Pre-Season Team Report Card: One Eyebrow (Ihor)

Calgary (CP) In this edition, we look at the One Eyebrow team lead by GM Triska.

Immediate Needs:

+ 2 F projected for 80+ PPts

+ 2 D projected for 50+ PPts

+ 1 G projected to play ~30 games

What they Got:

+ F Hejduk

+ F Recchi

+ F Avery

+ D Commodore

+ D Boynton

+ G Holmqvist

Analysis:

With a crap load of draft picks at his disposal, Ihor was able to load up on some offensive weapons and goalies that will play a lot that could be used as trade bait later on. The result is the deepest team in the GDHL and is the early favorite to take the title from the Leaf Haters. One Eyebrow is obviously aiming for this year to be the one to make a run and all his moves in GDHL 06-07 looks like they may pay off.

Trading Block:

+ F Jaromir Jagr

+ D Tomas Kaberle

+ F Shane Doan

Questions:

+ Will this be Jagr's last year?

+ Will this be Bobby Ryan's coming out party?

+ How much can the role players be a factor (i.e. Horcoff, Dumont, Higgins)?

Injury Concerns:

+ F Spezza (Back)

+ F Hemsky (wus)

+ F Higgins (Shoulder)

+ F Doan (Playing Style always makes him miss 10 games)

+ D Vishnovsky (Various Injuries)

Grades:

+ Draft (B+): Consistently made solid picks and didn't lose site of what he needed to accomplish.

+ Forwards (A): Potential for 13 F to get at least 70 PPts. Not many can say that.

+ Defence (B): With arguably 3 of the top 15 defencemen in the league, Triska's D-corp will be one of his strengths.

+ Goalies (B): Turco is always a standout, but the Toskala-Raycroft battle is gonna be tough to watch.

+ Overall (A-): Has a lot of room for error due to the depth of his forwards to make a serious run at the title this year led by his group of forwards. Beware all.

Fur Engee (CP)