Week 16
My controversial prediction for this motw was:
Bone wins 9-8-1 over Les Pingouins.
Les Pingouins were out to prove something this week; it was their chance to drink the sweet, sweet nectar of the top 6.
Or was it?
Just so you know, I decided that I hate spelling Les Pingoiusafjdisaf, so I will be referring to them as
LP from now on, like it or not, too bad.
Let’s check out what happened:
MONDAY:
-Slow monday
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Malkin wins day 1,
hat trick city.
TUESDAY:
-Kari Lehtonen was supposed to fix Bone’s goalie issues, so Bone sits him…he has a killer night, ouch.
-Bone was eager to point out that Sergei Samsonov had a 3 points night, I'm eager to pull out that strangle photo again...but I'll show a little class for once...
-I am however eager to point out that Bone sits a 3 point night out of Peter Mueller, double ouch. -All in all though, Bone ends up with a damn fine 11 points for the day, but poor goalie stats.
-LP responds to Bone’s 11 point night with…an 11 point night.
-Dustin Brown gets the first gwigle of the week:
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-Scott Nieder gets fat on a 3 point burger, but zoom didn’t play Shane Doan, that’s a tough 3 points sat on the bench…
-Everybody is sitting 3 - point night from good players, what gives??
-I'll tell you what gives...
-There’s a rumor floating around the net that Beaker cracked into their yahoo accounts and swiped their lineups!
-Word is, he's on the run:
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(I'd believe it, what a specimen)
It’s a draw, screw goalies, it’s too early in the week.
It’s 1-0 Malkin, still.
WEDNESDAY:
-Bone gets 2 goals out of newly acquired Bill Guerin, somewhere chris Nichol is excited:
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-Henrik Lundqvist shows up with a killer start, a big bonus to all cats except sho.
-LP isn’t too hot tonight, only 4 points, and decent goalie #’s.
-Ruslan Salei nabs 6 pims
(dirt ball).-Miller gives LP a solid start, but no win. Vokoun layed an egg though.
8 points between the two teams? Duff Man is brewing up dissapointment in the motw so far:
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(Heh-ha!)
Back to reality, maybe it isn’t too early for goalies anymore, Bone wins the day.
It’s 1-0 Bone, but the matchup itself is 11-4 LP, so take it all w/a grain of salt.
THURSDAY:
-Bone kills. Zoom = stunned. Bone gets 13 points lead by Nash’s insane goal, which was a gwigle, and his 10 shots. Nash was a monster this week.
-Also ‘Alice’ Hemsky registers 3 assists, and Mueller gets 2 points, both on the pp.
-Lehtonen has another good start, but doesn’t win the game, figures.
-LP falls behind as they only muster 6 points on the night.
-Gerber gets a killer start, AND he wins the game, something Bone never gets,
EVER
Bone wins the day though, it’s 2-0-1 BC.
FRIDAY:
-Eric Staal plays tricks with hats for Bone, and registers one heluva game winner.
-Bone owns GWG this week.
-Kari Lehtonen plays goalie with no pads, and the numbers show it, ouch.
-LP has an 8 point night, the kicker being a shortie from Lombardi, critical point:
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(shortie)
-LP sits Ryan Miller, Miller has a killer start, would it come back to haunt zoom’s team?
LP gets this one, but its 2-1-1 BC.
SATURDAY:
-Bone gets another 13 points, is he going after a season point record or what?
-Backstrom gets a 4 assist night, and Rafalski gets a 3 assist night, yikes.
-Backstrom, Bone's #1 overall is looking like a shrewd move:
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(franchise)
-Goalie wise Bone gets two good starts but (like the Yankees) can’t buy a win.
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(zing)
-LP keeps fighting with a 9 point night, but it looks like it’s too little too late for zoom.
-Goalie wise, zoom needs new goalies…ouch, rough night for Vokoun and Miller time.
-Remember when zoom sat Miller the other day? It’s coming back to bite him in the ass:
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(see it? Meh...)
Bone wins easy, 3-1-1 BC.
SUNDAY:
-Bone Corp adds salt to the wound, 9 more points, looks like we have a new season 3 points record here in 66’s League:
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(Mario would be proud, maybe)
-Bone for some reason played all of his goalies today? He was getting greedy, and they both blew tires, could this open the door for LP…
-…nope, LP’s Gerber plays worse than Bone’s guys, we’ve got some ugly goaltending in this MOTW. You guys need some niitty…
-LP gets 1 point on the day, it’s over zoom, sorry buddy.
Bone wins the day, he takes the day count 4-1-1.
Tell you what, I’ll give an end-of-year-award out to the team that wins the most days in MOT-dubya’s…
Final score of the matchup:
Bone wins 12-4-2, my prediction sucked. Bone is good:
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(...and he's got a new boat)
3 Stars of the Matchup:
1* Eric Staal (BC) – 3G, 2A, a ton of shots, a key gwg.
2** Nicklas Backstrom (BC) - 1G, 4A, 3ppp, 7 shots.
3*** Mats Sundin (LP) – 4 pims, a Bolik load of faceoffs (61) and a few points.
MOTW Observations:
-Bolik had 37 faceoffs this week, it was that kind of a week for LP.
-Bone loses PIM’s, a rarity, but he ties wins, which is also a rarity.
-Bone sets a season 3 points record for the week with 56 points, the previous record was 53 by Dumpy.
-Bone Corp gets their second 50 point week, matching Reed with 2 on the season, the only clubs to do it more than once, slow year…
-LP should be proud that they won PIM’s.
-LP’s dominance of SHP continues, although Bone didn’t put up a fight for it…
New MOTW coming tomorrow, all-star week style.
Any comments on this motw? The discussion continues…