#Artemis TUCH

[artemis-tuch]

Addressing Some Rumors

☆☆☆Some rumors have been going around surrounding me lately. Some of these include people saying I ran into Pollen's fence with a riding lawnmower. This is not true!! Lunar made this stuff up! DO NOT. BELIEVE HIM!! I would *never* do such a thing.... ☆☆☆

[acidicbeautywastaken]

Cool channel I found

Guys, there's this really cool channel on youtube I found called the universal crackheads, and my favorite character has a tumblr! You should take a look sometime.

https://www.tumblr.com/artemis-tuch

[boxscorehockey]

2024-25 Alpha Fwds L-Z

Last Updated November 22

L’Heureux Zachary Lafreniere Alexis Laine Patrik Lambert Brad Landeskog Gabriel Lapierre Hendrix Lardis Nick Larkin Dylan Lekkerimaki Jonathan Leonard Ryan Leschyshyn Jake Letourneau Dean Lindholm Elias Lindstrom Cayden Lombardi Amadeus Luchanko Jett Lucius Chaz Ludwinski Paul Lund Cam Lundell Anton Lysell Fabian Maccelli Matias MacKinnon Nathan Malkin Evgeni Mangiapane Andrew Mantha Anthony Marchand Brad Marchenko Kirill Marchessault Jonathan Marner Mitch Masse' Maxim Matthews Auston Mazur Carter McCann Jared McDavid Connor McGroarty Rutger McMann Bobby McMichael Connor McTavish Mason Meier Timo Mercer Dawson Merkulov Georgi Mesar Filip Michkov Matvei Miettinen Julius Miller J.T. Minten Fraser Miroshnichenko Ivan Mittelstadt Casey Monahan Sean Moore Oliver Mustard John Musty Quentin Nadeau Bradly Nazar Frank Necas Martin Neighbours Jake Nelson Brock Newhook Alex Nichushkin Valeri Niederreiter Nino Noesen Stefan Norris Josh Novak Tommy Nugent- Hopkins Ryan Nylander William Nyman Jani Nyquist Gustav O’Connor Drew O’Connor Logan O'Reilly Ryan Ohgren Liam Olausson Oskar Olofsson Victor Ostlund Noah Othmann Brennan Ovechkin Alexander Panarin Artemi Parascak Terik Parssinen Juuso Pastrnak David Pekarcik Juraj Pelletier Jakob Perfetti Cole Perreault Gabriel Perron David Perron Jayden Peterka John- Jason Petrovsky Servac Pettersson Elias Pettersson Lucas Pinto Shane Plante Max Point Brayden Poitras Matthew Poulin Samuel Protas Aliaksei Puustinen Valtteri Quinn Jack Ranta Sampo Rantanen Mikko Rasmussen Michael Raty Aatu Raymond Lucas Rehkopf Carson Reichel Lukas Reinhart Sam Ritchie Calum Ritchie Ryder Robertson Jason Robertson Nick Rodrigues Evan Rosen Isak Roslovic Jack Rossi Marco Rousek Lukas Roy Joshua Roy Nicolas Rust Bryan Saad Brandon Sale Edouard Samoskevich Mackie Sapovaliv Matyas Savage Redmond Savoie Matthew Schaefer Reid Scheifele Mark Schenn Brayden Schmaltz Nick Seguin Tyler Sennecke Beckett Sherangovich Yegor Sidorov Yegor Sillinger Cole Slafkovsky Juraj Smith Reilly Smith Will SJ Snuggerud Jimmy Soderblom Elmer Sprong Daniel Stamkos Steve Stankoven Logan Steel Sam Stenberg Otto Stephenson Chandler Stiga Teddy Stillman Chase Strome Dylan Stutzle Tim Surin Yegor Suzuki Nick Svechkov Fedor Svechnikov Andrei Tarasenko Vladimir Tavares John Teravainen Teuvo Terry Troy Thomas Robert Thompson Tage Tippett Owen Tkachuk Brady Tkachuk Matthew Toffoli Tyler Tolvanen Eeli Tomasino Philip Torgersson Daniel Trikozov Gleb Trocheck Vincent Tsyplakov Maxim Tuch Alex Tuch Luke Turcotte Alex Unger-Sorum Felix Vanacker Marek Veleno Joe Verhaeghe Carter Vilardi Gabriel Villeneuve Nathan Voronkov Dmitry Wood Matthew Wright Shane Yager Brayden Yurov Danila Zacha Pavel Zary Connor Zegras Trevor Zellers William Zetterlund Fabian Zibanejad Mika Ziemmer Koehn Zuccarello Mats

[butterflyintochains]

find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

(not been tagged yet, but felt like joining in on the game!)

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

(My teams are in purple)

Anaheim Ducks: Brian Dumoulin, Trevor Zegras, Mason McTavish

Boston Bruins: David Pastrnak, Jeremy Swayman, Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm

Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch

Calgary Flames: Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri

Carolina Hurricanes: Sebastian Aho, Jordan Martinook

Chicago Blackhawks: Nick Foligno, Connor Bedard, Seth Jones

Colorado Avalanche: Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Alexandar Georgiev

Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski, Elvis Merzlikins

Dallas Stars: Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Wyatt Johnston, Jason Robertson, Magnus Hellberg

Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Tyler Motte

Edmonton Oilers: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid

Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad

Los Angeles Kings: Anze Kopitar, Kevin Fiala, Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild: Marc-Andre Fleury, Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson-Ek, Ryan Hartman, Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kaprizov

Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki, Cole Caulfield, Sam Montembeault, Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj

Nashville Predators: Roman Josi, Juuse Saros, Steven Stamkos, Brady Skjei, Luke Schenn

New Jersey Devils: Nico Hischier, Jacob Markstrom, Jack Hughes, Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt

New York Islanders: Mat Barzal, Bo Horvat, Anthony Duclair

New York Rangers: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox, Igor Shesterkin, Artemi Panarin

Ottawa Senators: Claude Giroux, Thomas Chabot, Linus Ullmark

Philadelphia Flyers: Sean Couturier, Erik Johnson, Travis Konecny, Garnet Hathaway

Pittsburgh Penguins: Everyone but, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson

San Jose Sharks: Nico Sturm, Tyler Toffoli

Seattle Kraken: Jordan Eberle, Jamie Oleksiak, Brandon Montour, Yanni Gourde

St Louis Blues: Kasperi Kapanen, Mathieu Joseph, PO Joseph.

Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor Hedman, Jake Guentzel

Toronto Maple Leafs: Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Morgan Reilly

Utah Coyotes: John Marino, Clayton Keller

Vancouver Canucks: Everyone, but, Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes, JT Miller, Thatcher Demko, Conor Garland

Vegas Golden Knights: Tanner Pearson, William Karlsson, Zach Whitecloud, Alex Pietrangelo

Washington Capitals: Dylan Strome, TJ Oshie, Ethan Bear, Brandon Duhaime

Winnipeg Jets: Adam Lowry, Connor Hellebuyck

Tagging: @tylerpitlicktruther @coffee-at-annies and @atwhughesversion

[licoriceismyworld]

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[augustheart]

I got a hand on a stick that’s meant to be, like, baby’s first yad for the ten year olds studying for their mitzvahs from my cantor because I saw them in a vase and asked if I could have one and of course I immediately decided to use it to bother my bird. 

[goalhofer]

Top 10 NHL Goal Leaders: Week 3

10: Mats Zuccarello-Aasen, Minnesota (4)

9: David Pastrňák, Boston (4)

8: Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers (4)

7: Jonathan Marchessault, Vegas (5)

6: Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo (5)

5: Connor McDavid, Edmonton (5)

4: Alex Tuch, Buffalo (6)

3: Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina (6)

2: Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado (6)

1: Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay (7)

[darkangel0410]

I was going through my drafts and saw that waaayyyy at the bottom of a pile of posts I really should do something with, there was a meme for five favorite things, which made me realize picking just 5 players isn’t that easy (look, I have tons of lists for players, and while yes, I do have a list of all my favorite players that’s based on all my other lists, this is a little easier), so instead have a top-at-least-3-but-no-more-than-5 list of players I want to bang from each team:

(Not in alphabetical order because lazy)

Chicago Blackhawks

1. Brent Seabrook

2. Duncan Keith

3. Jonathan Toews

4. Patrick Sharp

5. John Hayden

San Jose Sharks

1. Brent Burns

2. Paul Martin

3. Logan Couture

4. Brenden Dillon

5. Joe Thornton

Boston Bruins

1. Patrice Bergeron

2. Charlie McAvoy

3. Brad Marchand

4. Brandon Carlo

5. Adam McQuaid

Buffalo Sabres

1. Jack Eichel

2. Alex Nylander

3. Evander Kane

4. Sam Reinhart

Arizona Coyotes

1. DYLAN STROME

2. Anthony Duclair

3. Max Domi

4. Jason Demers

New Jersey Devils

1. Taylor Hall

2. Nico Hishier

3. Marcus Johansen (did I spell that right???)

4. Brian Boyle

Colorado Avalanche

1. Nathan MacKinnon

2. Gabe Landeskog

3. Tyson Barrie

4. Matt Neito

LA Kings

1. Drew Doughty

2. Anze Kopitar

3. Adrian Kempe

4. Jeff Carter

Tampa Bay Lightning

1. Victor Hedman

2. Steven Stamkos

3. Andre Vasilesky (is *that* spelled right???)

4. Tyler Johnson

New York Rangers

1. Chris Kreider

2. Henrik Lunqvist (that I know is spelled wrong)

3. Brady Skjei

4. Mika Zibanejad

5. Mats Zuccarello

Philadelphia Flyers

1. Nolan Patrick

2. Wayne Simmonds

3. Claude Giroux

4. Ivan Provarov

Florida Panthers

1. Aaron Ekblad

2. James Reimer

3. Robert Luongo

Dallas Stars

1. Tyler Seguin

2. Martin Hanzal

3. Ben Bishop

4. Jamie Benn

Vegas Golden Knights

1. James Neal

2. Malcom Subban

3. Alex Tuch

Minnesota Wild

1. Eric Staal

2. Charlie Coyle

3. Zach Parise

Carolina Hurricanes

1. Jordan Staal

2. Noah Hanafin

3. Trevor van Reimsdyk

4. Justin Faulk

5. Scott Darling

Anaheim Ducks

1. Adam Henrique

2. Ryan Kesler

3. Kevin Beiska

New York Islanders

1. John Tavares

2. Mathew Barzal

3. Andrew Ladd

Washington Capitals

1. Nicklas Backstrom

2. Alex Ovechkin

3. Andre Burakosky (sp???)

4. Braden Holtby

St Louis Blues

1. Colton Parayko

2. Alex Pietrangelo

3. Patrik Berglund

Ottawa Senators

1. Erik Karlsson

2. Matt Duchene

3. Bobby Ryan

Winnipeg Jets

1. Blake Wheeler

2. Patrik Laine

3. Mark Scheifele

Edmonton Oilers

1. Ryan Strome

2. Connor McDavid

3. Milan Lucic

4. Leon Draisaitl

Toronto Maple Leafs

1. Auston Matthews

2. Mitch Marner

3. William Nylander

4. James van Reimsdyk

5. Tyler Bozak

Calgary Flames

1. Mike Smith

2. Kris Versteeg

3. Dougie Hamilton @007waffles007 hahaha just kidding, Sean Monahan

Montreal Canadiens

1. Alex Galchenyuk

2. Carey Price

3. Andrew Shaw

Nashville Predators

1. PK Subban

2. Ryan Johansen

3. Roman Josi

Detroit Red WIngs

1. Dylan Larkin

2, Darren Helms

3. Petr Mrazek

Colombus Blue Jackets

1. Zach Werenski

2. Artemi Panarin

3. Seth Jones

4. Josh Anderson

Vancouver Canucks

1. Thatcher Demko

2. Derrick Pouliot

3. Brandon Sutter

4. Micheal Del Zotto

[artemis-tuch]

Have a good night!

