Sunday, January 15, 2012

NHL Playoffs Pool Help?

What you should change is that you're WAY over-valuing a handful of teams. You've got 10 of your 14 players from just 3 teams - the Caps, the Canucks, and the Wings. Putting all of your eggs in one basket is not a very intelligent move, spread 'em around and hedge your bets to be safe. From the Caps I would keep Ovechkin but dump Backstrom and Green - Green is just returning from missing nearly a 3rd of the season with a concussion so he won't be near 100%, and Backstrom has not shown a propensity for showing up in the playoffs. From the 'Nucks, get rid of one of the Sedins and dump Luongo - Luongo is again a guy who has been great in regular seasons but has regularly dropped off the planet in the playoffs, and as far as the Sedins go you're really feast or famine there they could both do well or since they play together they could both get shut down completely. If Bolland is back for the 'Hawks in round one, and it looks like he will be although not necessarily right away, he's done a pretty darn good job of shutting the Sedins down in the playoffs in years past. From the Wings, Zetterberg is out for at least the first couple of games, possibly longer since no one is ever truly honest about an injury prognosis particularly at this stage in the year, and Jimmy Howard is, well, Jimmy Howard. If I were you, I'd dump both of those goalies in favor of Tim Thomas, Jonas Hiller, Pekka Rinne, Henrik Lundqvist, Marc-Andre Fleury, or Ryan Miller. Then I'd drop Green, Zetterberg, Backstrom, and one of the Sedins (it doesn't matter which one) in favor of basically anyone who will put up points and who will add to the diversity of NHL teams represented on your roster.

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