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We here at Fake Teams are always looking for ways to improve. Given some self-reflection coupled with some feedback last year I’m hoping this new format will help you win each week of your fantasy season and ultimately the championship. Below are three separate sections:
- (NEW) Each team’s ranking for goalies, forwards, PK and PP against the other teams in the league. As of now it’s so early in the year that we are using last year’s total stats to run this off. Once we get around 3 weeks in we will switch to this season
- (NEW) The Three. I will provide, three players who are on fire (this might not even be points wise, it might be an uptick in play that signals to me they are on the cusp of some point production), three players who are cooling off (this will also include players that aren’t materializing the way we expect) and finally three free agent pickups (among all players under 50% owned, preferably some in the single digits and some that are close to 50 to feed all different sizes of leagues).
- (OLD) The schedule which will show each team they play and what the individual rankings are for each matchup, this is more useful in the daily leagues where you are looking at individual matchups
Team Rankings 10/8 - 14
Rank | Team | Games | Goalie (30 Best, 1 Worst) | Forward (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PK (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PP (30 Best, 1 Worst) |
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Rank | Team | Games | Goalie (30 Best, 1 Worst) | Forward (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PK (30 Best, 1 Worst) | PP (30 Best, 1 Worst) |
1 | Minnesota Wild | 2 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 28 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 3 | 29 | 24 | 31 | 14 |
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 29 |
4 | Colorado Avalanche | 3 | 31 | 11 | 23 | 24 |
5 | Anaheim Ducks | 4 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
6 | Florida Panthers | 2 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 30 |
7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 30 |
8 | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 18 |
9 | San Jose Sharks | 4 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 21 |
10 | Vancouver Canucks | 3 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 27 |
11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 23 |
12 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 12 |
13 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 19 |
15 | Arizona Coyotes | 2 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 17 |
16 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 24 |
17 | New York Rangers | 2 | 21 | 10 | 30 | 1 |
18 | Vegas Golden Knights | 4 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 20 |
19 | St. Louis Blues | 3 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 8 |
20 | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 6 |
21 | Calgary Flames | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 14 |
22 | Nashville Predators | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
23 | Winnipeg Jets | 3 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 8 |
24 | New York Islanders | 2 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 2 |
25 | Washington Capitals | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
26 | Edmonton Oilers | 2 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 3 |
27 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
28 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
29 | Dallas Stars | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
30 | Ottawa Senators | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
31 | Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
3 players who are on fire
- Auston Matthews (100% owned) 5 goals through his first three games.
- Jonathan Toews (86% owned) his ownership is about to vault up real quick, watch for the Blackhawks to rebound this year, they aren’t completely tertiary yet.
- Tyler Seguin (100% owned) Two games into the season, he has a pair of goals and assists, 12 shots and 23 faceoffs won, he is earning his fresh new contract.
Auston Matthews makes it 6-5 and silences the crowd. Patrick Kane makes it 6-6 and mimics the celebration. Matthews grins on the bench pic.twitter.com/l4nTOFgCzu
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) October 8, 2018
3 players who are cooling off
- Nikita Kucherov (100% owned) there is no cooling off when the season just started but he started the season with no points and no SOG through 21 minutes
- Brent Burns (100% owned) Through three games, he has 2 SOG, no points and no plus/minus.
- Aleksander Barkov (96% owned). Florida’s one game (a 2-1 loss) brought Aleksander with 4 SOG, no points and a -1, nothing to panic over but not a good opener for Barkov.
3 free agent pickups (under 50%)
- Jordan Staal (23% owned) The Hurricanes look to be legit…so far, if they are Jordan will be one of the top 3 leading the charge. Ninth most SOG in the league so far.
- Paul Byron (13% owned) a pair of goals and assists highlight the start of the season for the 29 year old who might see his first season with over 45 points as he is on Montreal’s third line but he’s alongside Max Domi (who will grind to win the puck and feed his linemates) and Artturi Lehkonen who is in his third year but a more than capable goal scorer. Paul isn’t an all-star but he should be more around 40% owned.
- Jimmy Vesey (1% owned). The 2nd line of Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello and Jimmy looks like it might be the best among the collective (at least so far). Mats speed coupled with Jimmy’s quick hands is materializing. The downside here is the Rangers rebuild which is destroying the players plus/minus. Jimmy is 12th in the league in shots on goal so far and he should be at least 25% owned.
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Weekly Schedule
Teams | Weekly Avgs | Mon, Oct 8, | Tue, Oct 9, | Wed, Oct 10 | Thu, Oct 11 | Sat, Oct 13 | Sun, Oct 14 |
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Teams | Weekly Avgs | Mon, Oct 8, | Tue, Oct 9, | Wed, Oct 10 | Thu, Oct 11 | Sat, Oct 13 | Sun, Oct 14 |
Anaheim Ducks | vs. Detroit Red Wings | vs. Arizona Coyotes | @ Dallas Stars | @ St. Louis Blues | |||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 2 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 21 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 25 | ||
Forward SoS | 15 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 10 | ||
PK SoS | 19 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 29 | ||
PP SoS | 19 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 19 | ||
Arizona Coyotes | @ Anaheim Ducks | vs. Buffalo Sabres | |||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 14 | 24 | ||||
Forward SoS | 17 | 6 | 28 | ||||
PK SoS | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||||
PP SoS | 16 | 6 | 0 | 26 | |||
Boston Bruins | vs. Ottawa Senators | vs. Edmonton Oilers | vs. Detroit Red Wings | ||||
Home | 3 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 22 | 30 | 16 | 19 | |||
Forward SoS | 18 | 20 | 11 | 23 | |||
PK SoS | 28 | 28 | 31 | 25 | |||
PP SoS | 15 | 17 | 1 | 28 | |||
Buffalo Sabres | vs. Vegas Golden Knights | vs. Colorado Avalanche | @ Arizona Coyotes | ||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 19 | 7 | 19 | 30 | |||
Forward SoS | 19 | 14 | 24 | 19 | |||
PK SoS | 13 | 18 | 17 | 5 | |||
PP SoS | 17 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 9 | ||
Carolina Hurricanes | vs. Vancouver Canucks | @ Minnesota Wild | @ Winnipeg Jets | ||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 2 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 14 | 29 | 11 | 1 | |||
Forward SoS | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | |||
PK SoS | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | |||
PP SoS | 15 | 18 | 22 | 6 | |||
Calgary Flames | @ Nashville Predators | @ St. Louis Blues | @ Colorado Avalanche | ||||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 3 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 13 | 8 | 25 | 5 | |||
Forward SoS | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |||
PK SoS | 24 | 26 | 29 | 17 | |||
PP SoS | 15 | 2 | 19 | 25 | |||
Chicago Blackhawks | @ Minnesota Wild | vs. St. Louis Blues | |||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 11 | 19 | ||||
Forward SoS | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||
PK SoS | 21 | 12 | 29 | ||||
PP SoS | 21 | 0 | 22 | 19 | |||
Columbus Blue Jackets | vs. Colorado Avalanche | @ Florida Panthers | @ Tampa Bay Lightning | ||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 2 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 12 | 19 | 13 | 5 | |||
Forward SoS | 22 | 24 | 20 | 23 | |||
PK SoS | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | |||
PP SoS | 20 | 25 | 13 | 23 | |||
Colorado Avalanche | @ Columbus Blue Jackets | @ Buffalo Sabres | vs. Calgary Flames | ||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 2 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 26 | 25 | 31 | 23 | |||
Forward SoS | 11 | 2 | 27 | 5 | |||
PK SoS | 20 | 30 | 6 | 23 | |||
PP SoS | 20 | 30 | 26 | 5 | |||
Dallas Stars | vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | vs. Anaheim Ducks | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 2 | 27 | ||||
Forward SoS | 8 | 11 | 4 | ||||
PK SoS | 6 | 2 | 9 | ||||
PP SoS | 10 | 13 | 6 | ||||
Detroit Red Wings | @ Anaheim Ducks | vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | @ Boston Bruins | ||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 2 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | |||
Forward SoS | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | |||
PK SoS | 8 | 9 | 2 | 12 | |||
PP SoS | 8 | 6 | 13 | 4 | |||
Edmonton Oilers | @ Boston Bruins | @ New York Rangers | |||||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 2 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 11 | 3 | 18 | ||||
Forward SoS | 18 | 10 | 25 | ||||
PK SoS | 13 | 12 | 14 | ||||
PP SoS | 8 | 4 | 11 | ||||
Florida Panthers | vs. Columbus Blue Jackets | vs. Vancouver Canucks | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 17 | 4 | 29 | ||||
Forward SoS | 15 | 18 | 11 | ||||
PK SoS | 19 | 30 | 7 | ||||
PP SoS | 24 | 30 | 18 | ||||
Vegas Golden Knights | @ Buffalo Sabres | @ Washington Capitals | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | @ Philadelphia Flyers | |||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 4 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 15 | ||
Forward SoS | 18 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 21 | ||
PK SoS | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 4 | ||
PP SoS | 18 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 24 | ||
