So, Happy Thanksgiving, I hope ya'll had a wonderful time. Anyways, I'm late with the rankings no thanks to Black Friday. Good new is though, that the FEDs are done, so that'll be up for sure tomrorow. Also, had to deal with the picks and thanksgiving stuff... long story short, we all got a turkey and sides. Going back to the goalies, you've got your main dish (generally the turkey), you sides (second-tier), the sides you hate (bottom-tier), throw some cider there (fourth-tier, unfortunately, there was no alcohol in my household), and finish off with the pie (third-tier) and "boom" you've got your meal. Putting that in terms of goalies...
Showing posts with label Pekka Rinne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pekka Rinne. Show all posts
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday Afternoon Goalies - Week 7
A quick heads-up, I recently started working a day job and that has really cut into my hours for the website, add on top of that I have some school work to take care of and things really start piling up. Anyways, I wasn't able to do the picks the last couple of weeks unfortunately, but I will this week. Anyways, here's your TAGs, I've also inserted comments on why they are ranked where they are.
1. Pekka Rinne
2. Kari Lehtonen
3. Mike Smith (a true sleeper, he has performed phenomenal for a very underrated Phoenix team)
4. Jonathan Quick
5. Henrik Lundqvist
6. Jimmy Howard
7. Marc-Andre Fleury (looks like he might not even play 60 games this season)
8. Tomas Vokoun (may be on the best team in hockey, but the team is not performing)
9. Nikolai Khabibulin (still might be ranked too high)
10. Miikka Kiprusoff
11. Carey Price
12. Tim Thomas (Rask is taking too many games, Thomas won't even hit 60 GP this season)
13. Niklas Backstrom (Harding was on a nice run, but Backstrom is back to being #1)
14. Corey Crawford
15. Cam Ward
16. Jose Theodore
17. Jonas Hiller (Ducks might be overworking him)
18. Craig Anderson
19. Brian Elliott (the more games he plays, the higher he will be ranked)
20. Ondrej Pavelec
21. Ilya Bryzgalov (SV% and GAA have not been good)
22. Johan Hedberg (looks better than Brodeur)
23. Semyon Varlamov (hot start, but has performed terribly since)
24. Antti Niemi (started off the season injured, expect his ranking to climb)
25. Ryan Miller (poor start to the season, concussion, and Enroth is looking really good)
Just to give you an idea of how the rankings work, the main thing I really look at is how many games they are projected to play this season and then I look at all the other stuff, Wins, GAA, SV%, etc. So a guy that is projected to play 62 games who's stats are slightly worse than a guy who's projected to play 52 games. Why do I do this? Because goalies that play more games for you are better than goalies that don't play as much. I will compare two site's rankings to give you an idea.
ESPN's top 5 goalies according to their PRK
1. Nikolai Khabibulin
2. Brian Elliott
3. Jimmy Howard
4. Jonathan Quick
5. Marc-Andre Fleury
The problem should be very apparent, the only goalies up there that are worthy of a top 5 ranking are Quick and maybe Howard. Khabibulin's ranking is strictly based off his performance thus far this season which may or may not be a fluke. Elliott's ranking is a joke because he's a back-up in St. Louis, he hasn't even started half of his team's games. Fleury's ranking is debatable because while he has been a good goalie, the fact that ESPN has neglected both Rinne and Lehtonen should tell you how intelligent they are.
Yahoo! Rankings
1. Jimmy Howard
2. Nikolai Khabibulin
3. Jonathan Quick
4. Brian Elliott
5. Pekka Rinne
Again, the problem is with Khabibulin and Elliott being ranked too high. At least they inserted Rinne into the top 5, but Rinne will obviously be better than all those guys at the end of the season.
1. Pekka Rinne
2. Kari Lehtonen
3. Mike Smith (a true sleeper, he has performed phenomenal for a very underrated Phoenix team)
4. Jonathan Quick
5. Henrik Lundqvist
6. Jimmy Howard
7. Marc-Andre Fleury (looks like he might not even play 60 games this season)
8. Tomas Vokoun (may be on the best team in hockey, but the team is not performing)
9. Nikolai Khabibulin (still might be ranked too high)
10. Miikka Kiprusoff
11. Carey Price
12. Tim Thomas (Rask is taking too many games, Thomas won't even hit 60 GP this season)
13. Niklas Backstrom (Harding was on a nice run, but Backstrom is back to being #1)
14. Corey Crawford
15. Cam Ward
16. Jose Theodore
17. Jonas Hiller (Ducks might be overworking him)
18. Craig Anderson
19. Brian Elliott (the more games he plays, the higher he will be ranked)
20. Ondrej Pavelec
21. Ilya Bryzgalov (SV% and GAA have not been good)
22. Johan Hedberg (looks better than Brodeur)
23. Semyon Varlamov (hot start, but has performed terribly since)
24. Antti Niemi (started off the season injured, expect his ranking to climb)
25. Ryan Miller (poor start to the season, concussion, and Enroth is looking really good)
Just to give you an idea of how the rankings work, the main thing I really look at is how many games they are projected to play this season and then I look at all the other stuff, Wins, GAA, SV%, etc. So a guy that is projected to play 62 games who's stats are slightly worse than a guy who's projected to play 52 games. Why do I do this? Because goalies that play more games for you are better than goalies that don't play as much. I will compare two site's rankings to give you an idea.
