What the heck is wrong with Carolina? Should I be worried about Cam Ward, who's numbers have not been great (other than a couple of good games)? I pinned my goaltending hopes on him for the foreseeable future, and am starting to worry a bit. Also, when can we expect to see Jamie McBain in the lineup?

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16 Tm Dynasty,DailyH2H
3C,6W,4D,1G;G,A,PIM,+/-,STP,SOG,Hits,FOW,W,SO,GA,S
C-Kopitar,Carter,Zajac,Bailey
W-Perry,Parise,Neal,Oshie,JvR,Clarkson,M.Foligno,Sil vferberg,Chiasson
D-Yandle,J.Johnson,Carlson,Nikitin,Dillon,Barrie
G-Ward,Bernier
Fm-Holland,Shore,Pulkkinen,Teravainen,Jensen,Rundblad,Morrow,Barber io,Krug

10 Tm-8F,4D,2G Weekly
F-Stamkos,MSL,E.Staal,Toews,Seguin,Duchene,E.Kane,St epan,J.Staal,Brown,Silfverberg,Johansen
D-Keith,Seabrook,Voynov,Bogo,Wideman,Fowler
G-Price,Rask,Dubnyk
Fm-Tarasenko,Scheifele,Atkinson,Faksa,Smith,Orlov,Rie lly,Trouba,Markstrom

Any news on Ilya Kovalchuk's foot injury?

Who needs to pick up the slack in Atlanta if Kovalchuk misses any time? Who do you see as the player(s) who take pick it up in his potential absence?

PS - I hope he doesn't miss a game.

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Two things:

First, what is your prediction s on d. morris...any changes due to him getting top pp minutes?

Second, do you see a need to upgrade your predictions about any Dallas plyrs? They look scary...

thx!

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Standard Yahoo Scoring...12 team, 1 year total pts. league
g(3), a(2), +/-, ppp, pim, shots, saves, wins(4), so(4)

2C-Stamkos, Backstrom
2LW-Nash, Duchene
2RW-Malkin, Eberle
4D-Chara, Doughty, Burns, Del Zotto
2G-Halak, Dubnyk, Fasth, Elliot, Peters

Is Spezza still a high 80s player, or a mid 70s?

Is Pavelec Atlanta's starting G, or will Lehtonen take over as undisputed #1 when he returns?

Can Peverley continue producing at his current pace from the third line?

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13 team Keeper, top 8F, 4D and 2G count. 1pt G/A, 2pt W/SO.
Protect b/w 375 - 400 points in a full season

F: Spezza, P Kane, E Staal, B Richards, RNH, E Kane, Weiss, Jagr, Briere, Semin, Hemsky

D: Suter, Giordano, Ryan Whitney, Goligoski, Souray, Spurgeon

G: Rask, Pavelec, Theodore, Elliott

I think everyone knew Detroit's lineup would feel the affects of losing players like Samuelsson and Hudler, but does the team's early season struggles really seem to indicate that this may not be a regular Red Wing's type winning season?

Do you think there is any hope of Bertuzzi breaking through at some point this season with the extra ice-time due to Franzen's injury?

Also, I have noticed that Zetterberg is being listed as a left winger on the last few NHL game sheets but he still remains a centre on Yahoo. Will he ever get left wing status?

Thanks!

hey dobber

I was wondering who you have in mind for "second half performers"

Do you have a couple of players (not Eric Staal types) but people probably on the waiver wire that you think may rip it up for the final half of the season? Thanks

maybe comment on the pace of Kopitar..

Mike Richards hit on David Booth
For some reason this hit in particular is getting a lot more attention than the usual suspects, like Rutuu's on Tucker. Maybe because it is two higher caliber players involved, one not only being a star player, but a captain as well. Maybe it's the fact that the NHL said they want to reduce the amount of hits to the head earlier this season. My prime example is the suspension of Kozlov for the hit on Gomez for something that looked almost accidental when compared to the Richards hit. You can argue the arm extension by Kozlov is intent (not to injure but simply of boarding/hitting from behind), to push Gomez when in a vulnerable position, but 3 games?! Come on! I'm a Habs fan all the way, but I'm a hockey fan first. Richards may be a stellar player, a Captain, young, etc, etc, but how does this make any sense when other 1st timers are getting suspended for less, for 3 games! If his hit was to the chest and Booth fell to his head i would agree with the ruling by the league, just like Robidas' hit earlier this year on Dumont which put him out for 2weeks. Richards' hit was the only CLEAR HEAD SHOT, with by far the most devastating result of any hit i've seen in a few years, (honnestly reminds me of Steve Moore). For him to get away with no consequence is a huge mistake by the NHL, as my friend pointed out star players get away with anything, just like Ovechkin got a slap on the wrist for a slue foot where as another player was suspended 3 games for the exact same thing. BE CONSISTENT! PLEASE! Fans have a hard enough time with refs missing calls, be it offside, pucks in the netting, gloving the puck in the crease and penalties. When the NHL has the chance to review a play, please take the time to come to the right and fair decision.

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10 Team Keeper, NO POSITIONS, POINTS ONLY Keep 20
Datsyuk, Spezza, Gaborik, Hossa, Eriksson, Iginla, Statsny, Krejci, Pavelski, Letang, Brown, Hudler, Berglund, Read, Jagr, Yandle, Filppula, Kreider, Palmieri, Schwartz

Here are Niclas Backstrums f or Washington Stats for the week.

-3 +/-, 0.57 SHTOI, 7 SOG, 46 Shfts, 46.29 TOI

He has got to do more.
While the coach put him back with OVe for even strength and not just PP

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I currently have Pittsburgh and Columbus as my goaltending teams in my CBS sports hockey league. I'm thinking of dropping Columbus for Colorado. Your advice would be appreciated.

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10 team non keeper H2H league
Categories: All skaters: G,A,STG,STA,PTS,+/-
Defense have two additional categories:Goals,Assists
Team Goalies: Wins,Losses, SAVES,Goals Against
Rosters: 3,centers,3 wings,2 defense, 2 team goalies and 3 bench

Centers: Stamkos,Ribiero,Grabovski
Wings: D.Sedin,Perry,Jokinen,Grabner,Penner
Defense: Doughty,letang,Wisniewski
Goalies: Vancouver and Nashville

IR: Datsyuk