I love all of you so much, it's not even funny. I might suffocate in joy. You guys are the greatest, most bestest people ever!! You guys should, like, professionally make people happy. Like therapy dogs, but human! Anyways, goodnight!!!!! You bunch are so great

[spicynbachili4]

Fantasy NHL – Top 250 player rest-of-season rankings

1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C1 1 2. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C2 2 3. Evgeni Malkin, C, Pit C3 3 4. John Tavares, C, Tor C4 4 5. Brad Marchand, LW, Bos LW1 10 6. Tyler Seguin, C, Dal C5 7 7. Sidney Crosby, C, Pit C6 6 8. Patrick Kane, RW, Chi RW1 12 9. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB RW2 5 10. Alex Ovechkin, RW, Was RW3 9 11. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TB G1 11 12. Mark Scheifele, C, Wpg C7 8 13. David Pastrnak, LW, Bos LW2 18 14. Brent Burns, D, SJ D1 17 15. Taylor Hall, LW, NJ LW3 13 16. Blake Wheeler, RW, Wpg RW4 19 17. Patrice Bergeron, C, Bos C8 27 18. Mikko Rantanen, RW, Col RW5 28 19. Jack Eichel, C, Buf C9 21 20. Steven Stamkos, C, TB C10 14 21. Jamie Benn, LW, Dal LW4 15 22. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, Was C11 16 23. Patrik Laine, RW, Wpg RW6 23 24. Claude Giroux, C, Phi C12 25 25. John Carlson, D, Was D2 26 26. John Gibson, G, Ana G2 22 27. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, Cgy LW5 31 28. Phil Kessel, RW, Pit RW7 33 29. Artemi Panarin, LW, Cls LW6 29 30. Mitch Marner, C, Tor C13 34 31. Filip Forsberg, C, Nsh C14 41 32. Connor Hellebuyck, G, Wpg G3 20 33. Nicklas Backstrom, C, Was C15 36 34. Devan Dubnyk, G, Min G4 43 35. Pekka Rinne, G, Nsh G5 52 36. Jakub Voracek, RW, Phi RW8 35 37. Victor Hedman, D, TB D3 37 38. P.K. Subban, D, Nsh D4 32 39. Auston Matthews, C, Tor C16 45 40. Erik Karlsson, D, SJ D5 24 41. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, StL RW9 39 42. Morgan Rielly, D, Tor D6 44 43. Sean Couturier, C, Phi C17 49 44. Kris Letang, D, Pit D7 50 45. Brayden Point, RW, TB RW10 59 46. Anze Kopitar, C, LA C18 30 47. John Klingberg, D, Dal D8 40 48. Ben Bishop, G, Dal G6 47 49. Sebastian Aho, RW, Car RW11 58 50. Jonathan Marchessault, C, Vgs C19 62 51. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, Col LW7 64 52. Torey Krug, D, Bos D9 57 53. Dustin Byfuglien, D, Wpg D10 53 54. Aleksander Barkov, C, Fla C20 48 55. Braden Holtby, G, Was G7 38 56. Semyon Varlamov, G, Col G8 61 57. Roman Josi, D, Nsh D11 56 58. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm C21 65 59. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, Cls G9 51 60. Drew Doughty, D, LA D12 42 61. Alexander Radulov, RW, Dal RW12 60 62. Evander Kane, LW, SJ LW8 55 63. Kyle Connor, LW, Wpg LW9 67 64. Frederik Andersen, G, Tor G10 85 65. Sean Monahan, C, Cgy C22 84 66. Tuukka Rask, G, Bos G11 54 67. Brock Boeser, RW, Van RW13 63 68. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, Cgy LW10 77 69. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJ RW14 76 70. Clayton Keller, C, Ari C23 72 71. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, Vgs G12 75 72. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, Phi D13 69 73. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C, Edm C24 88 74. Martin Jones, G, SJ G13 66 75. Mark Giordano, D, Cgy D14 82 76. Vincent Trocheck, C, Fla C25 46 77. Jaden Schwartz, LW, StL LW11 70 78. Seth Jones, D, Cls D15 68 79. Brayden Schenn, C, StL C26 71 80. Carey Price, G, Mon G14 79 81. Mikael Granlund, C, Min C27 80 82. Eric Staal, C, Min C28 83 83. Antti Raanta, G, Ari G15 92 84. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI C29 73 85. William Karlsson, C, Vgs C30 81 86. Jeff Skinner, LW, Buf LW12 118 87. Tyson Barrie, D, Col D16 87 88. Keith Yandle, D, Fla D17 98 89. Anders Lee, LW, NYI LW13 119 90. Yanni Gourde, LW, TB LW14 97 91. Jason Zucker, LW, Min LW15 89 92. Elias Pettersson, C, Van C31 109 93. Joe Pavelski, C, SJ C32 78 94. Thomas Chabot, D, Ott D18 90 95. Ryan Johansen, C, Nsh C33 95 96. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, Ari D19 91 97. Jonathan Toews, C, Chi C34 93 98. Alex DeBrincat, RW, Chi RW15 94 99. Ryan O’Reilly, RW, StL RW16 96 100. Matt Murray, G, Pit G16 74 101. Ryan Ellis, D, Nsh D20 86 102. Ilya Kovalchuk, LW, LA LW16 100 103. Dylan Larkin, C, Det C35 132 104. Zach Werenski, D, Cls D21 101 105. Dougie Hamilton, D, Car D22 102 106. Alex Pietrangelo, D, StL D23 103 107. Logan Couture, C, SJ C36 104 108. Mark Stone, RW, Ott RW17 105 109. Nazem Kadri, C, Tor C37 106 110. Mika Zibanejad, RW, NYR RW18 113 111. Ryan Getzlaf, C, Ana C38 108 112. Teuvo Teravainen, LW, Car LW17 110 113. Nico Hischier, C, NJ C39 111 114. Evgenii Dadonov, RW, Fla RW19 124 115. Ryan Suter, D, Min D24 112 116. Timo Meier, LW, SJ LW18 152 117. T.J. Oshie, RW, Was RW20 114 118. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, Wpg LW19 115 119. