Pool: Statsy's WJC Pool - 13th Edition

[WeThreeKings]

Carson Rehkopf was officially added to Canada's roster, now just leaving Bjarnason on the outside. Not that it matters much as his pool replacement, Ivankovic, failed to even pick up points against Latvia. Hard to believe that a Canadian goalie, and a high pool pick at that, could end up being a pointless pick, but here we are.

I believe I saw a report that he was rostered with Mynio.

 

[Statsy]

I believe I saw a report that he was rostered with Mynio.

TSN said they were all rostered, but the IIHF disagreed.

Also, the IIHF owes me another assist for Jakub Dvorak. I thought they had moved to the last two touchers of the puck get the assists like in the NHL, instead of just the last two actual touches... if that makes sense. I guess they went back to that, or this one just got missed.

 

[Khabby]

Carson Rehkopf was officially added to Canada's roster, now just leaving Bjarnason on the outside. Not that it matters much as his pool replacement, Ivankovic, failed to even pick up points against Latvia. Hard to believe that a Canadian goalie, and a high pool pick at that, could end up being a pointless pick, but here we are.

So annoying

 

[Statsy]

Standings (After Day 4)

Rank	Team	G	A	W	SO	P
1st	WeThreeKings	5	13	4	4	26
2nd	FightingSioux	7	15	2	0	24
3rd T	Christien	11	8	4	0	23
3rd T	Statsy	9	10	4	0	23
3rd T	GrandLarseny	6	13	4	0	23
6th	Canada4Gold	6	13	2	0	21
7th	Tomsburninghat	7	7	2	0	16
8th	Khabby	4	11	0	0	15

Another wild day of action at the WJC! Carter George isn't just carrying Canada, but also WTK's team as well. His second shutout (plus an assist!) game him five points to add to the other 7 WeThreeKings picked up. With that, he vaults from sixth spot all the way up to first! There's a real log jam behind that with FightingSioux holding on to second place after a 7 point outing. A three way tie at third sees Statsy (just four points on the day) Christien, and GrandLarseny deadlocked at 23. The only other thing that bears mentioning is the big 8 points by Tomsburninghat to get himself out of the basement. Won't be many pool points flowing in today's games with three of the teams being boycotted in the draft. But if you have a Slovak player, maybe this is your day!

Yesterday's Totals:
WeThreeKings- 12 pts
Tomsburninghat- 8 pts
Christien- 7 pts
GrandLarseny- 6 pts
FightingSioux- 6 pts
Canada4Gold- 6 pts
Khabby- 5 pts
Statsy- 4 pts

 

[WeThreeKings]

Carter George is Canada

 

[Tomsburninghat]

Apparently one Slovak can get you back a little closer into this contest...
#JurajPekarcik

Standings (After Day 4)

Rank	Team	G	A	W	SO	P
1st	WeThreeKings	5	13	4	4	26
2nd	FightingSioux	7	15	2	0	24
3rd T	Christien	11	8	4	0	23
3rd T	Statsy	9	10	4	0	23
3rd T	GrandLarseny	6	13	4	0	23
6th	Canada4Gold	6	13	2	0	21
7th	Tomsburninghat	7	7	2	0	16
8th	Khabby	4	11	0	0	15

Another wild day of action at the WJC! Carter George isn't just carrying Canada, but also WTK's team as well. His second shutout (plus an assist!) game him five points to add to the other 7 WeThreeKings picked up. With that, he vaults from sixth spot all the way up to first! There's a real log jam behind that with FightingSioux holding on to second place after a 7 point outing. A three way tie at third sees Statsy (just four points on the day) Christien, and GrandLarseny deadlocked at 23. The only other thing that bears mentioning is the big 8 points by Tomsburninghat to get himself out of the basement. Won't be many pool points flowing in today's games with three of the teams being boycotted in the draft. But if you have a Slovak player, maybe this is your day!

Yesterday's Totals:
WeThreeKings- 12 pts
Tomsburninghat- 8 pts
Christien- 7 pts
GrandLarseny- 6 pts
FightingSioux- 6 pts
Canada4Gold- 6 pts
Khabby- 5 pts
Statsy- 4 pts

 

[Statsy]

Standings (After Day 5)

Rank​	Team	G​	A​	W​	SO​	P​
1st​	Christien	13​	10​	4​	0​	27​
2nd​	WeThreeKings	5​	13​	4​	4​	26​
3rd​	Canada4Gold	7​	14​	4​	0​	25​
4th T​	Statsy	9​	11​	4​	0​	24​
4th T​	FightingSioux	7​	15​	2​	0​	24​
6th​	GrandLarseny	6​	13​	4​	0​	23​
7th​	Tomsburninghat	9​	9​	2​	0​	20​
8th​	Khabby	4​	11​	0​	0​	15​

It was a pretty good day for three of our poolsters with Slovak players. Canada4Gold, Christien and Tomsburninghat each pick up 4 points on the day with Pekarcik, and Dvorsky both exploding against Kazakhstan. Statsy also picked up a single today, while everyone else was inactive.

