - Mikhail Grabovski (F) Toronto
268 - Erik Johnson (D) St. Louis
273 - Christopher Higgins (F) NY Rangers
304 - Rich Peverly (F) Atlanta
309 - Michal Roszival (D) NY Rangers
340 - Colton Orr (F) Toronto
345 - Jonathan Ericsson (D) Detroit
376 - Jiri Tlusty (F) Toronto
381 - Clarke MacArthur (F) Buffalo
412 - Jamie Benn (F) Dallas
417 - Steve Bernier (F) Vancouver
448 - Luke Schenn (D) Toronto
453 - Chris Butler (D) Buffalo

I have an open offer to any team in the league.....My team vs yours...

Up to $25

$25, book it.

booked..

First come first served...

Total i will book for this pool is $150

I got room for 5 more..

I'll take $25 each.

$25 on Adam to beat you
$25 on Monkey to beat you.

I'll understand if you don't want to double-book against Adam.

p.s. I really do love you. All in good fun.

Booked and booked:

Just to be straight , when I say my team vs Adam/Monkey..Its NOT head to head..Its whoever finishes higher in the standings...I assuming thats what you guys mean, but just making sure.

That's what I meant.

Confirmed. So $25 on Monkey finishing higher than you in the standings, and $25 on Adam finishing higher.

My first SergeBet, and I didn't have to go against the Leafs to do it. Yay!

lol..congrats and good luck..

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lol..no thanks..

lets stick to hockey

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i didnt pick for PIMS..

I picked him for 35 goals..

but PIMS is a nice bonus

you might want to look into the thing that currently has two teams on a Bye for the first week


also, since all the cool kids are doing it, I'll make it uncool

1 Alex Ovechkin, Was
36 Cristobal Huet, Chi
37 Bobby Ryan, Ana
72 Chris Osgood, Det
73 Scott Hartnell, Phi
108 John Tavares, NYI
109 Nik Antropov, Atl
144 Joffrey Lupul, Ana
145 Brian Campbell, Chi
180 Rob Blake, SJ
181 Daymond Langkow, Cgy
216 Chris Campoli, Ott
217 Keith Tkachuk, StL
252 Nikita Filatov, Cls
253 Francois Beauchemin, Tor
288 Jarret Stoll, LA
289 Jonathan Bernier, LA
324 Brian Lee, Ott
325 Mike Commodore, Cls
360 Manny Fernandez, Bos
361 Chris Kelly, Ott
396 Martin Hanzal, Pho
397 Matt Duchene, Col
432 Jan Hejda, Cls
433 Thomas Greiss, SJ
468 Scott Nichol, SJ

Great pick..you scooped him

He is going to have a monster year alongside of Kovalchuk.

When i say monster, look for 37 goals and 42 assists...

I looked yesterday but I can't find any reason for that or any setting to change it.

I pinged support, we'll see what they say.

I'll take the under...for a lot of money

I'll do over/under 78.5 points, or 36.5 goals. $25?

I did it so people wouldn't make fun of me for the guy I picked right before that

Well i wasnt soliciting bets..I threw out a number....i have explained before that while I THINK he may get a certain number of goals, its doesnt mean that I will bet that..

For example last year he scored 28 goals..So a fair bet would be 30.5 goals and 69.5 pts..

ill book those if you like.

All better now, they told me how to fix it.

My team below. Decided to be a homer this year

9 Miikka Kiprusoff, Cgy
28 Corey Perry, Ana
45 Michael Cammalleri, Mon
64 Devin Setoguchi, SJ
81 Patrick Sharp, Chi
100 Ilya Bryzgalov, Pho
117 Dave Bolland, Chi
136 Joe Pavelski, SJ
153 Kris Versteeg, Chi
172 David Clarkson, NJ
189 Bryan McCabe, Fla
208 Valtteri Filppula, Det
225 Rene Bourque, Cgy
244 Brent Burns, Min
261 Todd Bertuzzi, Det
280 David Legwand, Nsh
297 Matt Carle, Phi
316 Kent Huskins, SJ
333 James Wisniewski, Ana
352 Marc-Andre Bergeron, FA
369 Manny Malhotra, SJ
388 Matt Gilroy, NYR
405 Patrick Eaves, Det
424 Jamie McGinn, SJ
441 Stephane Veilleux, TB
460 Curtis McElhinney, Cgy

I know, I was trying to be challenging and get a good bet out of it

Would you take the over at 72.5 points? I'd go with that. If so, a confirmation is all that we need.

ok booked..However with all my bets I ask for the min 70 game played clause.

Darn, there goes my advantage.

Well I hate Antropov, so I'll still take that bet.

Booked!

edit - How about a Kyle Wellwood sidebet

booked..

