The Hockey Pool Question and Advice Thread (Your thread missing? Likely merged here)

[JE14]

Niskanen and Stafford

[BladesOfSteel]

I had the 7th pick

1.Getlaf

2.Luongo

3.Hossa

4.Lecavelier

5.Kovalev

I tend to pick my D a bit later as a hockey pool is based around just racking up stats.

[Ace of Spades]

One guy to take late in your draft as a safe steal is Brooks Laich, plays for the Caps and had 50+ points last year.

But definetely take a goalie in the 1st or 2nd round, since most of the good netminders are snapped up pretty quick.

[JE14]

what about

tavares

pominville

for

d. brown

t. kaberle

Team getting Brown and Kaberle by far.

[G.K. Chesterton]

Deep Sleepers this year are.

1. Vermette

2. Havlat. Not a deep sleeper but expect him to show up in minnesota

3. Paul Kariya

4. Tim Connelly ( injury problem )

5. Andy Mcdonald

6. Bernier

7. Shirokov ( only if you have bench players )

The truth about hockey pools is its not the first 10 players you take that win the pool. Its the last 5.

What about E. Johnson, P. Stastny and Ryan Whitney? All the pools I've been in (3 Yahoo pools) I've often been able to pick them up in the late rounds.

[FireGillis]

Take shirokov late as a sleeper! Unless they're canucks fans they won't know about him.

[Kottonmouthed]

Mat Hunwick would be a great late pick same with Alex Ebbett.

Shirokov and Gilroy could be high risk, high reward picks.

Goaltenders gets a lot of points so the big names in net are ones. If you want to grab some sleepers there would be Rinne, Varlamov, Quick, and possibly Crawford who could push Huet as the #1 guy in Chicago.

Minnesota player should see an increase in points as Lemaire is out as coach. Koivu and Burns are some safe bets to increase on their offesnive games.

[dank.]

TJ Oshie

Backes

Dubinsky

Giroux

all good sleepers

[JoeyBats]

what about

tavares

pominville

for

d. brown

t. kaberle

[HighwayToHell]

My Yahoo.com/nhl.com team looks like this.

C- Henrik Zetterberg

C- Jonathan Toews

LW- Daniel Sedin

LW- Kris Versteeg

RW- Teemu Selanne

RW- Nik Antropov

D- Christian Ehrhoff

D- Alex Edler

D- Zach Bogosian

D- Brent Seabrook

G- Chris Osgood

G- Pekka Rinne

Bench- Semyon Varlamov

Bench- Ryan Kesler

Bench- Sergei Shirokov

Bench- Mikael Samuelsson

Someone offered me Henrik Sedin straight up for Zetterberg. Should I do it?

[cytokine]

quick boyle for gonchar would you do it?

[Down by the River]

what about

tavares

pominville

for

d. brown

t. kaberle

How are points scored. Are rookie goals worth more? If not, Brown and Kaberle is the better tandem.

[JE14]

quick boyle for gonchar would you do it?

Boyle is better.

[JE14]

Yes.

[coolin]

Im in 3 professional pools this year. 200$ entry to each.

The fact that you got Jokinen past 50 players means your pool has nobody with any skill. ( except you ??)

Nice Early pick with Heatley, Where did Vinny L go ?

Ya I thought Jokinen was my draft steal, I hate the Flames but think he will put up huge numbers. Him and Marleau went super later in our draft. Vinny went pretty high in the top 15 picks. Thanks for the props.

Varlamov is my dark horse pick. If he doesn't start I'll be missing out some points. But if he does, Washington will be a force this year.

[cytokine]

Boyle is better.

In the pool that I am there's a great emphasis on PP, so I'm thinking Gonchar might do better in this regard.

[Sterling Archer]

Daniel Sedin, Van F

F Henrik Sedin, Van F

F Patrick Kane, Chi F

F Chris Kunitz, Pit F

F Steven Stamkos, TB F

F Ryan Kesler, Van F

F Kris Versteeg, Chi F

F Anze Kopitar, LA F

F Sergei Shirokov, Van F

D Nicklas Lidstrom, Det D

D Duncan Keith, Chi D

D Scott Niedermayer, Ana D

D Alexander Edler, Van D

D Brian Campbell, Chi D

UTIL Erik Cole, Car F

Bench Daniel Alfredsson, Ott F

Bench Jason Spezza, Ott F

Bench Loui Eriksson, Dal F

Bench Saku Koivu, Ana F

Bench Erik Johnson, StL D

IR Marian Hossa*, Chi F O

IR Pavol Demitra*, Van F IR

Bench

GOALIES

G Roberto Luongo, Van G

G Jonas Hiller, Ana G

Yeah, I came out pretty well.

[Magikal]

Lol. The guy thought Sedin and Perry was over payment so he traded Perry and Rinne and Stamkos for H Sedin and Backstrom(MIN)

[AmazingNuck]

Is the potential upside of Visnovsky better than what Niskanen would bring? I have Wideman, Gonchar, Erik Johnson, Suter, and Bogosian. Should I take the risk and go with Visnovsky or go with Niskanen, who'd be a safer pick at this point? Also, Vis beats Nis in +/- and PPP. There's no PIMs.

[danny411]

Daniel Sedin, Van F

F Henrik Sedin, Van F

F Patrick Kane, Chi F

F Chris Kunitz, Pit F

F Steven Stamkos, TB F

F Ryan Kesler, Van F

F Kris Versteeg, Chi F

F Anze Kopitar, LA F

F Sergei Shirokov, Van F

D Nicklas Lidstrom, Det D

D Duncan Keith, Chi D

D Scott Niedermayer, Ana D

D Alexander Edler, Van D

D Brian Campbell, Chi D

UTIL Erik Cole, Car F

Bench Daniel Alfredsson, Ott F

Bench Jason Spezza, Ott F

Bench Loui Eriksson, Dal F

Bench Saku Koivu, Ana F

Bench Erik Johnson, StL D

IR Marian Hossa*, Chi F O

IR Pavol Demitra*, Van F IR

Bench

GOALIES

G Roberto Luongo, Van G

G Jonas Hiller, Ana G

Yeah, I came out pretty well.

No doubt.

I need a second goalie