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Fantasy Hockey 2 - Week Frenzy Forecast
By Kyle J Smith
For all the puckheads out there itching to get their hockey fixes in the unique style that Rotoplay offers, prepare to scratch. Just choose from a set of five forwards, three defenseman, three goalies and three teams, and you're on your way. And here is the forecast for this contest in order to help you put together the best fantasy hockey squad possible.
Forwards 1: Sidney Crosby, Marion Gaborik, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Malkin, Rick Nash, Alexander Ovechkin
Relevant Numbers: Crosby and Ovechkin are tied for second in the NHL in goals, trailing only Gaborik, though Gaborik has the most overall points. Nash was fifth in the NHL with 120 shots. Ovechkin has 20 goals in 23 games.
Games on Schedule: Gaborik, Kovalchuk, Nash - 7, Crosby, Malkin - 6, Ovechkin - 5
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Forwards 2: Mikko Koivu, Dustin Penner, Corey Perry, Brad Richards, Steven Stamkos, Henrik Zetterberg
Relevant Numbers: Richards is fourth in the league in assists. Perry was one of just three players with at least 14 goals and 20 assists. Zetterberg is fourth in the NHL in shots on goal with 123, and Stamkos is the only player in this group without at least 100 shots.
Games on Schedule: Each player has 6 games.
Injury Concerns: Stamkos was day-to-day with an upper-body injury at the time of this writing.
Forwards 3: Mike Cammalleri, Mike Fisher, Jarome Iginla, Ryan Malone, Phil Kessel, Henrik Sedin
Relevant Numbers: Cammalleri and Iginla are tied for sixth in the league with 17 goals, and Malone is tied for 10th with 16. Sedin leads this group with 24 assists, yet has the fewest shots on goal with 63. Kessel's 88 shots are just one fewer shot than Iginla's 89, yet Kessel has played in 11 fewer games.
Games on Schedule: Kessel - 8, Cammalleri, Fisher, Sedin - 7, Malone, Iginla - 6
Injury Concerns: Malone was day-to-day with a lower-body injury at the time of this writing.
Forwards 4: Daniel Alfredsson, Patrick Kane, Ryan Kesler, Jamie Langenbrunner, Tomas Plekanec, Vaclav Prospal
Relevant Numbers: Alfredsson and Kane each have nine goals (most in this group) and 19 assists, though Kane's 83 shots are six more than Alfredsson has taken. Plekanec's 25 assists lead this group, though Langenbrunner, Kesler and Prospal each have 20.
Games on Schedule: Alfredsson, Kane, Kesler, Plekanec, Prospal - 7, Langenbrunner - 5
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Forwards 5: Olli Jokinen, Paul Kariya, Brenden Morrow, Bobby Ryan, Patrick Sharp, Marco Sturm
Relevant Numbers: Sharp's 101 shots and Ryan's 100 shots lead this group. Ryan also has 13 goals, the highest total in this group, and Morrow has 12. Meanwhile, Jokinen has 15 assists to lead the players in this group, while Sharp is second with 14.
Games on Schedule: Kariya - 8, Jokinen, Sharp - 7, Morrow, Ryan, Sturm - 6
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Defenseman 1: Zdeno Chara, Erik Johnson, Tomas Kaberle, Duncan Keith, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger
Relevant Numbers: Kaberle is third in the NHL and leads all defensemen with 28 assists, and is tied for the most points with 30. Keith is tied for third among defenseman and Chara is tied for fifth with 19 and 17 assists, respectively. Chara is also third among d-men in shots on goal.
Games on Schedule: Johnson, Kaberle, Pronger - 8, Chara, Keith, Niedermayer - 6
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Defenseman 2: Christian Ehrhoff, Tobias Enstrom, Bryan McCabe, Stephane Robidas, Shea Weber, Lubomir Visnovsky
Relevant Numbers: Ehrhoff and Visnovsky are tied for the third-most goals among NHL defenseman with seven. Weber has six. Enstrom is tied for fifth in the league among defenseman with 17 assists. McCabe is tied for 12th among defenseman for shots on goal.