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, Cls C40 116 120. Jonathan Quick, G, LA G17 99 121. Rickard Rakell, RW, Ana RW21 117 122. Corey Crawford, G, Chi G18 107 123. Justin Faulk, D, Car D25 120 124. Josh Bailey, RW, NYI RW22 121 125. Max Pacioretty, LW, Vgs LW20 122 126. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, Fla LW21 123 127. Mike Hoffman, LW, Fla LW22 125 128. Max Domi, C, Mon C41 201 129. Robin Lehner, G, NYI G19 137 130. Jake Gardiner, D, Tor D26 126 131. Cory Schneider, G, NJ G20 129 132. Elias Lindholm, C, Cgy C42 150 133. Kevin Shattenkirk, D, NYR D27 127 134. Viktor Arvidsson, RW, Nsh RW23 128 135. Cam Atkinson, RW, Cls RW24 130 136. Jonathan Drouin, RW, Mon RW25 146 137. Matt Dumba, D, Min D28 131 138. Wayne Simmonds, LW, Phi LW23 133 139. Zach Parise, LW, Min LW24 151 140. Reilly Smith, RW, Vgs RW26 134 141. Jeff Carter, RW, LA RW27 136 142. Bo Horvat, C, Van C43 138 143. Dustin Brown, LW, LA LW25 139 144. Brendan Gallagher, RW, Mon RW28 140 145. Ivan Provorov, D, Phi D29 144 146. Henrik Lundqvist, G, NYR G21 172 147. Charlie McAvoy, D, Bos D30 135 148. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR LW26 147 149. J.T. Miller, LW, TB LW27 148 150. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TB D31 149 151. Milan Lucic, LW, Edm LW28 153 152. Rasmus Ristolainen, D, Buf D32 154 153. Cam Talbot, G, Edm G22 145 154. James van Riemsdyk, LW, Phi LW29 165 155. Roberto Luongo, G, Fla G23 203 156. Keith Kinkaid, G, NJ G24 186 157. Tyler Toffoli, RW, LA RW29 156 158. Alex Galchenyuk, LW, Ari LW30 166 159. Brandon Montour, D, Ana D33 143 160. Patric Hornqvist, RW, Pit RW30 157 161. Tomas Hertl, LW, SJ LW31 158 162. Ryan Pulock, D, NYI D34 160 163. Jake Guentzel, LW, Pit LW32 161 164. Aaron Ekblad, D, Fla D35 162 165. Carter Hutton, G, Buf G25 164 166. Brian Elliott, G, Phi G26 155 167. Travis Konecny, C, Phi C44 174 168. Shea Theodore, D, Vgs D36 167 169. Kailer Yamamoto, RW, Edm RW31 142 170. Duncan Keith, D, Chi D37 168 171. Matt Duchene, C, Ott C45 171 172. Micheal Ferland, LW, Car LW33 173 173. Will Butcher, D, NJ D38 175 174. Kasperi Kapanen, RW, Tor RW32 200 175. Kyle Turris, C, Nsh C46 176 176. Nick Schmaltz, C, Chi C47 177 177. Derek Stepan, C, Ari C48 178 178. Jakob Silfverberg, RW, Ana RW33 202 179. Artturi Lehkonen, LW, Mon LW34 179 180. Ondrej Palat, LW, TB LW35 159 181. Alexander Kerfoot, C, Col C49 180 182. Mike Smith, G, Cgy G27 170 183. Anthony Mantha, RW, Det RW34 163 184. Jaroslav Halak, G, Bos G28 208 185. Jordan Eberle, RW, NYI RW35 181 186. Sam Reinhart, C, Buf C50 182 187. Rasmus Dahlin, D, Buf D39 183 188. Darnell Nurse, D, Edm D40 184 189. Mats Zuccarello, RW, NYR RW36 185 190. Jeff Petry, D, Mon D41 187 191. Noah Hanifin, D, Cgy D42 188 192. Kevin Fiala, LW, Nsh LW36 189 193. William Nylander, LW, Tor LW37 169 194. Tyler Johnson, C, TB C51 213 195. Robby Fabbri, C, StL C52 190 196. Jake Muzzin, D, LA D43 191 197. Josh Morrissey, D, Wpg D44 192 198. David Perron, LW, StL LW38 193 199. Valeri Nichushkin, RW, Dal RW37 194 200. Oscar Klefbom, D, Edm D45 224 201. Adam Henrique, C, Ana C53 195 202. David Rittich, G, Cgy G29 242 203. Mikko Koskinen, G, Edm G30 196 204. Joe Thornton, C, SJ C54 225 205. Andrei Svechnikov, RW, Car RW38 197 206. Nino Niederreiter, RW, Min RW39 198 207. Mattias Ekholm, D, Nsh D46 199 208. Jake Allen, G, StL G31 141 209. Jack Campbell, G, LA G32 NR 210. Jacob Trouba, D, Wpg D47 204 211. James Neal, LW, Cgy LW39 205 212. Tomas Tatar, LW, Mon LW40 206 213. Linus Ullmark, G, Buf G33 227 214. Ryan McDonagh, D, TB D48 207 215. Miro Heiskanen, D, Dal D49 209 216. Shea Weber, D, Mon D50 210 217. Juuse Saros, G, Nsh G34 211 218. Sami Vatanen, D, NJ D51 212 219. Cam Fowler, D, Ana D52 220 220. Brady Tkachuk, C, Ott C55 NR 221. Conor Sheary, LW, Buf LW41 215 222. Thomas Greiss, G, NYI G35 NR 223. Nick Bjugstad, RW, Fla RW40 216 224. Craig Smith, RW, Nsh RW41 218 225. Petr Mrazek, G, Car G36 219 226. Mikko Koivu, C, Min C56 221 227. Mikael Backlund, C, Cgy C57 222 228. Ty Rattie, RW, Edm RW42 226 229. Nolan Patrick, C, Phi C58 228 230. Josh Manson, D, Ana D53 229 231. Jason Pominville, RW, Buf RW43 239 232. Ryan Donato, C, Bos C59 230 233. Nick Foligno, LW, Cls LW42 231 234. Derrick Pouliot, D, Van D54 232 235. Dennis Cholowski, D, Det D55 233 236. Jordan Staal, C, Car C60 234 237. Alex Iafallo, C, LA C61 235 238. Scott Darling, G, Car G37 NR 239. Zach Sanford, LW, StL LW43 236 240. Kyle Okposo, RW, Buf RW44 237 241. Jason Spezza, C, Dal C62 238 242. Philipp Grubauer, G, Col G38 223 243. Alex Tuch, RW, Vgs RW45 240 244. Erik Johnson, D, Col D56 241 245. Mike Green, D, Det D57 243 246. Alexander Steen, LW, StL LW44 244 247. Henri Jokiharju, D, Chi D58 245 248. Justin Williams, RW, Car RW46 246 249. Dominik Kahun, C, Chi C63 248 250. Phillip Danault, C, Mon C64 249

from SpicyNBAChili.com http://spicynhlchili.spicynbachili.com/fantasy-nhl-top-250-player-rest-of-season-rankings-17/

