As I sit here I am also clinging to my box of tissues and a blanket. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m behind a couple posts and it’s because I’ve been (and am still) sick as a dog. The Nyquil pills I just popped can’t work quickly enough… Now onto the wonderful world of the RCL Leagues:
Jethro (The CHeap Seats) was the top team, scoring 21 of a possible 22 points for the extended all-star week. GoPuckYour…… (Bobby Hull Division) was next with 20 points.
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Here are the leaders in each category for the week, with the average in brackets:
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| 21 Goals (10) | True North Puck Co. (RCL 1) |
| 28 Assists (18) | Jolly Razzers (RCL 1) |
| 22+/- (-1) | Cunney linguist (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 56 PIM (25) | GoPuckYour…… (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 19 PPP (7) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 160 SOG (115) | True North Puck Co. (RCL 1) |
| 8 Goalie Wins (4) | Team Vigilante (RazzPuckBunnies) |
| 0.99 GAA (2.21) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 349 Saves (187) | Razzmatazz (RCL 1) |
| .962 Save % (.925) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
| 4 Shutouts (1) | blunt blazing freak (Bobby Hull Division) |
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| RCL 1 | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | Jolly Razzers | 102-56-18 | 222 |
| 2. | Toronto Make Beliefs | 98-68-10 | 206 |
| 3. | True North Puck Co. | 92-67-17 | 201 |
| 4. | Puck The Folice | 93-69-14 | 200 |
| 5. | Razzmatazz | 89-76-11 | 189 |
| 6. | Zak Dream Team | 88-77-11 | 187 |
| 7. | Feeding Frenzy | 86-76-14 | 186 |
| 8. | the barbershop | 73-89-14 | 160 |
| 9. | Motorboaters | 71-90-15 | 157 |
| 10. | SnepstsMustacheRides | 67-99-10 | 144 |
| 11. | Pominville NY | 58-102-16 | 132 |
| 12. | Rocky Mountain Thigh | 58-106-12 | 128 |
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Feeding Frenzy moved closer to a playoff spot with a 9-1 win over Pominville NY. Jonathan Quick and Henrik Lundqvist combined for 5 wins with a .969 save percentage to lead the Frenzy. Martin Erat provided some offense with a goal and 5 assists, 2 power play points, and 4 penalty minutes.
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The Jolly Razzers stretched their lead to 16 points, defeating True North Puck Co. 6-3. Puck The Folice downed Motorboaters 7-3, Razzmatazz defeated the barbershop 7-4, and Rocky Mountain Thigh edged SnepstsMustacheRides 6-4. Zak Dream Team and Toronto Make Beliefs played to a 5-5 tie.
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| The CHeap Seats | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | Decepticon Dominance | 115-49-12 | 242 |
| 2. | KyHabs | 93-64-19 | 205 |
| 3. | Parenteau Guidance | 94-68-14 | 202 |
| 4. | Jethro | 91-70-15 | 197 |
| 5. | Optimus Reim | 83-79-14 | 180 |
| 6. | BlueLineDefenders | 80-78-18 | 178 |
| 7. | The Price is Right | 79-78-19 | 177 |
| 8. | Laraque Bottom | 72-86-18 | 162 |
| 9. | Grabner 5-hole | 71-87-18 | 160 |
| 10. | BroadStreetBullies | 65-91-20 | 150 |
| 11. | whobustedass | 63-94-19 | 145 |
| 12. | Hank for Vezina | 48-110-18 | 114 |
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1st-place Decepticon Dominance fell 7-4 to Grabner 5-hole, but maintained their 37-point lead atop the standings. KyHabs moved into 2nd, winning 6-5 over BlueLineDefenders while Parenteau Guidance was being bombed 8-2 by The Price is Right.
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Jethro destroyed the BroadStreetBullies 10-0 as Zach Parise (5 goals, 2 assists) and Chris Stewart (17 penalty minutes) led the way. Henrik Lundqvist and Marc-Andre Fleury each provided 3 wins. King Henrik finished with 2 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.65 and a .975 save percentage. Kris Letang had no points and was -4 for the Bullies, who were missing Alex Ovechkin for most of the week with a suspension.
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Laraque Bottom edged whobustedass 5-3 while Hank for Vezina and Optimus Reim tied at 5 in other action.
