Week 5 – Oilers Edition

On Sunday the Oilers fired Woodcroft & Manson and replaced them with Kris Knoblauch (no NHL coaching experience) & Paul Coffey (who has won championships… coaching his kids in the Toronto Atom House system.)

Never has this meme been more appropriate.

Or this one.

The Athletic came out with their “NHL 32 Power Rankings” this week and the Bruins were #1. San Jose Sharks were #31, and where were the Oilers? That’s right, #112! The Oil finished behind the following:

• 32. The Kansas City Chiefs on skates
• 33. The Denver Nuggets, also on skates
• 34. The Texas Rangers, you guessed it, on skates
• …
• 46. San Jose Barracuda
• 47. An actual shark
• …
• 60. The 2014-15 Edmonton Oilers
• 61. The 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers at their current age using the same gear they had in the 1980s
• …
• 97. A local peewee hockey team with a lot of gumption that just won the state championship against all odds after being taken over by a begrudging, but loving coach with a lot of heart
• …
• 111. The Suez Canal Boat

THIS KID…WOW!

Oh my, Connor Bedard. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/mubeBha0sr

— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) November 12, 2023

CONNOR BEDARD. WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY?? pic.twitter.com/vmPwDBch6k

— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 12, 2023

SHRAPNEL 

WHOSE CARD? 

OFHL HISTORICAL QUOTES 

ROLPHY: “That’s three bad weeks in a row for T-Man. I’m sure can hear us coming for him. He must be having some sleepless nights.”
FULTY: “Oh, he’s having sleepless nights all right… damn enlarged prostate!” 

THE WEEK IN BULLETS 

• Congrats to EZ on joining the ranks of grandparenthood. Now pay attention to your 4-11 team.
• R&S perfect through 5 weeks
• Stifler has the Big Week with 49 points
• 3-0 weeks for Derko, Stifler, and R&S
• It’s tight up top; 2nd through 10th only 5 points apart
• D, C, & R jumped up 4 spots in the standings
• F & GnR fell 4 spots; Orv fell 5
• Top Forward: Reinhart 10pts
• Top Rook: Bedard 6pts
• Top Vet: Six tied at 4pts
• Top D: Hughes 8pts
• Top G: Bobrovsky 8pts
• Vinny is in last but it’s his 3rd time so it goes to a lottery… a 5 was rolled so the week 5 pickup goes to TMan (how long since you last “won” the p/up T-Man?)

STANDINGS 

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	TP	AVG	%		W	L	T	PWk
R&S	15	15	0	0	30	195	39.0	1.000	.	3	0	0	40
Cordy	15	9	5	1	19	164	32.8	0.633	.	2	0	1	43
Rolphy	15	9	5	1	19	155	31.0	0.633	.	2	0	1	43
JBR	15	9	6	0	18	170	34.0	0.600	.	1	2	0	34
Fulty	15	9	6	0	18	164	32.8	0.600	.	0	3	0	28
Derko	15	9	6	0	18	156	31.2	0.600	.	3	0	0	41
Stifler	15	8	6	1	17	167	33.4	0.567	.	3	0	0	49
GnR	15	8	7	0	16	160	32.0	0.533	.	1	2	0	34
Erty	15	7	7	1	15	153	30.6	0.500	.	2	1	0	39
Team Orv	15	7	8	0	14	150	30.0	0.467	.	0	3	0	28
Haukster	15	5	10	0	10	126	25.2	0.333	.	2	1	0	31
EZ	15	4	11	0	8	129	25.8	0.267	.	1	2	0	38
T-Man	15	3	12	0	6	139	27.8	0.200	.	0	3	0	30
Vinny	15	1	14	0	2	95	19.0	0.067	.	0	3	0	20

George Strait’s napkin picked T-Man for 4th. There’s some work to do.

WHOSE CARD WAS IT? 

REMEMBERING

Roman Cechmanek has passed away. He played over 200 games in the NHL & won the Jennings Trophy with Philadelphia. He was 52 years old.

Week 9 – The Secret to Orv’s Success

THE WEEK THAT WAS

• Congrats to Orv and his Sandwich Maker who, this past week, finally got married in Sexico after 25 years of living together. Apparently, they only recently found out that the “ceremony” they went through a quarter of a century ago was just part of a school play they were both in.
• Speaking of Orv, he had the 4th lowest points this past week but still went 3-0. First time that’s ever happened… I think.
• Also, Orv jumped up from 11th to 8th. Just goes to show that Orv excels when he’s either out the country or just leaves his roster alone.
• Fulty had 47 points this week, which is usually good for the best week but…
• T-Man had a huge week (57 points) on the back of Huberdeau (9), Marner (8), and Wheeler (7)
• T-Man keep rolling along. 10-2 in the past month.
• After a 10-2 run, Vinny is 1-8 in the past 3 weeks.
• After a hot start, EZ has gone cold winning only 1 game in the past month (1-9-2)
• R&S traded the Week 8 pick up & a 4th to Cordy for Daniel Sprong and C’s 4th.
• Cordy revives his man-crush on ‘yotes goalie Adin Hill by grabbing him with the pick-up. Cordy drafted him this Sept in the 5th round, released him in November, and grabbed him again on Sunday. He hasn’t shown this sort of dedication to a prospect since the days of Robbie Schremp.
• R&S get the Week 9 pick-up as a “3” was rolled in the lotto.