[boxscorehockey]

2021-22 Alphabetical Directory Fwd N-Z

Last Updated April 14 2022

Necas Martin Neighbours Jake Nelson Brock Newhook Alex Nichushkin Valeri Niederbach Theodor Niederreiter Nino Noel Serron Norris Josh Novak Pavel Nugent- Hopkins Ryan Nybeck Zion Nylander William Nyquist Gustav O’Connor Logan O'Reilly Ryan O’Connor Drew Oksentyiuk Evgeniy Olausson Oskar Olofsson Victor Orr Robert Oshie T.J. Othman Brennan Ovechkin Alexander Pacioretty Max Pageau Jean-Gabriel Palat Ondrej Palmieri Kyle Panarin Artemi Pastrnak David Pastujov Sasha Patrick Nolan Pavelski Joe Pelletier Jakob Perfetti Cole Perreault Jacob Perron David Perry Corey Peterka John- Jason Peterson Jacob Pettersson Elias Phillips Matthew Pinelli Francesco Pinto Shane Pitlick Rem Podkolzin Vasili Poehling Ryan Point Brayden Poltapov Prokhor Ponomarev Vasili Poulin Samuel Puistola Patrik Puljujarvi Jesse Puustinen Valtteri Quinn Jack Raddysh Taylor Rakell Rickard Ranta Sampo Rantanen Mikko Rasmussen Michael Raty Aatu Raymond Lucas Rees Jamieson Reichel Lukas Reinhart Sam Robertson Jason Robertson Nick Robertsson Simon Robidas Justin Robins Tristen Rosen Isak Roslovic Jack Rossi Marco Roulette Conner Rousek Lukas Roy Joshua Roy Nicolas Ruotsalainen Arttu Rust Bryan Saad Brandon Salminen Samu Samoskevich Mackie Savage Redmond Savoie Carter Scheifele Mark Schenn Brayden Schmaltz Nick Schwartz Jaden Seguin Tyler Sharangovich Yegor Shvyrev Igor Sillinger Cole Simon Dominik Simontaival Kasper Skinner Jeff Smith Givani Smith Reilly Soderblom Elmer Sompi Otto Stamkos Steve Stankoven Logan Steel Sam Stephenson Chandler Stillman Chase Stone Mark Strome Dylan Strome Ryan Stromgren William Studnicka Jack Sturm Nico Stutzle Tim Suter Pius Suzuki Nick Suzuki Ryan Svechkov Fedor Svechnikov Andrei Svechnikov Evgeny Tarasenko Vladimir Tatar Tomas Tavares John Teravainen Teuvo Terry Troy Texier Alexandre Thomas Akil Thomas Robert Thompson Tage Tippett Owen Tkachuk Brady Tkachuk Matthew Toews Jonathan Toffoli Tyler Tolvanen Eeli Tomasino Philip Torgersson Daniel Tracey Brayden Trenin Yakov Trivigno Bobby Trocheck Vincent Tschigerl Sean Tuch Alex Tuch Luke Tufte Riley Tuomaala Samu Turcotte Alex Vaakanainen Urho Van Riemsdyk James Veleno Joe Verhaeghe Carter Vesalainen Kristian Vilardi Gabriel Voracek Jakub Vrana Jacub Wahlstrom Oliver Wennberg Alexander Wheeler Blake White Colin Wiesblatt Ozzy Wilson Tom Winterton Ryan Yamamoto Kailer Zacha Pavel Zadina Filip Zary Connor Zegras Trevor Zibanejad Mika Zohorna Radim Zuccarello Mats Zucker Jason

[thrashermaxey]

Ramblings: Two Russians sign, Sid stymied; Stone, Stastny stoked; Jackets, Jets jacked and more (Apr 15)

  Ramblings: Two Russians sign, Sid stymied; Stone, Stastny stoked; Jackets, Jets jacked and more (Apr 15)

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In early December I traded Vince Dunn for Nazem Kadri in my keeper league. At the time, I wanted the depth forward as it would keep me in the hunt. I also wanted a playoff guy and Kadri was a lock for the playoffs, whereas clearly Dunn and his St. Louis Blues were, uh…done. They were bottom dwellers at the time. And as a bonus, Kadri had a great second half last year and although that was due to playing with Mitch Marner (which wasn’t going to happen again this year), I figured there would still be an uptick. Well, that entire transaction has derailed and I feel like I gave up a good quality young defenseman for nothing. With Kadri’s track record of dirty hits, he’s going to miss time and likely lots of it. So as a playoff asset, he’s done. And he never had that second-half uptick so he really didn’t help the bottom of my roster very much, either.

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Dante Fabbro’s ice time on Saturday dipped from 11:45 to 9:11. I wonder if that means Matt Irwin or Yannick Weber draw in for him next game. Fabbro still hasn’t seen a sniff of PP action in six games of professional hockey.

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Well it’s done. A week ago I didn’t expect this to happen. Not even when I had my “interview” with Nikita Gusev’s agent a couple of weeks ago. I thought this would come in the form of a signing in late June, or an announcement in August. But things have moved quickly over the last week and Vegas has actually signed Gusev to a one-year entry-level contract. The 26-year-old has dominated the KHL – and the international stage – for a couple of years now, and he’s ready to step into the lineup right away. Not only that, but he is actually eligible to play, since he wasn’t signed as an unrestricted free agent. It would surprise me if this happened in the very next game, as teams tend to give players such as this some time to get to know the system. But I don’t think they’ll wait too long. He could have an Artemi Panarin-type of impact. Vegas already has their first two lines in stone (or “Stone”, if you will):

William Karlsson – Jonathan Marchessault – Reilly Smith

Max Pacioretty – Paul Stastny – Mark Stone

Which means that if Gusev were to get into this lineup, he would knock out Tomas Nosek and play on a line with Cody Eakin and Alex Tuch.