Los Angeles Kings | @ Winnipeg Jets | @ Montreal Canadiens | @ Ottawa Senators | ||||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 3 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 13 | 1 | 24 | 15 | |||
Forward SoS | 18 | 6 | 17 | 30 | |||
PK SoS | 18 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
PP SoS | 18 | 6 | 31 | 17 | |||
Minnesota Wild | vs. Chicago Blackhawks | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 16 | 19 | 13 | ||||
Forward SoS | 25 | 30 | 19 | ||||
PK SoS | 20 | 18 | 22 | ||||
PP SoS | 23 | 20 | 26 | ||||
Montreal Canadiens | vs. Los Angeles Kings | vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 11 | 12 | 9 | ||||
Forward SoS | 13 | 2 | 24 | ||||
PK SoS | 11 | 21 | 1 | ||||
PP SoS | 8 | 3 | 13 | ||||
New Jersey Devils | vs. Washington Capitals | vs. San Jose Sharks | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 13 | 10 | 16 | ||||
Forward SoS | 15 | 20 | 10 | ||||
PK SoS | 20 | 15 | 24 | ||||
PP SoS | 9 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |||
Nashville Predators | vs. Calgary Flames | vs. Winnipeg Jets | vs. New York Islanders | ||||
Home | 3 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 14 | 23 | 13 | 7 | |||
Forward SoS | 13 | 5 | 7 | 28 | |||
PK SoS | 14 | 23 | 7 | 11 | |||
PP SoS | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 29 | ||
New York Islanders | vs. San Jose Sharks | @ Nashville Predators | |||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 12 | 16 | 8 | ||||
Forward SoS | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
PK SoS | 25 | 24 | 26 | ||||
PP SoS | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||||
New York Rangers | vs. San Jose Sharks | vs. Edmonton Oilers | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||
Forward SoS | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||
PK SoS | 28 | 24 | 31 | ||||
PP SoS | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||||
Ottawa Senators | @ Boston Bruins | vs. Philadelphia Flyers | vs. Los Angeles Kings | ||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||
Forward SoS | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | |||
PK SoS | 12 | 12 | 4 | 21 | |||
PP SoS | 10 | 4 | 24 | 3 | |||
Philadelphia Flyers | vs. San Jose Sharks | @ Ottawa Senators | vs. Vegas Golden Knights | ||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | |||
Forward SoS | 18 | 10 | 30 | 14 | |||
PK SoS | 23 | 24 | 28 | 18 | |||
PP SoS | 14 | 8 | 17 | 16 | |||
Pittsburgh Penguins | vs. Vegas Golden Knights | @ Montreal Canadiens | |||||
Home | 1 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 16 | 7 | 24 | ||||
Forward SoS | 16 | 14 | 17 | ||||
PK SoS | 19 | 18 | 20 | ||||
PP SoS | 24 | 0 | 16 | 31 | |||
San Jose Sharks | @ New York Islanders | @ Philadelphia Flyers | @ New York Rangers | @ New Jersey Devils | |||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 4 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 19 | ||
Forward SoS | 24 | 31 | 21 | 25 | 17 | ||
PK SoS | 14 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 27 | ||
PP SoS | 19 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 12 | |
St. Louis Blues | vs. Calgary Flames | @ Chicago Blackhawks | vs. Anaheim Ducks | ||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 24 | 23 | 21 | 27 | |||
Forward SoS | 8 | 5 | 16 | 4 | |||
PK SoS | 17 | 23 | 18 | 9 | |||
PP SoS | 10 | 5 | 20 | 6 | |||
Tampa Bay Lightning | vs. Vancouver Canucks | vs. Columbus Blue Jackets | |||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 0 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 17 | 29 | 4 | ||||
Forward SoS | 15 | 11 | 18 | ||||
PK SoS | 19 | 7 | 30 | ||||
PP SoS | 24 | 18 | 30 | ||||
Toronto Maple Leafs | @ Dallas Stars | @ Detroit Red Wings | @ Washington Capitals | ||||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 3 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 18 | 15 | 29 | 10 | |||
Forward SoS | 11 | 4 | 21 | 9 | |||
PK SoS | 19 | 16 | 25 | 15 | |||
PP SoS | 20 | 21 | 28 | 10 | |||
Vancouver Canucks | @ Carolina Hurricanes | @ Tampa Bay Lightning | @ Florida Panthers | ||||
Home | 0 | ||||||
Away | 3 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 15 | 27 | 5 | 13 | |||
Forward SoS | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | |||
PK SoS | 11 | 22 | 3 | 9 | |||
PP SoS | 21 | 26 | 23 | 13 | |||
Washington Capitals | vs. Vegas Golden Knights | @ New Jersey Devils | vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | ||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 9 | 7 | 19 | 2 | |||
Forward SoS | 14 | 14 | 17 | 11 | |||
PK SoS | 16 | 18 | 27 | 2 | |||
PP SoS | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | |||
Winnipeg Jets | vs. Los Angeles Kings | @ Nashville Predators | vs. Carolina Hurricanes | ||||
Home | 2 | ||||||
Away | 1 | ||||||
Goalie SoS | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | |||
Forward SoS | 10 | 2 | 10 | 19 | |||
PK SoS | 23 | 21 | 26 | 22 | |||
PP SoS | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 |