We’re through one week of the NHL season, so it is time for our first update of the Scribes League, a fantasy hockey league involving four members of The Washington Times and The Washington Post.
Each week, we’ll post the standings here and then go in-depth with one team owner on how the season is going. This week, we’ll start with my team since that’s the easiest way to do it.
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This is an eight-team league with goals, assists, penalty minutes, plus-minus, power-play points, wins, saves, and goals against average.
SCRIBES LEAGUE
Dave Fay Division
Corey Masisak … 44.5 points
Ryan O’Halloran … 39.5
Michael Petre … 33.5
Stephen Whyno … 32.5
Bob Fachet Division
Lacy Lusk … 48 points
Tarik El-Bashir … 38
Katie Carerra … 26.5
Lindsay Applebaum … 25.5
Analysis: Lusk was a formidable performer in this league before it went mainstream and continues to be strong. Looks like the girls have some catching up to do.
TEAM BREAKDOWN
Corey Masisak
Draft review: I had the 6th pick in odd rounds and the 3rd pick in even rounds
1. Mike Green, D
2. Ilya Kovalchuk, LW
3. Dany Heatley, LW
4. Henrik Lundqvist, G
5. Tim Thomas, G
6. Zdeno Chara, D
7. Derek Roy, C
8. Anze Kopitar, C
9. Shane Doan, RW
10. Bobby Ryan, LW/RW
11. Miikko Koivu, C
12. Mike Riberio, C
13. Alex Burrows, LW
14. Scott Gomez, C
15. Nathan Horton, C/RW
16. Tim Connolly, C
17. Teemu Selanne, RW
18. Brendan Morrow, LW
19. Francous Beauchemin, D
20. Jaroslav Spacek, D
21. Mike Smith, G
22. Drew Doughty, D
Free agent moves: G Nikolai Khabibulin (for Smith),
Analysis: I really liked my draft, but so far my biggest problem has been guys like Selanne and Morrow having huge games on the bench. I grabbed my two goalies early and got two elite defensemen before waiting to add some other d-men late.
Best pick (after draft): Mikko Koivu
Worst pick (after draft): Mike Smith
Best pick (to this point): Dany Heatley
Worst pick (to this point): Nathan Horton
Strong Categories: PIMs, PPPs, Saves
Weak Categories: Goals, GAA
