Welcome to The Hurt Locker! That is the nickname I have come up with for the Richard Bracket, who's first round will be running down this week in the Cage Match Tournament. As always, this is for a points only keeper league setting with no positions involved. Remember to check the front page for last week's results.

Now cast your votes and comment away, we want to hear what you have to say!

Here are links to the other polls:

#1 Ovechkin vs. #8 Zetterberg

#2 Crosby vs. #7 Neal

#3 Backstrom vs. #6 St. Louis

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Again in a keeper this gotta be Hall.

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Reluctantly went Hall here. Strictly from a value-based perspective, I think Dats' 70pt year + two subsequent injury plagued years is enough to give would-be owners pause when evaluating his worth.

It's close and I think you could make a valid argument for Dats, but from a three year window (ideal rebuild time frame) Hall edges him out in a points only format.

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Four out of three people have difficulty with fractions

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

Damn sorry Pavel. No points for takeaways or broken english

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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

Gotta go with the magician (Datsyuk).

I am loving this matchup right now.

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I knew it was going to be a dandy.

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Four out of three people have difficulty with fractions

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

keeper league ya gotta take the madman, the canadian rocket ,the scareface, the 'omar' off the wire taylor hall

Those are some interesting nicknames.

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I went Hall. Points only, I think he's got this. Especially next year.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth