Thursday, January 3, 2008

GDHL: GM Power Rankings (December)

Calgary (CP) November was hard to beat in terms of the amount of significant trades being made, but December did see some teams do some deals that have paid off right away. A tough month to judge because there has been a lack of activity.

1. Mike (N/C): Although December saw Mike's huge lead vanish as the Leaf Haters and Sather's Eyes both had huge months, it is tough to displace the No.1 team. His acquisition of Holmqvist didn't work out as planned but seemed like a good deal at the time. He keeps his ranking solely based on still being No.1 at the mid way point of the year after building one of the most well rounded teams.

2. Ihor (New): After being picked by this blogger to win the GDHL this year edging out Kevin, Ihor has had an extremely disappointing campaign so far... but there are signs of hope. Landing Jokinen for Hejduk and a FA was huge as Ihor continually does a good job of selling players when they have their highest value. For obtaining a keeper for the rest of pool, Ihor makes his debut in the rankings at #2. His team is gaining momentum and should come on strong in the second half. Whether at 70 PPt deficit is too much remains to be seen.

3. Kevin (N/C): The Leaf Haters made up 35+PPts on the Bruins in December and is closing in. As long as he continues to get good goaltending from either Leclaire or Bryzgalov he should be pushing for the lead by end of January as his players continue to score in bunches.

4. Adam (-2): This 4th place could've been occupied by either Jordan or Ken since there has been a lack of activity on every one's part. Adam gets the nod because of a higher ranking in November. Tough to rank a GM for simply "letting it ride".

Hoping for an exciting 2008.

Fur Engee (CP)

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