I have given up on Wellwood bets...

Other players I like bets on:

Gaborik
Anti Midget Habs
Anti Kovalev
Grabovsky
Hagman
Blake
Toskala save pctg
Anti Malkin and Crosby
Leafs playoff bets
Kessel


and lots of others

You are the man Sergio. I won't be betting against any Leafsies, though I'm sure you're offering good odds.

I'd take the over on 64.5 points for Kovalev, 70-game minimum for $25, if you are so inclined.

Feel free to suggest a Cammalleri line, though I think he'll underperform last year too.

ill get back to you with these..

I will start a fresh thread, we hijacked this thread enough I think

Good call.

meh


12 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana
25 Mike Green, Was
48 Chris Mason, StL
61 Marian Gaborik, NYR
84 Derick Brassard, Cls
97 Brian Rafalski, Det
120 Tuomo Ruutu, Car
133 Michael Frolik, Fla
156 Zach Bogosian, Atl
169 Slava Kozlov, Atl
192 Victor Hedman, TB
205 James Neal, Dal
228 Carlo Colaiacovo, StL
241 Jimmy Howard, Det
264 Daniel Cleary, Det
277 Denis Grebeshkov, Edm
300 Enver Lisin, NYR
313 Dominic Moore, Buf (WTF!!! So I had Aucoin lined up as my next pick but I was looking for more players to fill my autopick queue and as anyone knows when people pick it moves the list of players in an annoying way and somehow I must have clicked on his name and then I hear the noise for my draft and I assumed that Aucoin was ready and I hit draft and then I see Moores fat face staring at me and I get angry and give up right there.
336 Fabian Brunnstrom, Dal
349 James Sheppard, Min
372 Miroslav Satan, Pit - ran out of time with this pick and autodraft got me this
385 Lee Stempniak, Tor
408 Jason LaBarbera, Pho
421 Bruno Gervais, NYI
444 Rostislav Olesz, Fla
457 Darren Helm*, Det

you are an ass for taking Bogosian..

Btw same thing almost happened to me with some obscure 3rd string goalie, but i saved it by literally one second and picked Kyle Wellwood.

oh and i dont think you got the memo...its not a a keeper pool..If it was you be laughing..

17 Henrik Zetterberg, Det

20 Nicklas Backstrom, Was

53 Ray Emery, Phi

56 Patrick Marleau, SJ

89 Ryan Kesler, Van

92 Andrei Markov, Mon

125 Stephen Weiss, Fla

128 Dustin Brown, LA

161 Patrik Berglund, StL

164 Shawn Horcoff, Edm

197 Pavel Kubina, Atl

200 Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJ

233 Antti Miettinen, Min

236 Sam Gagner, Edm

269 Antero Niittymaki, TB

272 Fedor Tyutin, Cls

305 Tomas Fleischmann*, Was

308 Sean Bergenheim, NYI

341 Keith Yandle, Pho

344 Josh Harding, Min

377 Cody Hodgson, Van

380 Scottie Upshall, Pho

413 Corey Crawford, Chi

416 Steve Downie, TB

449 Ryan Stoa, Col

452 Dmitry Kulikov, Fla

My last 2 picks won't pan out, so I'll just drop them I guess. My team is is extremely balanced up front. Goalies are questionable with Emery, Niittymaki, Harding and Crawford. I'm psyched for week 1.

$25. vs. Newmarket Hurricanes

Book it big guy.

Ok - I'll try a first ever Serge bet.

$25 is goot

booked





booked

I hear ya...

6 Dany Heatley, SJ
31 Ryan Miller, Buf
42 Jonas Hiller, Ana
67 Simon Gagne, Phi
78 Derek Roy, Buf
103 Alexei Kovalev, Ott
114 Niklas Kronwall, Det
139 Phil Kessel*, Tor
150 Chris Kunitz, Pit
175 J.P. Dumont, Nsh
186 Mark Recchi, Bos
211 Drew Stafford, Buf
222 Matt Stajan, Tor
247 John-Michael Liles, Col
258 Steve Sullivan, Nsh
283 Mattias Ohlund, TB
294 Ron Hainsey, Atl
319 Andrej Meszaros, TB
330 Mikael Backlund, Cgy
355 Rob Schremp, Edm
366 Mikkel Boedker, Pho
391 Geoff Peters, Nsh
402 Michal Neuvirth, Was
427 Tyler Myers, Buf
438 Justin Pogge, Ana
463 Jocelyn Thibault, Buf

Autopicked

Well, Thibault is in Colorado now...

special deal or you...Ill lay you 4-1 vs my team...

Good offer dont you think?

My team vs yours in the standings for $25 Serge?

well this is assumed we have to do it.

booked..

I think betting is closed now.