Remembering some guys through Puckdoku

[kvladimir]

Did pretty well here

Spoiler: Gaunce de Leon

 

[DitchMarner]

Sparks Flyin'...

Obviously Clark is huge in Toronto, but I'm surprised so many remember his time with teams like COL/DET/TB...

Also...

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 519 - 9/9:

1 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Woolley mammoth

Ugh, juuuust missed on that 0 game again! No idea why Ramage is up at 1.6% for CGY/TB

And oh yeah, this embarrassment right here:

Puckdoku Doku Jr - 2/4:

201 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Tkaczuk off!

How in the world did I get the 80s squares, but not the 90s squares?

Ok, I'll tell you: 1) Figured I'd use Daniel Tkaczuk again... nope! He played in '00-01, and 2) Michael Riesen............ played in '00-01!!!!

 

[DitchMarner]

Home Alone (McCauley) with some Laxatives (Laaksonen)

 

[kvladimir]

Truly horrific

Puckdoku Game 520 - 7/9:

205 Uniqueness

Spoiler: The Yan Plan

I DID IT AGAIN. Tomas Plihal, NOT Tuomas Pihlman for the Sharks!!

And oh yeah... Tim Schaller was not born in Germany, he in fact went to the NCAA

That Havlat pick is also ugly... could have picked Scott Nichol instead...

Puckdoku Pyramid - 6/6:

7 Uniqueness
No Lifelines Used

Spoiler: Samsandsundssonstrom

C-c-c-c-c-ombo breaker Zibanejad!

Now imagine if I picked Patrik Sundstrom instead of Huselius!

Also, @DitchMarner: was this you (Juha)?

 

[DitchMarner]

Also, @DitchMarner: was this you (Juha)?
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haha... you've noticed my tendency to pick Widing when possible, eh?

That wasn't me, though. Haven't played Pyramid today.

 

[DitchMarner]

Taylor Swift...

Except not really. I spent ages trying to think of what I thought would be a better answer for NYR/DET. Schneider ended up not being bad haha.

 

[BLNY]

 

[kvladimir]

I love this game today, haha! Like really? You fools thought I wasn't 100% ready for every combination of original 6 teams possible? They come up so often, how could I not be? I didn't even need Vic Lynn!

Puckdoku Game 521 - 9/9:

0 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Diazed and confused

Got my 5 minutes of fame too:

 

[DitchMarner]

Sharin' is Perrin...

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 522 - 8/9:

104 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Ballard and bruised

Ugh, the WPG/MIN square threw me off, I only came up with Mr. 4% Benn and Eric Belanger, and clearly I picked the wrong one!

Then my whiff came on Keith Ballard, who only had........... 175 points!

 

[DitchMarner]

Not Riccing here...

So close to 0!

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 523 - 7/9:

202 Uniqueness

Spoiler: I definitely Rich'ed

Ugh, goal scorer totals are hard!

Missed on John Van Boxmeer, who I knew scored lots of points for BUF, but he topped out at 18 goals it turns out (and 69 points!!), and on Aaron Broten, who I knew played for QUE, but didn't know it was for only 20 games (5 goals) - he topped 20 3 times, but all with NJ

 

[DitchMarner]

Maddening.

I hate naming undrafted players... ugh.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 524 - 8/9:

103 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Son of a Beech

Boooo, undrafted for CBJ is pretty hard... went for Matt Frattin, because I thought he was an undrafted college FA, but nope, 4th round pick!

Maddening.

I hate naming undrafted players... ugh.

It's not so bad if you're doing it for franchises that are old enough to have had players who started before the draft was invented (check my game for one such example )

 

[kvladimir]

So, I had a little fun this morning:

I've created 4 new community games, in which all 4 can be completed using only players that are top-100 for me in use and top 10% or higher in overall selections, plus no teams repeat between any of the 4 grids. If you know the players I tend to favour the most, you could actually achieve this (through more than just one option for all.... 36 squares ), but I'm not expecting anyone to do that, just have fun with it, if you want. Here are the links:

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4

I'd be happy to share how I filled in these grids, but only once enough people have played it that stats / best game P) won't give it away.

Cheers!

 

[DitchMarner]

So, I had a little fun this morning:

I've created 4 new community games, in which all 4 can be completed using only players that are top-100 for me in use and top 10% or higher in overall selections, plus no teams repeat between any of the 4 grids. If you know the players I tend to favour the most, you could actually achieve this (through more than just one option for all.... 36 squares ), but I'm not expecting anyone to do that, just have fun with it, if you want. Here are the links:

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4

I'd be happy to share how I filled in these grids, but only once enough people have played it that stats / best game P) won't give it away.

Cheers!

 

[kvladimir]

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Cool, you got two of them!

 

[DitchMarner]

Cool, you got two of them!

Gavey and Bassen?

 

[kvladimir]

Gavey and Bassen?

Yep. If you really want to know who I put down for each square when I made these grids, I'll just write them in a spoiler tag:

Spoiler

Grid 1:

Grid 2:

Grid 3:

Grid 4:

ANA

PIT

.900+ Sv%

MIN

STL

LAK

DET

MTL

FLA

WPG

CHI

NJD

VAN

Shannon

Beranek

Snow

CGY

Gavey

Quinn

Churla

TBL

Janik

Dykhuis

Toms

NYR

Rissmiller

Anders Eriksson

Langdon

BUF

Haller

Arcobello

Drew McIntyre

DAL

Pellerin

Ramage

Ledyard

PHI

Craven

Zalapski

Connauton

BOS

McEachern

Grosek

Sean Brown

TOR

Kondratiev

Ebbett

Gerber

COL

Hunt

Bassen

Slaney

CBJ

Langfeld

Lachance

Dalpe

NYI

Freddy Meyer

Regin

McAmmond

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 525 - 8/9:

106 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Mechanical Jurco

Vegas

Missed on 500+ PIMs with Sbisa - forgot how few games he played overall, needed more to get there. Still can't believe that guy played in the Stanley Cup Final

 

[DitchMarner]

Vegas Dark Knight...

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Doku Jr - 2/4:

200 Uniqueness

Spoiler: LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LOSER

Welp, apparently I don't know Calder winners very well...

Chelios + Lafontaine = nada

 

[DitchMarner]

That burst my Falloon...

Is there a single player that played for ANA or SJ before the 2004 Lockout who didn't play for another NHL team? lmao.

I guessed Milos Holan for career Duck, but he played eight games for Philly before joining ANA.

 

[kvladimir]

Puckdoku Game 526 - 9/9:

4 Uniqueness

Spoiler: Take Heed, there be Snow in the forecast...

Goalies

Did pretty well, all things considered... I figured Howard would be lower % because there are so many active goalies that fit that square (Hellebucyk, Shesterkin, Sorokin, Saros, Vasilevsky, Oettinger, Gibson, Demko, Jarry...) and he isn't as accomplished as some of the historical examples (Billy Smith, Broda, Richter, Price, Durnan, Lundqvist, Dryden, Rask...), but no he scored higher % than a BUNCH of these guys!

That burst my Falloon...

Is there a single player that played for ANA or SJ before the 2004 Lockout who didn't play for another NHL team? lmao.

I guessed Milos Holan for career Duck, but he played eight games for Philly before joining ANA.

There are a few, but the only one between the two that I remember is Alexander Korolyuk, thanks to that funky trade with the Devils that established the precedent for trading for cap space But, it's easy to forget he only played for SJ because he was in such an infamous trade!