Out of curiosity I searched my files for the oldest thing I wrote on Gusev and I found a few interesting things:

1. I had him ranked 18th in my Top 20 Forwards from the 2012 Draft to own in a keeper league, from the 2012 Fantasy Prospects Report.

2. In the draft write-up for that year in the FPR (before the draft took place), we had the following words on Gusev:

Nikita Gusev – LW (CSKA, MHL)

Nikita Gusev was the diminutive offensive star of the 2012 U20 WJC who has been passed over in two drafts already. There are plenty of knocks against Gusev – mainly his size (5-9) and his nationality (Russian) but given his dominant performance for Team Russia where he tallied nine points in seven games there is certainly some upside here. He thrived on a line with Lightning prospect Nikita Kucherov and given that Tampa Bay’s GM Steve Yzerman has shown no hesitation in selecting Russian talent, it would not be surprising to see Gusev end up with a lightning bolt on his chest. His puck control, creativity and vision are elite and even if he is not willing to transfer to North America right away, he is certainly worth a flyer in this year’s draft.

Upside: Top line playmaking winger (Marty St. Louis/Claude Giroux-esque), 25-40-65+

3. In 2012 for The Hockey News.com, I wrote the following:

If he were “Joe Smith” from out of the OHL, and was 6-0, 175, then this dynamic player would have been one of the five or six highest forwards drafted. Instead, he’s Nikita Gusev from out of the KHL and he’s 5-9, 163. He’s already been passed over in two drafts. But TB made a great pick using a seventh rounder on him. He’s a long-term project and “boom or bust”. He’ll either be a high-scoring star, or we’ll never see him in the NHL. Only the deepest leagues should consider him, as he is several years away.

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I have since included Gusev in every FPR since, so seven editions and counting (because he will be in this one as well – out June 1st).

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It was the Mark Stone – Paul Stastny – Max Pacioretty show as the 1B line has turned into the first line and the 1A line is now the clear-cut second line. What an add all three of these players turned out to be. This has been a battle of the big-name adds with Stone, Stastny and Pacioretty up against Erik Karlsson and Gustav Nyquist. Both teams spent big, but one team will be out first round.

Stastny and Stone each had five points, while Pacioretty was in on just two. Shea Theodore, unheralded, but he snuck three assists in as well.

Joe Thornton only got two minutes for this, but look for a suspension to be announced soon I’m sure:

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Great fight between Evander Kane and Ryan Reaves late in the third.

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There was a Deadline Deal this year that I must have missed. You know, the one where the Islanders went back in time and traded Jordan Eberle 2018 straight up for Jordan Eberle 2012?

Eberle has had a great postseason so far, with five points. A bit of a late surge to juice up that UFA contract this summer. He’s been playing with Anders Lee and Brock Nelson, but Sunday Mat Barzal was bumped up to that line in place of Nelson, in a move that piled all the hot players onto one line. The three of them have now combined for 12 points in the three games.

Can the Islanders shut Sidney Crosby down for four games? It doesn’t seem like it’s possible, but here we are. Crosby is still looking for point numero uno. Jake Guentzel, Patric Hornqvist and Nick Bjugstad are the other key offensive players with goose eggs after three games.

Jared McCann was back in the lineup for the Penguins, but he wasn’t put on the Crosby line. Trying to shake things up a bit, Coach Mike Sullivan went with:

23.8%

HORNQVIST,PATRIC – MALKIN,EVGENI – MCCANN,JARED

20.2%

CROSBY,SIDNEY – GUENTZEL,JAKE – SIMON,DOMINIK

16.7%

CULLEN,MATT – RUST,BRYAN – WILSON,GARRETT

14.5%

ASTON-REESE,ZACH – BJUGSTAD,NICK – KESSEL,PHIL

  Now with their backs against the wall, I would go with Crosby/McCann/Guentzel, Malkin/Kessel/ZAR, Bjugstad/Simon/Hornqvist, Cullen/Rust/Blueger. But I’m no coach.

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Not only was Nikita Kucherov out of the lineup for the Lightning due to his suspension, but the team was also without star defenseman Victor Hedman. He’s out with a – gasp – unknown injury. Unknown to us, I mean. I’m pretty sure it’s known to him and the Lightning. The Blue Jackets were without Markus Nutivaara, who was injured by Kucherov in the hit for which he was suspended.

But whatever the reason, the Blue Jackets dominated the Lightning again and have seized a 3-0 series lead in what has easily been the shocker of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Columbus took five or six weeks to get the new roster to mesh and things have come together just in time. On paper, back at the end of February, the Jackets looked awesome. But they needed a two-time Vezina winning goalie backstopping them and they didn’t have that. Until mid-March. That was when Sergei Bobrovsky’s alarm went off and he arrived for the 2018-19 season.

I also think the arrival of Oliver Bjorkstrand as a top-six player has helped. It’s like adding one at the deadline. Bjorkstrand has 26 points in his last 40 regular season and playoff games – 18 of them are goals. That’s a 36-goal full season pace (pretty tough math there). So not only did this team add Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel in February, but they also added an improved or more comfortable 36-goal man in Bjorkstrand. Will this be enough to win one of the next three games? And I say “three” instead of four because if Tampa claws back to a Game 7 they’re not losing it.

Another advantage – Torts is rolling four lines. The top line is getting 17 or 18 minutes, and the fourth line is getting 13 minutes. For Tampa this is more like 20 minutes and 10 minutes.

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Erik Cernak, not really an offensive defenseman but more of a two-way guy, leads the Lightning with three points.

This is the first time Tampa Bay has lost three games in a row this season. Also the first time Columbus has one three playoff games in a series.

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Nikita Gusev wasn’t the only Russian star to sign with an NHL playoff team. Columbus signed Vladislav Gavrikov, a defenseman who played with Gusev on SKA St. Petersburg. There were also questions as to whether or not Gavrikov would sign, too. Funny enough – the Jackets have two defensemen hurt and had to actually dress Adam Clendening Sunday. Gavrikov is 23 and he moves into the Top 100 on my Fantasy Prospects list for defensemen. His upside is minimal (mid-30s) but he’s close to a sure thing when it comes to making it into the NHL. At least, as much as one can be a sure thing. You can read our scouting report on him here.