ESPN's top 5 goalies according to their PRK
1. Nikolai Khabibulin
2. Brian Elliott
3. Jimmy Howard
4. Jonathan Quick
5. Marc-Andre Fleury
The problem should be very apparent, the only goalies up there that are worthy of a top 5 ranking are Quick and maybe Howard. Khabibulin's ranking is strictly based off his performance thus far this season which may or may not be a fluke. Elliott's ranking is a joke because he's a back-up in St. Louis, he hasn't even started half of his team's games. Fleury's ranking is debatable because while he has been a good goalie, the fact that ESPN has neglected both Rinne and Lehtonen should tell you how intelligent they are.
Yahoo! Rankings
1. Jimmy Howard
2. Nikolai Khabibulin
3. Jonathan Quick
4. Brian Elliott
5. Pekka Rinne
Again, the problem is with Khabibulin and Elliott being ranked too high. At least they inserted Rinne into the top 5, but Rinne will obviously be better than all those guys at the end of the season.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Thursday Afternoon Goalies - Week 5
To be quite literal, exactly four weeks have passed since the start of the NHL season, and today would mark the start of the fifth week, although, for many fantasy hockey owners going by a week-to-week lineup, this is also considered Week 5. Anyways, we've seen some goalies change homes this off-season, some goalies get promoted, and some goalies have come out of nowhere to perform amazingly well to start the season. Anyways, here's my first set of rankings.
1. Kari Lehtonen
2. Jonathan Quick
3. Pekka Rinne
4. Tomas Vokoun
5. Mike Smith
6. Cam Ward
7. Nikolai Khabibulin
8. Johan Hedberg
9. Marc-Andre Fleury
10. Semyon Varlamov
11. Henrik Lundqvist
12. Ryan Miller
13. Corey Crawford
14. Jimmy Howard
15. Tim Thomas
16. Jose Theodore
17. Miikka Kiprusoff
18. Carey Price
19. Jonas Hiller
20. Craig Anderson
21. Brian Elliott
22. Ilya Bryzgalov
23. Niklas Backstrom
24. Mathieu Garon
25. Antti Niemi
Players will go up and down the rankings as the season proceeds, but I am hopefully not expecting too much change in the future. Some of these goalies are on some ridiculous paces to start the season, but as the back-ups start taking away starts, expect to see changes that reflect in the overall rankings. You'll notice that Hedberg is ranked at #8, that's because I believe he will be splitting starts with Brodeur and still end up with a majority of the starts, also, the way he's started the season is phenomenal and if he can keep it up, he'll be a top 10 goalie before the end of the season. The rankings will be out every Thursday afternoon, feel free to discuss, debate, etc.