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| RazzPuckBunnies | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | Team Vigilante | 104-55-17 | 225 |
| 2. | Ice Road Puckers | 106-63-7 | 219 |
| 3. | Greyston Schmohawks | 87-75-14 | 188 |
| 4. | Jagr Bombs | 84-77-15 | 183 |
| 5. | drb_redwings | 83-78-15 | 181 |
| 6. | Portable Ninja | 81-81-14 | 176 |
| 7. | Chubby Beavers | 78-79-19 | 175 |
| 8. | Wampa | 69-88-19 | 157 |
| 9. | Top Shelf | 70-90-16 | 156 |
| 10. | SuicidalEnforcers | 70-92-14 | 154 |
| 11. | Gator’s Bitches | 64-90-22 | 150 |
| 12. | Sin Bin Sadists | 67-95-14 | 148 |
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There was a change at the top as Team Vigilante pounded Chubby Beavers 8-2 while the Ice Road Puckers were falling to Portable Ninja, 8-3. The Vigilante trio of Cam Ward, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Jonathan Quick combined for 8 victories and swept the goaltending categories. Martin St. Louis had 5 goals and 3 assists for the Ninja, who slipped past the Beavers into the 6th and final playoff spot.
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The drb_redwings blasted the Sin Bin Sadists 9-2 behind Henrik Lundqvist’s 3 wins and 2 shutouts. Phil Kessel contributed 2 goals, 2 assists, +3, 2 PIM, 1 PPP, and 19 shots. Corey Crawford dragged down the Wings’ goaltending numbers with ratios of 4.48 and .869.
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In other games, SuicidalEnforcers and Gator’s Bitches tied 5-5, Top Shelf downed the Greyston Schmohawks 7-2, and Jagr Bombs beat Wampa 6-4.
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| Bobby Hull Division | W-L-T | Pts | |
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| 1. | The Vincibles | 94-64-18 | 206 |
| 2. | TheMustaches | 91-65-20 | 202 |
| 3. | Cunney linguist | 92-70-14 | 198 |
| 4. | GoPuckYour…… | 88-66-22 | 198 |
| 5. | Rochester Americans | 88-71-17 | 193 |
| 6. | Shishka | 86-73-17 | 189 |
| 7. | blunt blazing freak | 79-81-16 | 174 |
| 8. | i miss baseball | 77-82-17 | 171 |
| 9. | Detroit Rust Rats | 76-83-17 | 169 |
| 10. | Rasktastic! | 69-95-12 | 150 |
| 11. | Celtic Frost | 61-94-21 | 143 |
| 12. | Smarch Snow | 54-111-11 | 119 |
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The standings tightened up considerably as the top 2 teams lost big. League-leaders The Vincibles were bombed by doormats Smarch Snow, 9-2, dropping their lead to 4 points. TheMustaches, paced by Ilya Kovalchuk (3 goals and 7 assists), overtook 2nd-place Cunney linguist after crushing them 8-3.
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GoPuckYour…… continued to move up, jumping into a 3rd-place tie from 6th with a 10-1 shellacking of Shiska. Logan Couture led GPY with a line of 2 G/5 A/ +2/3 PPP/15 shots. Cam Ward added 3 wins and a shutout with a goals against average of 1.21 and .960 save percentage. Shiska’s Jason Spezza was held pointless, and finished at -2 for the week.
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10th-place Rasktastik! tried shaking things up, trading their top-ranked skater, John Tavares, to Cunney linguist for David Krejci and Marc-Andre Bergeron. The team responded with a 5-3 win over the Rochester Americans. Celtic Frost throttled Detroit Rust Rats 9-2, while blunt blazing freak did the same to the i miss baseball. bbf had the top goaltending for the week, led by Lundqvist and Antti Niemi.
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Would you make this deal?
C Tavares, LW/RW Clowe, G Ward -> C,RW Kane, G Quick
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My goalies now are Miller, Ward, and Schneider. My skaters have owned the league so far but my goaltending’s struggled. Is Quick likely to outperform Ward by much the rest of the way? Seems Clowe is lost in the shuffle in SJ…
@HldOnMgnolia, Yeah that’s not a bad trade. Quick is a legit #1 and Kane is easily as valuable as Tavares