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Kevin Hayes was demoted to the fourth line and promptly scored a goal en route to a Jets win.

Jordan Binnington only faced 29 shots, but six of them were goals. But the Jets poured it on early, with 13 shots in the first and 12 in the second. However, despite just four shots in the third, Winnipeg scored three of them. The first indication that Winnington is indeed human.

I noted (above) the ice times of different lines for Columbus and Tampa. It’s worth noting that Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice had his fourth line play just 7:30, other than Hayes who played 11 minutes. Jack Roslovic and Mathieu Perreault just 7:30 each. I don’t believe the Jets can go deep if that’s what they think of their bottom forwards. I don’t think it’s Winnipeg’s year, but I think they’ll get there some day soon.

And I think Connor Hellebuyck will be the guy to take them there. A good “buy low” in my eyes. I think this was just an off year.

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In one of my leagues I have a decent playoff team carrying over from the regular season, but I didn't think I could win because the goalies on my team that made the playoffs aren't great ones. I'd much rather own a Rask or a Vasilevskiy. But my goalies – Sergei Bobrovsky and Robin Lehner – aren't doing so bad after all.

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Playoff data is rolling for Frozen Tools, simply change the relevant drop-box from Regular Season to Playoffs. Eric Daoust has also added TOI charts, which look pretty awesome. You can check out TOI and Points charts here in the Chart Generator. But Eric is also putting these charts where relevant. For example if you were looking at Kevin Labanc and you wanted to compare him to Timo Meier, click the Info/Analysis tab and type Meier’s name in the box. Besides the comparable stats one over the other, there is also this TOI chart game by game:

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See you next Monday.

          from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-two-russians-sign-sid-stymied-stone-stastny-stoked-jackets-jets-jacked-and-more-apr-15/

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Ask Me Anything: which trade would shake up the NHL season?

Every NHL season has phases. Late October brings us the almost-justifiable-fan-panic phase. Teams’ sample sizes are small, but they’re just big enough that slow starts might feel like something more than slumps. Many of the (great) questions in this Ask Me Anything Mailbag, the first of the 2018-19 season, concern teams and players struggling out of the gate. Let’s do this!

Disneybound Marty (@martin_14) asks…

Is Connor Hellebuyck going to turn into a goalie who struggles with consistency?

Hey Marty. What’s fascinating about your question is…if there was one thing Hellebuyck did better than pretty much any goalie in the NHL last year, it was play consistent hockey. He posted a save percentage of .911 or better every month en route to his runner-up finish in Vezina Trophy voting. I’ve said it before: of all the players I’ve interviewed, Hellebuyck ranks right up there with the most relaxed, confident and poised. I marvel at his calm. I often say I wish I had what he had. That’s how laid back he is. With his size and mental makeup, he strikes me as a goaltender who will have a long and consistent career.

That said, he hasn’t been at his best to start 2018-19, I know. He got beat on a few stoppable shots against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Wednesday night’s big showdown. Last year, he had great protection from his defense, facing one of the league’s lowest concentrations of high-danger chances at about 15 percent in 5-on-5 play, and that trend has actually continued so far at just 19 percent. Theoretically, since the chances coming Hellebuyck’s way aren’t typically wide-open looks, he should start stopping more of them, and that SP will rise north of its current .907 mark. An eight-game sample size is too small to use as a barometer of what to expect from him this year.

Also, a 2.99 goals-against average and .907 SP don’t necessarily mean what they did even a year ago. Scoring is way up, and save percentage has plummeted with goalies wearing the streamlined chest and shoulder pads. Typically, the numbers smooth out over the course of the season, but for now, the league average of 3.09 goals is the highest in 23 years. Goalies’ average SP has also dropped to .909, the lowest in 10 years. So we should be careful judging Hellebuyck’s numbers against his own from last year. He’s been at least league-average good so far, and we should expect him to improve. He did struggle in 2016-17, for sure, but that was the anomaly in his career going back to his prospect days. He was always projected to be a high-end NHL starter, so I believe the good, consistent version of Hellebuyck is the “real” Hellebuyck.

Russell Hartman (@russellhartman1) asks…

What will be the trade that shakes everything up this season?

Hi Russell. The easiest place to look for shakeup trades is, of course, the pending 2019 UFAs, particularly those playing on teams not expected to make the playoffs. While the Ottawa Senators have started better than anyone predicted, they’re a long-shot to sustain that competency, so we’ll likely see Mark Stone and Matt Duchene dominate the trade rumor mills in the new year. Both would be high-impact additions to contender teams, Duchene for his speed and positional versatility, Stone for his hands and superb two-way play on the right wing.

We have to watch the Blue Jackets closely with pending UFAs Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky, too. Sources close to the situation told me shortly before the season started that, regardless of both players’ reported interest in testing the open market, Columbus wanted to hold them all year to push for a Stanley Cup and perhaps convince them to stay. But Bobrovsky’s struggles and periodic benchings early this season certainly spike the odds of him getting moved.

Still, if we’re talking about a league-altering trade that would shock everyone and really shuffle the NHL’s deck…my pick would be a William Nylander deal. Gun to my head, I still think the Leafs get him signed, but we’re down to just five weeks now before he’s ruled ineligible to play in 2018-19. Any team landing him would significantly boost the speed and skill in its attack. The Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes stand out as teams that could use another scorer up front and have a surplus of good right-shot defensemen. A Leaf lineup with, say, Mathew Dumba or Justin Faulk added to it would look very different.

I’m not saying I believe deals like those will happen – I don’t – but if we’re talking trades that will significantly impact the league, it would be tough to top one involving the RFA Nylander, who would likely sign a long-term extension with his new team. Still, I’d bet on him wearing blue and white in the weeks to come.

Ville Pennanen (@V__pee) asks…

What’s wrong with St. Louis? First they lost Vladimir Tarasenko to scoreless limbo and now Jaden Schwartz and Brayden Schenn. Are the Blues the graveyard for goal-scorers?

Who knew Tarasenko would long for the “run and gun days of Ken Hitchcock,” eh? The Blues are a true head-scratcher, but it seems every season yields a team like this, one predicted to bust out after a summer of flashy moves. The Dallas Stars added Alexander Radulov, Martin Hanzal and Ben Bishop last summer and still missed the playoffs, for instance. The pieces don’t always fit together exactly like they’re supposed to on paper.

