Calgary (CP) What a difference a month can make. A lot of surprises on the leaderboard so far as some people have gotten off to fast (or slow) starts. I've tweaked the formula a bit. All feedback is appreciated. Here's my top 20:
1. Sidney Crosby, PIT (N/C): After being shutout in his first game, he has a 14-game point streak going. He is breathing down Zetterberg's neck and once he overtakes him, the scoring title will be his. He's too good!
2. Jarome Iginla, CGY (+7): He is notoriously a slow starter but has gotten off to a rocket pace. PIMs, PPP and a ton of goals is what makes him come in a #2.
3. Vincent Lecavalier, TBL (+2): Picking up where he left off from last year... which is great news for me! He seems to be in a pissed off mood this year getting into 2 fights and that boosts his value even more.
4. Henrik Zetterberg, DET (NEW): Debuting at #4, the current NHL scoring leader is showing off the talent that we all know he has. Question is whether he'll play more than 70 games this season. For Adam's sake, I sure hope so.
5. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR (NEW): Hands showing of people thinking that at this time Henrik would almost have as many PPTs as Kipper, Luongo and Brodeur combined? Thought not. Granted its because the other three have been off to slow starts but Henrik is showing why he's been a Vezina finalist the last 2 years.
6. Pascal Leclaire, CLB (NEW): Hands showing that Leclaire had this much talent? Well actually I did, but he was injured all last year so what can you do? Seven wins, five shutouts. WOW.
7. Mats Sundin, TOR (NEW): Off to the best start in his long career, he finally has someone to pass to in Blake. I've always knew he was good but never really appreciated how good he was until this year. He's doing it all for the Buds.
8. Chris Pronger, ANA (+3): Love him or hate him, he's consistently one of the top 3 defencemen in the league and is lethal on the PP.
9. Evgeni Malkin, PIT (+10): Its not fair that him and Crosby are on the same team. No sophomore slump yet and don't expect one.
10. Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL (NEW): Back-to-back hat tricks? The guy is one of the most dynamic players in the game... when he wants to be.
Honourable Mentions:
11. Sergei Gonchar, PIT (+6)
12. Martin Biron, PHI (NEW)
13. Rod Brind'Amour, CAR (NEW)
14. Daniel Alfredsson, OTT (NEW)
15. Olli Jokinen, FLA (NEW)
16. Paul Stastny, COL (NEW)
17. Nic Lidstrom, DET (-10)
18. Dany Heatley, OTT (-12)
19. Dion Phaneuf, CGY (NEW)
20. Brian Rafalski, DET (NEW)
Fur Engee (CP)
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2 comments:
Good job for the most part, but how does Pronger get ranked #8 for October. In October, he was 21st in scoring amongst defencemen behind such notables as Doug Murray, Cory Murphy, Chris Campoli, Randy Jones and Mark Streit. Other than the Pronger bias and the missing Gerber, the list looks pretty good.
My guys are ticked off at you for not including any of them in your top 20. I guess that's what has motivated them this month :-)
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