1. Kari Lehtonen
2. Jonathan Quick
3. Pekka Rinne
4. Tomas Vokoun
5. Mike Smith
6. Cam Ward
7. Nikolai Khabibulin
8. Johan Hedberg
9. Marc-Andre Fleury
10. Semyon Varlamov
11. Henrik Lundqvist
12. Ryan Miller
13. Corey Crawford
14. Jimmy Howard
15. Tim Thomas
16. Jose Theodore
17. Miikka Kiprusoff
18. Carey Price
19. Jonas Hiller
20. Craig Anderson
21. Brian Elliott
22. Ilya Bryzgalov
23. Niklas Backstrom
24. Mathieu Garon
25. Antti Niemi
Players will go up and down the rankings as the season proceeds, but I am hopefully not expecting too much change in the future. Some of these goalies are on some ridiculous paces to start the season, but as the back-ups start taking away starts, expect to see changes that reflect in the overall rankings. You'll notice that Hedberg is ranked at #8, that's because I believe he will be splitting starts with Brodeur and still end up with a majority of the starts, also, the way he's started the season is phenomenal and if he can keep it up, he'll be a top 10 goalie before the end of the season. The rankings will be out every Thursday afternoon, feel free to discuss, debate, etc.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Looking back on Sunday's Games
I was 2 for 3 today, which is okay, considering how good my picks have been recently. I'm thinking that Buffalo's meltdown on defense is the answer as to why they couldn't win their game. Interesting note however, since the lockout, no team that was won their first round in 7 games has ever made it to the Stanley Cup. Last four teams to do that were Calgary in 2004, Vancouver in 1994, Pittsburgh in 1992, and Edmonton in 1990. Obviously if history serves you well, Pittsburgh and Edmonton won the cups their respective years, but in the new NHL, you're not going to the Stanley Cup if your first round series lasts 7 games, much less win it.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Looking ahead to Sunday's Games
All of these are game 6's and it's quite possible that we may be down to 11 teams in the Chase for Lord Stanley's Cup by the end of the night, but I doubt it. Today's going to be a great day in hockey
#2 Philadelphia Flyers vs #7 Buffalo Sabres
The Flyers are now down Jeff Carter and on their third goalie in Michael Leighton. The Sabres have come out in all their wins and scored early to win. Without Jeff Carter, the Flyers' leading goal scorer, they will have to rely on Danny Briere and Claude Giroux. The Flyers could win this if they crash the crease and create havoc in front of the net for Miller, but we don't know how Leighton will perform, nor do we know how the Flyers will respond after losing Game 5 in overtime. This is probably Buffalo's best chance to take this series. Jason Pominville will be out today, but their offense goes through Vanek.
Buffalo wins 3-2
#4 Anaheim Ducks vs #5 Nashville Predators
Game 6, this is Nashville's chance to finally win a series, and I believe that it will happen today. There's no suspensions and the Predators played well without Erat. Jarkko Ruutu will be back so we don't know how the Predators will respond to him. One this is certain though, Pekka Rinne will have two chances to shut down the Ducks high flying offense of Perry, Getzlaf, Selanne, Koivu, and Ryan. Either he does it tonight, or in Game 7. The Ducks have to figure out how to stop Mike Fisher, because he is the key cog for the Predators offense.
Nashville wins 5-3
#1 Vancouver Canucks vs #8 Chicago Blackhawks
This is going to be a crazy game, and by far the best of the night. Luongo has been getting lit up the past two games and you can be certain that him and his team are not very happy about it. The Blackhawks' offense has erupted these past two games as well as their defensive prowess. The Canucks need to figure something out. I have a feeling that tonight they will try different strategies throughout the night and whatever works is what they'll use in Game 7.
Chicago wins 4-1
#2 Philadelphia Flyers vs #7 Buffalo Sabres
The Flyers are now down Jeff Carter and on their third goalie in Michael Leighton. The Sabres have come out in all their wins and scored early to win. Without Jeff Carter, the Flyers' leading goal scorer, they will have to rely on Danny Briere and Claude Giroux. The Flyers could win this if they crash the crease and create havoc in front of the net for Miller, but we don't know how Leighton will perform, nor do we know how the Flyers will respond after losing Game 5 in overtime. This is probably Buffalo's best chance to take this series. Jason Pominville will be out today, but their offense goes through Vanek.
Buffalo wins 3-2
#4 Anaheim Ducks vs #5 Nashville Predators
Game 6, this is Nashville's chance to finally win a series, and I believe that it will happen today. There's no suspensions and the Predators played well without Erat. Jarkko Ruutu will be back so we don't know how the Predators will respond to him. One this is certain though, Pekka Rinne will have two chances to shut down the Ducks high flying offense of Perry, Getzlaf, Selanne, Koivu, and Ryan. Either he does it tonight, or in Game 7. The Ducks have to figure out how to stop Mike Fisher, because he is the key cog for the Predators offense.
Nashville wins 5-3
#1 Vancouver Canucks vs #8 Chicago Blackhawks
This is going to be a crazy game, and by far the best of the night. Luongo has been getting lit up the past two games and you can be certain that him and his team are not very happy about it. The Blackhawks' offense has erupted these past two games as well as their defensive prowess. The Canucks need to figure something out. I have a feeling that tonight they will try different strategies throughout the night and whatever works is what they'll use in Game 7.
Chicago wins 4-1
Friday, April 22, 2011
Looking ahead to tonight's games...
You know... so far this week, I've been pretty good with the picks. It might be luck, it might be that I am not so much a homer anymore, I don't know, but I feel as though I'm better off judging the Western Conference than the Easter Conference because I am impartial to the West. I love a lot of teams out there, but I'm not fixed to any one team that being said... let's look at my track record...
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