| This Week |
Last Week |
Team |
Comment |
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1 |
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Good news for opponents: the Kings' defense has been mediocre (3.4
GPG against). The bad news: this is the best offense the MFHL has ever seen. |
| 2 |
5 |
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Haven't lost to anybody but Los Angeles this season, thanks in
large part to the fact that Hackett has been better than Roy ever was.. |
| 3 |
6 |
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Here's a daring prediction: despite the fact that he's shopped
around several times a season, Mats Sundin is not going to be leaving Toronto anytime
soon. |
| 4 |
3 |
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Everybody knows Jozef Stumpel is great, but can he really contend
for the scoring title this season? I've got my doubts. |
| 5 |
4 |
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Maybe someday Vinnie will figure out that a goalie needs a 9 PC to
be great. Until then, Salo's about as good a fill-in as Fichaud, Terreri, Shields, etc... |
| 6 |
14 |
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First Scott Stevens, now Ulfie. Edmonton seems to love their
immobile, unskilled pieces of granite on the blueline, wonder if Kasparaitis is on the
block yet? |
| 7 |
15 |
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Last week's comment about them will hopefully be my biggest mistake
of the season, but I still don't see how these guys are winning. |
| 8 |
5 |
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You'd think with all this checking ability their PK numbers would
be better than middle-of-the-pack. |
| 9 |
11 |
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Just give Jason Allison the Most Improved Player award now and get
it over with. There is a Most Improved Player award, isn't there? |
| 10 |
7 |
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Odelein is still outscoring Leetch and Chelios on the season...how
long can that last? |
| 11 |
10 |
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Bondra's living up to expectations, but the Sabres still can't beat
a good team when Hasek's got a save percentage under 90. |
| 12 |
23 |
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The backup goalie: tba. And with Larry Murphy the result of the
team's other deal this week, the tba is the good news. |
| 13 |
8 |
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They were the best team in the Norris to start the season, and
Arvedsson and McAlpine (twice!) have improved in the minors. So why are they at .500? |
| 14 |
18 |
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The good news: the greatest player, in terms of ratings, in MFHL
history is in the Caps' organization. The bad news: it's a TBA who's taken an improvement
away from somebody who could actually have played. |
| 15 |
13 |
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If neither Scott Bailey nor Glenn Healy is a Blue by the end of
this week, I'll be surprised. |
| 16 |
9 |
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From the "That's just sad..." department: Martin Gendron
is actually in the lineup for the Coyotes. Just one more improvement in the minors and
he'd have been a serviceable player... |
| 17 |
26 |
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Mike Richter never ceases to amaze, as the Wild have the
second-best defense in the league thus far. |
| 18 |
12 |
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Memo to the coach: scratch one of the guys who couldn't score on an
empty net from the slot (there are two of 'em on the blueline) and get Iafrate in there
while you still can. |
| 19 |
17 |
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Have been trying all season to get a marquee C, but they're not
likely to get one unless they start shopping their young stars. |
| 20 |
21 |
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Whoever's drawing up the offensive schemes should be forced to take
a drug test; Marc Potvin has more than twice as many shots as leading goalscorer Bobby
Holik. |
| 21 |
19 |
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Last season, a close loss to the Avs would have been reason to get
mad. This season it's a well-played game for this team. |
| 22 |
25 |
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At this point, Scott Roy looks likely to become the first assistant
GM to be named Executive of the Year...anybody still criticizing his Fedorov deal from
season 1? |
| 23 |
27 |
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Can Bill Ranford keep a starting job anywhere? Not in the MFHL, if
Hodson keeps playing like this. |
| 24 |
16 |
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Kip Miller's improvement means that the Stars now have six centers,
all not quite good enough to crack the fourth line of a contender. |
| 25 |
22 |
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On the up side, they're leaving the league's true doormats in the
dust. On the down side, that means they'll have to try to rebuild with late top-10 picks. |
| 26 |
21 |
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Why would Todd Henry trade Pat Verbeek for Rick Tocchet? Is it that
he knows something that we don't? Or could it be that his team is this bad for a reason? |
| 27 |
24 |
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Somehow, even with Ray Whitney tied for 9th in the league in goals,
Columbus has scored less goals as a team than New Jersey. At least Marleau and Zyuzin are
showing flashes of their potential... |
| 28 |
18 |
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Reports from the Pond say that the team's P.A. announcer is having
trouble keeping a straight face when he gets to the "Mighty" part. |
| 29 |
24 |
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Despite Wade Flaherty's offseason improvement, Garth Snow has
started every game in net so far. Cunning strategy, or just tanking it already? It can't
be both, since the team's first-round pick is long gone. |
| 30 |
30 |
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Sniper Tony Twist? Setup man extraordinaire Alexander Semak?
Starting goaltender Corey Hirsch? It could only happen on the Devils. Ohlund had better
start winning some games for his team soon... |