Games on Schedule: Ehrhoff, Enstrom, McCabe, Weber - 7, Visnovsky - 6
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Defenseman 3: Jay Bouwmeester, Brian Campbell, Ed Jovanovski, Derek Morris, Ryan Whitney, Marek Zidlicky
Relevant Numbers: Jovanovski is tied for eighth among defenseman with six goals. Zidlicky and Campbell are tied for 18th among defenseman with 16 points. Zidlicky leads this group with 57 shots, but Bouwmeester, Morris and Whitney each have 55.
Games on Schedule: Campbell, Jovanovski - 7, Bouwmeester, Morris, Whitney, Zidlicky - 6,
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Goalies 1: Niklas Backstrom, Martin Brodeur, Marc-Andre Fleury, Miikka Kiprusoff, Evgeni Nabokov, Marty Turco
Relevant Numbers: Brodeur leads the NHL with 19 wins in 27 games, and Fleury is tied for second with 18 wins, though he's the only 'tender in this group without a shutout. Nabokov has the second-most overall saves in the NHL, and the most in this group with 761, while Kiprusoff is right behind him with 739.
Games on Schedule: Backstrom, Fleury, Kiprusoff, Turco - 6, Brodeur - 5, Nabokov - 4
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Goalies 2: Ilya Bryzgalov, Ray Emery, Cristobal Huet, Henrik Lundqvist, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller
Relevant Numbers: Bryzgalov and Miller are tied for the NHL lead with four shutouts apiece, and each has 17 wins, but Miller's 1.82 goals-against-average (GAA) is tops in the league, trumping Bryzgalov's 1.98 mark. Outside of Emery, each goalie in this group has at least 11 wins.
Games on Schedule: Miller - 8, Bryzgalov, Emery, Huet, Lundquist, Luongo - 7,
Injury Concerns: Emery recently underwent surgery on his abdomen and should not be used.
Goalies 3: Chris Mason, Steve Mason, Carey Price, Pekka Rinne, Dwayne Roloson, Tomas Vokoun
Relevant Numbers: Vokoun's seven wins are the fewest among this group, but he has the most shutouts in the group with three, and his 739 saves overall are tied for the third-most in the NHL. Rinne's 13 wins are tops among goalies in this group. Chris Mason is the only netminder with a sub 2.50 GAA among this group.
Games on Schedule: Ch. Mason, Roloson - 8, St. Mason, Price, Rinne, Vokoun - 7
Injury Concerns: There are no reported injuries in this group.
Teams 1: Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Washington Capitals
Relevant Numbers: The Devils and Penguins have the most wins in the NHL with 21 apiece, while the Flames, Sharks and Capitals have 19. The Avalanche round out the group with 17 wins. Washington has the highest goal differential in this group, having outscored their opponents by 26 goals. New Jersey is next with a plus-22 differential; San Jose is plus-21, Calgary is plus-18, Pittsburgh is plus-17 and Colorado is plus-two.
Games on Schedule: Flames, Penguins - 6, Avalanche, Devils, Capitals - 5, Sharks - 4
Teams 2: Atlanta Thrashers, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, Phoenix Coyotes
Relevant Numbers: The Predators and Coyotes each have 18 wins, while the Bruins have 16. Also, the Thrashers have won 15 games, the Red Wings have 14 victories and the Stars have 13. Atlanta and Boston have each outscored their opponents by seven goals, Phoenix has a plus-six differential, but none of the other three clubs has outscored their opponents.
Games on Schedule: Thrashers, Predators, Coyotes - 7, Bruins, Stars, Red Wings - 6
Teams 3: Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs
Relevant Numbers: The Senators have the most wins in this group with 15. The Blue Jackets have 14 wins, the Blues have 13, the Islanders and Panthers both have 11 victories, while the Leafs have 10. None of these teams have outscored their opponents on the season, but Ottawa's minus-five differential is best in the group, followed by St. Louis's minus-six differential.
Games on Schedule: Islanders, Blues, Maple Leafs - 8, Blue Jackets, Panthers, Senators - 7
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