WJC: Statsy's WJC Pool IV

[Statsy]

Poor Tom.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Ah... Guryanov was available, didn't know.

I wouldn't fret too much over it, he was a top pick this past draft but isn't having a good KHL year, it's possible he doesn't even make team Russia. He should and should put up some points, but it's not a big loss I don't think. He went roughly right around where he should have.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Poor Tom.

Tom spending X-mas morning like this

 

[Statsy]

The countdown is on as we are almost at tournament time. Anyone needing to replace any last minute cuts or injuries has only until the start of the first game at 7:00 AM EST to make those changes. After that the rosters are frozen.

 

[Canada4Gold]

I'm gonna keep Pastrnak. Was thinking about replacing him with Rod, but I'll take my chances with Pastrnak.

now expect to hear that the Bruins won't release him at exactly 7:01 AM

 

[Statsy]

The rosters are now frozen. Good luck, boys!

 

[WeThreeKings]

I trade Gauthier for Austin Matthews

 

[WeThreeKings]

Samsonov not starting.. Polunin missing an empty net.. Awesome panthers is raging atm

 

[tade]

Good luck guys and have fun!

First goal of the tournament goes to my player. Nice one Spacek! He looks great.

 

[Tomsburninghat]

Well...that didn't work out on Guryanov. Love losing a player while into my x # of martini at my family Christmas dinner. Like I told Statsy in text...I'll try and get it changed when I got home to check my list but I was hammered! Stumbled into bed and now awoken to a splitting head and the panic I never made my pick. If there's any Christmas grace out there, I'd like to replace Guryanov with Stephens from Canada since they have not yet played. That's at least how ESPN and CBS Fantasy hockey and football do it. Swap until the team plays. Obviously the four teams that started are frozen. If this can be considered, thank you. If not, we'll just have to do it short-handed. Have a great tournament everyone!

 

[Khabby]

That sounds fine to me, They havnt played yet.

 

[Khabby]

My Swedish start is looking good to me!

 

[WeThreeKings]

I'm fine with that Tom.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Well.. Kempe is hurt. RIP team WTK

 

[Statsy]

What Tom is leaving out is that I contacted him twice during the day to give him a head's up about his guy. THAT was the Christmas grace he was looking for. I'm afraid he's playing down a guy now.

The way the first couple of games have gone, there will be a few teams missing guys.

 

[Canada4Gold]

The way the first couple of games have gone, there will be a few teams missing guys.

Probably me. Boston will see all these headshots and think it's better not to have Pastrnak here.

 

[WeThreeKings]

What Tom is leaving out is that I contacted him twice during the day to give him a head's up about his guy. THAT was the Christmas grace he was looking for. I'm afraid he's playing down a guy now.

The way the first couple of games have gone, there will be a few teams missing guys.

Fair.

Probably me. Boston will see all these headshots and think it's better not to have Pastrnak here.

I was thinking that. I know I wouldn't.

 

[Tomsburninghat]

Cruel Statsy Cruel. Messaging on Christmas day...with three kids and an in-laws from Peru and cousins from Italy, I had a tough time justifying sneaking away for a hockey pool

I'll live with it, no problem.

 

[tade]

Right now, I am pretty happy that I picked Nedeljkovic.

This is how I stand after the 1st day.

[table="head;width=60em"]Pos|Player Name|Jersey #|Team|Goals|Assists|Win Pts|SO Pts|Pool Points
F|Patrik Laine|29|

|1|0|--|--|1|
F|Travis Konecny|17|

|0|0|--|--|0|
F|Kirill Kaprizov|17|

|0|0|--|--|0|
F|Nick Schmaltz|9|

|0|0|--|--|0|
F|Colin White|18|

|1|1|--|--|2|
F|Michael Spacek|18|

|1|0|--|--|1|
D|Travis Sanheim|23|

|0|0|--|--|0|
D|Zach Werenski|13|

|1|1|--|--|2|
D|Jakob Zboril|20|

|0|0|--|--|0|
G|Alex Nedeljkovic|31|

|--|--|1|0|1|
---|TOTAL|---|---|0|0|0|0|7[/table]

 

[Canada4Gold]

^You get 2 points for a goalie win

 

[tade]

^You get 2 points for a goalie win

lol okay, that's good.

 

[Canada4Gold]

I'm gonna keep Pastrnak. Was thinking about replacing him with Rod, but I'll take my chances with Pastrnak.

now expect to hear that the Bruins won't release him at exactly 7:01 AM

Gamble paid off

 

[Statsy]

Standings (After Day 1)

[table="head;width=30em"]Rank|Team Name|Goals|Assists|Win Pts|SO Pts|Pool Points
1|Khabby|4|7|2|2|15|
2|Tade|4|2|2|0|8|
3|WeThreeKings|1|4|2|0|7|
4T|Tomsburninghat|2|4|0|0|6|
4T|Canada4Gold|2|4|0|0|6|
6|AwesomePanthers|3|2|0|0|5|
7|Huffman|1|4|0|0|5|
8|Statsy|2|2|0|0|4|
[/table]

The first day's action is now in the books! Khabby is already making a mockery of the race as he roars out to a huge lead with a monster 15 point day. He sets a new pool record with 15 points on the opening day breaking the previous mark of 13 set last year by Statsy. Sweden and Finland both with big opening games, including the only shutout of the first day, are mainly responsible for Khabby's hot start. Tade with a solid 8 points, backed by a big win from the US, takes second spot with WTK a point behind. There is a glut of entries after that as a few teams got off to slow starts with Statsy bringing up the rear thanks to the disappointing initial outing of Team Canada.

 

[VictorLustig]

...DeBrincat, Forsling and Kahkonen, I believed in you!

 

[WeThreeKings]

None of my teams play today, so put me down for a big fat 0.