The Head Crusher
Re-retired
Standings After Day Five
Paralyzer 30
Cerebral 27
Lakai 26
40oz 23
Hemsky 21
THC 18
Leftovers 18
Soli 12
JTS 11
Cerebral had 15 points today alone.
I should have 19.
Standings After Day Five
Paralyzer 30
Cerebral 27
Lakai 26
40oz 23
Hemsky 21
THC 18
Leftovers 18
Soli 12
JTS 11
Cerebral had 15 points today alone.
I should have 40 to +60
I wanna kill vertanen
Is it too late to cut Perlini? Yes? Howabout bilaterally on both wrists?
Another two points each for Matthews and Aho. Unfortunately, another injured player for me as Saarijarvi left in the 1st period feeling ill. With him and DeBrincat out, I'm losing out on a ton of points.
I'm still absolutely shocked at how well the draft-eligible players are playing in this tournament. Everyone knew Matthews was legit but Puuljujarvi and Laine continue to impress. They are simply dominant and I'm amazed they're so badly outshining Raantanen. Either of the two would look amazing on McDavid's wing.
With regards to Team Canada, I really dislike Virtanen's game. I understand he's a guy who likes to get under the other team's skin but that penalty he took was beyond dumb and was a huge momentum shift. Add in the fact that he's chirping despite providing basically nothing out on the ice and he's been Canada's most disappointing player. A 19 year old 6th overall pick should be absolutely lighting this tournament up and he's been given every opportunity to do that.
3 points for Timo Meier today with 2 more games against Belarus to go. 2 assists by Proporov. A goal for Lindholm and an assist for Sanheim though my goalie didn't finish the game vs Canada which sucks. And Schmaltz has a goal so far.
You also have an assist from Boeser
Up to 45 points now after another big day with a shutout from Nedeljkovic, 3 goals from Matthews, and a goal from DeBrincat in his return. I'm still a few points back of Paralyzer but my whole team is moving on to the quarter finals which is huge. Hopefully DeBrincat can pick up some points - it looks like he lost his spot on the top line though.
I'm really regretting not taking some defencemen a little earlier in the draft. Sharipyanov and Krys were both bottom of the barrel picks but I thought I'd at least get a couple points out of each of them. I chose Saarijarvi over Juolevi because he had the extra year of development on him but Juolevi just keeps putting up points. He's looking like a top 10 pick at this point to my eyes - he moves the puck so well.
It sucks to see the Oilers keep losing but it's tough not to get at least a little excited given how well the draft eligible players are playing in this tournament. Laine, Matthews, Puljujarvi, Juolevi, and Tkachuk are all draft eligible and top 7 in tournament scoring - that's absolutely insane!
I'm just in awe of how well Puljujarvi has played. Early in the draft I had a chance to take one of the two big Finns and I decided to go with Kamenev and his AHL experience along with the older Aho. I really thought the older Raantanen would dominate the ice time for Finland but he's taken a huge back-seat. What a disappointing tournament for him given his elite numbers in the AHL.I lost Strome and Jaros and probably only have a game left out of Siegenthaler who hasn't done anything.
It's Matthews versus Puljujarvi
can I just say Jake Virtanenen is a gawddamn muther trucking son of tree trunk pissed on by all the Lanisters after they be headed Ned Stark
It's surprising too, as he was dominating the pre-tournament games!He's still alive, but I vote Svechnikov for worst pick haha