Christien now pulls into the lead with 27 but this race remains VERY tight. I would be remiss if I didn't welcome Tomsburninghat back into the race. After a rough start, two solid days of production now have him back into contention. Khabby seems to have the inside track on the 1st overall pick next year! He knew there was a good reason to vote for that.

The New Year's Eve slate of games is always a good one and it will conclude with the legendary Canada/USA game. Can't wait!

 

[Statsy]

Standings (After Preliminary Round)

Rank​	Team	G​	A​	W​	SO​	P​
1st T​	Statsy	11​	15​	6​	0​	32​
1st T​	GrandLarseny	8​	16​	6​	2​	32​
3rd​	WeThreeKings	6​	16​	4​	4​	30​
4th T​	Christien	13​	12​	4​	0​	29​
4th T​	FightingSioux	9​	18​	2​	0​	29​
6th​	Canada4Gold	8​	15​	4​	0​	27​
7th​	Tomsburninghat	9​	11​	4​	0​	24​
8th​	Khabby	6​	11​	0​	0​	17​

That's a wrap on 2024... and the preliminary round of this tournament. There continue to be giant standings swings every day as this has been one of the most back-and-forth pools I can remember. Today GrandLarseny and Statsy both ride big outings to the top of the table. GL had a shutout win from Rimpinen to cap a 9 point day, while Statsy picked up 8 points from multiple contributors. Following in third, just a couple of points behind, is WeThreeKings at 30 points. Christien (who had a quiet day to fall out of the top spot he held yesterday, is tied with FightingSioux for fourth spot. Everybody else was pretty quiet today. It's a day off from the tourney tomorrow, and then we start to play some elimination games that are going to separate the men from the boys, the women from the girls, and the butterflies from the moths.

Oh.... and Happy New Year, everyone!

Today's Totals:
GrandLarseny- 9 pts
Statsy- 8 pts
FightingSioux- 5 pts
WeThreeKings- 4 pts
Tomsburninghat- 4 pts
Christien- 2 pts
Canada4Gold- 2 pts
Khabby- 2 pts

 

[Tomsburninghat]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

[GrandLarseny]

Standings (After Preliminary Round)

Rank​	Team	G​	A​	W​	SO​	P​
1st T​	Statsy	11​	15​	6​	0​	32​
1st T​	GrandLarseny	8​	16​	6​	2​	32​
3rd​	WeThreeKings	6​	16​	4​	4​	30​
4th T​	Christien	13​	12​	4​	0​	29​
4th T​	FightingSioux	9​	18​	2​	0​	29​
6th​	Canada4Gold	8​	15​	4​	0​	27​
7th​	Tomsburninghat	9​	11​	4​	0​	24​
8th​	Khabby	6​	11​	0​	0​	17​

I'm shocked how competitive my team still is despite losing my number 1 defender. I think I'll ultimately fall out of it but at least it'll be a fun race. Happy new year's everyone!

 

[Statsy]

Standings (After Quarterfinals)

Rank	Team	G	A	W	SO	P
1st​	GrandLarseny	12​	18​	8​	2​	40​
2nd T​	Statsy	14​	17​	8​	0​	39​
2nd T​	FightingSioux	10​	25​	4​	0​	39​
4th​	Canada4Gold	14​	18​	4​	0​	36​
5th​	WeThreeKings	7​	20​	4​	4​	35​
6th​	Christien	14​	14​	6​	0​	34​
7th​	Tomsburninghat	10​	16​	4​	0​	30​
8th​	Khabby	9​	12​	0​	0​	21​

Never a dull day at the WJC. Sometimes they are heartbreachingly disappointing... but never dull. Four teams fell today and one of them was Canada. Who saw that coming? Well, FightingSioux clearly did, as he didn't take a single Canadian pick this year. He is the only one that can claim that. I have put the Strikethrough notations on your tables so you can each take a a quick look at who has what left. Khabby, you still have Rocak who hasn't been struck, but he might as well be as the coach won't even let him dress for a game. You also officially got Jack Ivankovic's zero points today to replace the zero points from Bjarnason, who never did get added to the roster. Hope that helps!

GrandLarseny is the first to hit the 40 point mark, continuing to get great work from Rimpanen in net. Tied for second, just a point behind, we have Statsy and the Canadian-hating, FightingSioux. It was a double digit day for FS, as his USA guys in particular, had a stat day. CanadaNoLonger4Gold moves up a couple of spots to fourth on the strength of a solid 9 point QF day. WeThreeKings and Christien are both still within striking distance, but have lost significant contributors, which will make things tough. The race for the first overall pick next year (remember that?) is also still on, but Khabby has been doing a tournament long tank in order to get that rebuild going!

It's a day off tomorrow and then we start playing for medals. We'll see you then!

Today's Totals:
FightingSioux- 10 pts
Canada4Gold- 9 pts
GrandLarseny- 8 pts
Statsy- 7 pts
Tomsburninghat- 6 pts
WeThreeKings- 5 pts
Christien- 5 pts
Khabby- 4 pts