MATCH-UPS - January 16, 2012
C = confirmed (All goalie confirmations can be found at GoaliePost or Leftwinglock)

NSH @ NYI - Rinne (C) vs Poulin (C)
COL @ PHX - Varlamov (C) vs Smith (C)
BOS @ FLA - Rask vs Clemmensen (C)
BUF @ DET - Miller (C) vs Howard (C)
DAL @ STL - Lehtonen (C) vs Halak (C)
WPG @ OTT - Mason (C) vs Anderson (C)

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The Motherpuckers (5 NYR, 2 PIT, 3 VAN)
Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist

A lot of favourable match-ups for goalie studs tonight.

Rinne, Thomas/Rask and Halak are my must-starts:
-Rinne and Thomas for obvious match-up reasons
-Halak because he's the hottest goalie on the planet (hasn't lost in regulation in 11 games)

Other match-ups:
-DET has been playing well, but I like Miller over Howard... Miller's last couple of games have been very solid ever since his ominous comments following the leaf loss, he may be regaining his mojo
-I like Varlamov over PHX for no other reason than a simple hunch

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12 Teams, Points Only (G/A = 1, DG = 2, W = 2, SO = 1)

The Motherpuckers (5 NYR, 2 PIT, 3 VAN)
Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist

Starting Goalie updates:

NSH @ NYI - Rinne (C) vs Poulin (C)
This is Rinne's first game this season against NYI. However, he has a 1-0-1 record against NYI with 1.44 GAA, .945 sv% and one shutout. Also, the Preds have been playing really well recently, winning 4 in a row. No reason not to think why it won't continue against NYI. Rinne has been hot, ride it.

COL @ PHX - Varlamov (C) vs Smith (C)
I really like Colorado better as a team and Phoenix has had trouble scoring in the past few games, other than the 5-1 win over NYI. However, I think Phoenix gets the win here because of Smith. He has posted sv% of .964, .969, .969 and .952 over the past 4 games, 3 of them being away games against really tough opponents (LA, DET and NYR). This season playing @COL he posted a .975 sv% and is 4-1-0 against COL in his career with a .945 sv%. Even if Smith doesn't get a win, history shows that you should at least be looking at decent sv% for this game.

BOS @ FLA - Rask vs Clemmensen (C)
Have to go with the obvious Boston goalie. Rask or Thomas, they are both top tenders playing a struggling FLA.

BUF @ DET - Miller (C) vs Howard (C)
Howard for the Win. This season against BUF, Howard saved 27 of 28 for a .964 sv% and the win. In his career, he is 2-0-0 with a .942 sv%. DET is 17-2-1 at home. That's a pretty good home record. Miller is 2-5-2 against DET with a 3.30 GAA and .902 sv%.

DAL @ STL - Lehtonen (C) vs Halak (C)
Lehtonen is 7-1-0, has a 1.73 GAA and .944 sv% against StL. Halak is 1-4-0, with a 3.04 GAA against DAL. Last game Halak played DAL he won but with a .870 save percentage. Lehtonen also won his last outing against StL. with .947 sv%. History is for DAL but StL. has been playing really well of late. They are 18-3-3 at home and DAL is 11-10-0 away. Halak has been hot and my bet is on Halak to get the win at home with a decent but not amazing sv%.

WPG @ OTT - Mason (C) vs Anderson (C)
Anderson has won 8 of his last 9 and the only loss being an OTL. During that span, apart from one game, he has posted sv% of .923 or better and one shut out. WPG has lost 3 in a row, OTT has won 4 in a row. OTT is 14-8-1 at home, WPG is 6-11-4 away. My bet is on OTT for the win with Anderson posting a pretty good sv%.

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3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 1Util, 2G, 4BN, 3IR
G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK
W, L, GA, GAA, SV, SA, SV%, SHO

C: Tavares, Eric Staal, Getzlaf, Ribeiro
LW: Lupul (LW,RW), Hartnell, Elias (C,LW), Cammalleri (C,LW), Ott (C,LW)
RW: Malkin (C,RW), Backes (C,RW), Seguin (C,RW), Callahan
D: Pietrangelo, Ekman-Larsson, Subban, Bouwmeester, Streit, Burns (D,RW), Wisniewski
G: Rask, Backstrom, Bobrovsky
IR: Spezza (C), Oshie (C,RW)

Update: everyone is confirmed except for Rask.

Update 2: Rinne is currently pitching a SHUTOUT halfway through the 2nd period... sorry, had to throw that jinx in there since I'm going H2H with him this week

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12 Teams, Points Only (G/A = 1, DG = 2, W = 2, SO = 1)

The Motherpuckers (5 NYR, 2 PIT, 3 VAN)
Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist

Hahaha, yesss thank you! I hope the jinx works. Although so far it doesn't look good. Islanders failed to score on a minute+ 5 on 3 PP. Rinne has looked very sharp.

Help!!! I already have Rinne on. I have 1 more slot for Halak or Rask..... tough choice! I don't know who to pick I need ur guys opinion. My league has stats for W Save % GAA and SO.


I'm thinking Rask but Halak has been stellar... but Boston is against florida....

That's a really tough call... coin flip in my opinion.

I'd roll with Halak - hottest goalie on the planet, playing for the best home team in the league.

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2013 Bay Street CBS Playoff Cash Pool - $100 buyin
12 Teams, Points Only (G/A = 1, DG = 2, W = 2, SO = 1)

The Motherpuckers (5 NYR, 2 PIT, 3 VAN)
Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist

Damn you Detroit.... you gonna play Howard 72 games?

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G A +/- PIM PPP SOG | W GAA SV% SHO

2C: E. Staal, Stastny(IR)
2L: Nash, Ryan, Eriksson
2R: Eberle, Burrows, Pavelski
4D: Bogosian, Burns, Kindl, Irwin, M.A. Bergeron
2G: Price, Varlamov, Halak(IR), J. Allen, Budaj

That's the last time I go with one of my "hunches"... brutal.

Hopefully nobody followed my lead on that one

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2013 Bay Street CBS Playoff Cash Pool - $100 buyin
12 Teams, Points Only (G/A = 1, DG = 2, W = 2, SO = 1)

The Motherpuckers (5 NYR, 2 PIT, 3 VAN)
Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist

Tomorrow's is gonna be brutal matchups. I have Nabby playing Caps and Ward playing Pens..... and ya know what? I'm starting both!

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C: Crosby,Getzlaf
LW: Parise,Benn,
RW: Voracek,Ovechkin, Iggy
D: Karlsson, Shattenkirk Carle, Goligoski
G: Theo., Rask, Markstrom


Farm:
Tarasenko, Huberdeau, T. Hall, Hackett, Silfverberg, Yakupov, B.Smith, Josi

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