STANDINGS

	WEEK	9				This Week
TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	W	L	T	PWk	TP	AVG	%
T	27	21	5	1	43	3	0	0	57	321	35.7	0.796
F	27	20	7	0	40	3	0	0	47	323	35.9	0.741
C	27	17	9	1	35	0	2	1	37	315	35.0	0.648
G	27	17	9	1	35	3	0	0	40	303	33.7	0.648
D	27	15	11	1	31	1	2	0	38	304	33.8	0.574
H	27	15	11	1	31	2	0	1	33	279	31.0	0.574
V	27	14	13	0	28	0	3	0	27	261	29.0	0.519
O	27	12	14	1	25	3	0	0	27	245	27.2	0.463
R	27	11	14	2	24	1	1	1	37	271	30.1	0.444
E	27	11	14	2	24	2	1	0	27	270	30.0	0.444
Z	27	10	14	3	23	1	2	0	25	252	28.0	0.426
S	27	9	16	2	20	0	2	1	33	231	25.7	0.370
J	27	5	21	1	11	0	3	0	19	214	23.8	0.204
&	27	3	22	2	8	0	3	0	27	198	22.0	0.148

SHRAPNEL

Check out the Victoria Royals viral header video. Where’s Griffey?

A Bob Probert documentary is coming out next year. Click below for the trailer.

I can’t even play a single round with one ball!

Poor Michael Grabner took Sammy Blais’ stick in the eye on Saturday. Yeesh!

Hopefully, there’s no permanent damage.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…

Got time for a good long read? (or you can just look at the pictures)

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Week 10 – Rolphy Shines on Sunday

THE WEEK THAT WAS

• Brent Burns SJ & Eric Staal MN combining for 7 points in the last game of the week was just what Rolphy needed to pull ahead in his head to head match up with Haukster
• Rolphy took 1st overall for the week with 44.25 points
• Derko & GoJo also went 3-0
• Haukster had the 2nd most points (43.75) but ended the week with four guys on the injury list
• Derko sits in 1st in the standings, 8 points clear of Vinny; Derko also has a huge advantage in Total Player Points as he’s >57 ahead of T-man
• T-Man jumps up 2 spots to 4th overall
• GoJo jumps up 3 spots to 9th overall
• GoJo grabbed Alex Kerfoot CO with the week 9 pick-up
• The pick-up is a lottery again and a “4” was rolled. That means Stifler gets the week 10 pick-up

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

It should have been Haukster’s Jake Allen who led the OFHL with 10 points…

Jek Allen gets the shut-out. He also decapitates the Wild forward.

It could have been this tender from the German league…

https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/939522385266520064

But anyone who fist-bumps themselves has to win POTW. Well played, Kuznetsov.

Pro tip to anyone that's ever been left hangin' pic.twitter.com/Lb8UhvwUj4

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) December 5, 2017

FROM THE VAULT

Remembering the Goon.

Bob Probert & Andrei Nazarov bring enjoyment to a young Danny Carcillo. It is sad that, these days, too few youngsters get to enjoy these wonderful moments of merriment.

SHRAPNEL

Worst 3rd Jerseys #4 – All the New York Islanders jerseys that weren’t the original.

 

Where did these ideas come from? Safety vests. Basketball jerseys. Captain Highliner.

M&M&M&M

Matt Martin & Mitch Marner get a pick-me-up from Matthews.

Some even say it has magical qualities…… #Leafs #Oilers #TORvsEDM #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/z65hZlUr2O

— VisuallyBetter (@Isuckatpicking) November 30, 2017

STANDINGS

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	PWk	TP	AVG	%
D	30	27	3	0	54	41.00	405.00	40.50	0.900
V	30	23	7	0	46	31.00	327.25	32.73	0.767
H	30	22	8	0	44	43.75	346.50	34.65	0.733
T	30	19	11	0	38	36.50	347.75	34.78	0.633
F	30	19	11	0	38	27.50	345.50	34.55	0.633
E	30	18	11	1	37	35.75	339.25	33.93	0.617
C	30	16	14	0	32	25.00	303.50	30.35	0.533
R	30	16	14	0	32	44.25	295.25	29.53	0.533
G	30	10	19	1	21	39.00	300.25	30.03	0.350
Z	30	10	19	1	21	34.50	287.50	28.75	0.350
J	30	10	20	0	20	16.75	277.75	27.78	0.333
O	30	9	21	0	18	23.25	251.75	25.18	0.300
S	30	5	24	1	11	29.50	240.50	24.05	0.183
&	30	4	26	0	8	25.50	212.50	21.25	0.133

UNTIL NEXT WEEK…

So the results are in and it looks like most of you are good with the OFHL Christmas Banquet being held Dec 23rd at Denny’s 10am. To you Out-of-towners, find a homeless guy and take him to Denny’s. It’ll do your heart good and the conversation will be way better.

Forbes Magazine listed the NHL’s most valuable franchises. See it here.

So it begs the question:

That’s it. Get your shopping done this week. Or don’t. And meet the rest of us on the afternoon of the 24th at the BC Liquor Store.