Fantasy Hockey Fail

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With the Stanley Cup playoffs set to kick off tonight it's time that I acknowledge my complete and utter failure as a fantasy hockey owner this year. It wasn't even for lack of trying. Only two guys in my league made more moves than I did. Shoot, two of the teams that finished ahead of me made ZERO moves. But yeah, I did very little right. Cut Scott Hartnell in the early part of the season and what happens? He goes on to score a career high 37 goals. It was just that kind of season. No one to blame, but myself. But that's all right. I can always redeem myself with fantasy baseball!

The Fantasy Hockey Experiment - Week 3

Well, we've made it another week and we're still in first place. Our lead is certainly dwindling though. I suppose when your goalie gives up 7 goals in a single game, that'll set you back a little bit.

The biggest concern I have right now is Eric Staal. The guy has only 5 points on the year and a plus/minus of negative 13. That's not good at all, and it's really hurting us. Staal had 76 points last year, so hopefully he can get back on track soon... Still keeping an eye on Cam Fowler and Brent Seabrook as well. Would certainly like to see a few more points out of the back.

Division Leaders

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Atlantic - Pittsburgh Penguins - 8-3-2 - 18 points

Northeast - Toronto Maple Leafs - 7-2-1 - 15 points

Southeast - Washington Capitals - 7-2-0 - 14 points

Central - Chicago Blackhawks - 6-2-2 - 14 points

Northwest - Edmonton Oilers - 6-2-2 - 14 points

Pacific - Dallas Stars - 8-3-0 - 16 points

League Leaders

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Points - Phil Kessel - Toronto - 18

Goals - Phil Kessel - Toronto -10

Assists - Erik Karlsson - Ottawa -11

Goals Against Average - Nikolai Khabibulin - Edmonton - 0.97

Save Percentage - Nikolai Khabibulin - Edmonton - 96.4%


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