A couple of articles on the Penguins new-found production from the blueline corps:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10300/1098320-61.stm

http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/...fense-10-26-10

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CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Montreal Maulers - 2011/12 and 2012/13 League Champions
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi(IR)
D: Markov/Karlsson(IR)/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur

I'm so glad I finally traded Letang after owning him for 3 seasons!

jk...I knew it was only a matter of time and part of me does regret moving him, but I needed help in net and trading Letang got me Anderson and a decent pick. As long as Anderson resigns with the Avs (and doesn't become a one-year rental for me), I won't have any long-term regrets about giving up Letang. Goalies are harder to come by and more valuable in our league.

And besides, I own Letang in one of my other leagues.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

thanks for the post Ross, good reads!

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ASKL - 10 Team dynasty,G/A=1,PIM=.1,+/- =.2 SOG=.05 (W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 6D 2G 8BN + farm
F-Perry,Ryan,Giroux,Stastny,Ribeiro,Krejci,Plekanec, JvR,Bergeron,Fleischmann,Grabovski,Cammalleri
D-Letang,Chara,Edler,Boyle,Giordano,Gardiner,
G-Rinne,Crawford
Bench-Bernier,Reimer,Parenteau,Callahan,Downie,Kulemin, Meszaros,Nikitin
Farm- Namestnikov,Khoklachev,Rundblad,Despres,Jensen, L.Adam,Barberio,Galiev,Telegin,Hertl,Aberg

Dunno if you guys saw the pens 2nd SH goal last night, but it was a beauty read by tanger to jump up and create a 2 on 1 after the pens forced a turnover in their own zone. Letang actually ended up with a partial breakaway from the blue line in. Kid is the real deal! And although I've never been a big gogo supporter he has actually looked very good this season too, save for the last game or two...

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Dynasty - $100/yr buy-in - YR5 - $90M CAP
G A PTS +/- PIM PPP SOG W GAA SV% SO

C - Crosby, Getzlaf, Seguin
LW - Neal, D. Sedin
RW - Perry, Voracek
D - Letang, Chara, Phaneuf, Boyle
Util - Eberle, Hossa, Pavelski, Iginla
G - Rask, Lehtonen

BENCH
Selanne, Backes, Elias, Doan, M. Foligno, Bogosian, Garrison, McDonagh, Gardiner, Faulk, Thomas, Bryzgalov

PROSPECT
Forsberg, Bjugstad, Eller, M. Backlund, Vatanen, R. Murphy, Lack

BACK-TO-BACK Defending Champion.

Anderson's injury combined with what you just said, buck, is bringing tears to my eyes...

I'm not liking the deal so much right about now.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

i was actually a little disappointed when i drafted letang...i knew i wanted a piece of the D action in PIT and was hoping to get Goli or Martin over Letang...pretty happy about how things worked out so far!

thanks for the good reads!

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10 team, H2H Points, Limited Keeper (1C,2W,2D,1G,1 non G)

18 man roster plus 1 IR spot [19 total]
start 2C, 4W, 4D, 2G; daily lineup changes

Stats: G,A,PPG,ENG,SHG,GWG,OTG,ShootOut Goals/Attemtps,Hat Tricks,+/-,FOW,PIMs,Majors,Misconducts,Hits,Blocked Shots
Goalies Stats: W,Saves,Goals Against,SO

C: Tavares, Thornton, Stastny, Kadri
W: Seguin, Ryan, Brown, Callahan, Ladd, Steen
D: Letang, Kronwall, Visnovsky, Beauchemin, Girardi
G: Rinne, Smith, Reimer
IR: Sharp

Don't look now Dawg...

10 GP, 3-8-11, +8, 17 PIM, 2 PPP, 1 SHP, 27 SOG.

Stud in the making...

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Dynasty - $100/yr buy-in - YR5 - $90M CAP
G A PTS +/- PIM PPP SOG W GAA SV% SO

C - Crosby, Getzlaf, Seguin
LW - Neal, D. Sedin
RW - Perry, Voracek
D - Letang, Chara, Phaneuf, Boyle
Util - Eberle, Hossa, Pavelski, Iginla
G - Rask, Lehtonen

BENCH
Selanne, Backes, Elias, Doan, M. Foligno, Bogosian, Garrison, McDonagh, Gardiner, Faulk, Thomas, Bryzgalov

PROSPECT
Forsberg, Bjugstad, Eller, M. Backlund, Vatanen, R. Murphy, Lack

BACK-TO-BACK Defending Champion.

don't remind me

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

Letang has definitely been the most impressive PIT D-man, IMO.
Goligoski started the season with some phenomenal offensive contributions on the PP.
Martin probably has been the least exciting, but most consistent.

The PIT PP has been brutal last three games. 0/15. Unacceptable
PHI 3 - PIT 1: PIT 0/6. Goli 6:56, Letang 4:07, Martin 3:50. (Goli/Letang allow bad SH against)
TB 5 - PIT 3: PIT 0/5. Goli 8:47, Letang 4:56, Martin 1:09.
STL 1 - PIT 0: PIT 0/4. Goli 5:10, Letang 5:40, Martin 2:20.

PP SHAKE-UP COMING?

Do you guys see any similarities in BOTH Giroux's SHGs this season vs the Penguins?

Oct 7 SHG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGnqUhTkia8

Oct 29 SHG
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/con...nav-video-main
see the Giroux goal.

Hopefully Letang can soon get over these brain farts. Goligoski with a poor back check on the play too.