The inaugural Cage Match Tournament is here! Each week you will vote for the player you would most like to have on your team in a points only keeper league (no positions involved). The poll will be added pending the introduction article on the main page.

Psyched? You had better be!

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At first look I thought "oh cool this will be fun"......then I clicked on Sharp vs Ryan first. Frigggggggg that's tough.


I'll go Ryan though.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

Make sure you come back to vote when it opens up tomorrow morning. This is just open now so I can post the link in my article.

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Wow, landslide for Ryan thus far.

Yeah I love Sharp, I think he's great value. But if I have my choice...free of charge, as it were...Ryan all the way.

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Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Nothing's free of charge for you

Ryan's a prototypical power forward; sharp's really more of a sniper. I don't know how truly comparable they are, except to say that they're both somewhat 3rd wheels for their respective clubs.

I'm not going to break this down by the numbers, but I'd hazard a guess that Sharp's career stats look prettier than Ryan's right now. If I were going to bet on who'd have the more successful career, though, I'd probably put my money on Ryan to finish his career with more points.

Also, if you care about peripherals in these cage matches, that's likely advantage Ryan. Sharp's not entirely one-dimensional, but I'd say Ryan's the better hitter by a stretch.

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The League:
10-way, pts-only; no positions, top 12/20 count; 1 UFA (>23y/o) per year.

The Legend:
Crosby, Malkin, Getzlaf, Kesler, M. Koivu, J. Carter, P. Stastny, Backes, Voracek, Horton, D. Stafford, R. O'Reilly, Pietrangelo, Doughty, Granlund, Nyquist, Laich, Steen, Bozak, Leino.

Looking at straight points here.

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Here are links to the other polls:

Zetterberg vs. Hossa

Thornton vs. Iginla

Skinner vs. Duchene

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