Per the outstanding Blues beat writer Jeremy Rutherford, the Blues have the third-fewest points in the league, have won once in five home games and have a head coach in Mike Yeo who openly wondered if his job was in jeopardy after the Blues squandered their third 2-0 lead of the season in a Thursday loss to Columbus. Things look grim, no doubt.

It’s still October, though, so in a situation like this I always like to check first if we can rule out luck as the culprit. Tarasenko and Schwartz, both highly accurate shooters in their career, are converting at career-low rates right now – by a mile. That will obviously normalize. Also good news: both players are getting more shots per game than their career averages, so it’s not like they’re failing to put pucks on net. Theoretically, we should see a goal surge from the Blues’ two most important offensive players, while Schenn is scoring at his normal rate of accuracy and getting more pucks on the net than normal.

The Blues’ best forwards, then, are probably not the problem. It’s the supporting cast, which was supposed to be vastly improved for a team that finished 24th in offense last year. The Blues rank 26th in shot attempts generated per 60 minutes in 5-on-5 play. David Perron and Ryan O’Reilly have contributed, but Patrick Maroon and Tyler Bozak have combined for one goal in nine games. Those two and Alexander Steen have four goals total for $12.5 million of cap space.

That said, being a “graveyard for goal-scorers” isn’t even the real problem. The Blues are 14th in goals. They’re 30th in goals allowed at an even four per game. They allow about seven more shot attempts than they generate at 5-on-5 per 60 minutes. Jake Allen, who gets a million chances to prove he can be St. Louis’ No. 1 goalie, is struggling again with an .876 SP. The Blues allow the eighth-most high-danger chances per 60 minutes as well. Last year, they allowed the fourth fewest. They’ve become a far more porous defensive team. That, not the offense, is the real problem. It’s a legitimate concern.

Ralph wiggumn (@ralph_wiggumn) asks…

Is Vegas this year’s Ottawa, making Max Pacioretty Matt Duchene-West? What’s wrong with Sergei Bobrovsky in Columbus? Favorite X-Man?

Since this is a three-pronged question, you get more of a lightning round of quicker answers, Ralph. I absolutely worry Vegas is this year’s Ottawa, a team rendered overconfident by one year of unexpected success. The Pacioretty trade cost the Golden Knights Nick Suzuki, one of their top three prospects. More worrisome than that deal, however, are the long-term contracts GM George McPhee is tossing around like Halloween candy.

The extension for Pacioretty was one thing, as he’s at least a proven 30-goal threat, but the shiny new deals for Nate Schmidt, Alex Tuch and Shea Theodore involve a lot of projection. Each guy arguably belonged in bridge-contract territory, not lucrative extension territory. If the salary cap stays the same next year, Vegas only has $7.3 million in space with William Karlsson left to sign as an RFA. McPhee is playing a dangerous game blowing all his money for a team that may or may not be able to sustain last year’s effort. It hasn’t so far, but Vegas also does have the league’s lowest PDO, a stat that combines shooting and save percentage to approximate luck. It’s as if the hockey gods are correcting everything they did for Vegas last year.

As for Bobrovsky – there’s some reason to worry. He was bad in the playoffs last year, and he’s struggled to start this year. Like, really struggled. He lapped the field in goals-saved above average last year, whereas he’s second last this year. He probably would be last had Mike Smith not endured an all-out assault from the Pittsburgh Penguins Thursday night.

There’s a decent chance Bobrovsky is a distracted man right now. Not only is he without a contract for next year – a factor that affected Ben Bishop a lot in his ugly final season with the Lightning, remember – but the Jackets are turning to Joonas Korpisalo more than normal so far, including their season opener. It almost feels like posturing, an attempt to show Bobrovsky they don’t need him, which can’t help his confidence. Coach John Tortorella said publicly this week that “Bob has not been Bob.” If he doesn’t find a rhythm soon, we could see a mid-season trade situation arise. Korpisalo’s numbers haven’t been great, but he’s won all three of his starts, indicating the team has played better in front of him than it has in front of Bobrovsky. Coincidence or not?

As for the X-Men: I’m a hairy, 5-foot-9 Canadian. I pretty much am Wolverine already. He was my Halloween costume two years ago, and I barely needed any special effects – my real hair and real beard sufficed. Heart-wrenching backstory, healing powers, general angry badassery…he has it all. Easy pick for me.

Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) asks…

Obviously the discourse around “tanking” for picks has changed drastically over the past few years, but at what point are the Red Wings doing themselves a disservice by being this bad? Basically, just how bad are the Wings?

I actually disagree with you on this one, Jake. Red Wings fans should be absolutely ecstatic with this start to the season. I understand that seeing a stream struggle this mightily is a foreign feeling for Detroit. The Wings haven’t finished last overall since 1985-86. There are 31-year-old Detroit fans out there who have never experienced a real dark age of half-full buildings and embarrassing blowout defeats. The Wings haven’t picked first overall since tabbing Joe Murphy in 1986 and haven’t even picked in the top five since selecting Keith Primeau third overall in 1990. The current state of affairs has to feel like another planet for Hockeytown.

The 25-year playoff streak was a marvellous feat for a proud franchise, with four Stanley Cup wins baked in, but it became a curse in its later years as GM Ken Holland piled on the expensive veteran contracts for the likes of Justin Abdelkader, Frans Nielsen and Darren Helm, helping the team wheeze along on the bubble, no longer good enough to make the playoffs but not bad enough to bottom out and land some franchise-altering stars.

Well, finally, this team is bad enough. It’s as devoid of talent as any roster in the NHL. It’s weak at every position. We should expect this inept start to become an inept year. And that’s great news. The Wings nabbed arguably a top-three talent sixth overall when Filip Zadina fell to them in the 2018 draft, and they’re trending toward having a lot of lottery balls this June, putting them in the mix for a Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko. With the exception of the 2011 Boston Bruins, nine of the past 10 Stanley Cup champions were built on the backs of high first-round picks: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and so on.

When I spoke with Holland near the end of the playoff streak a couple years back, he casually mentioned that the idea of rebuilding was odd to him because he’d never had to do it before. That’s why I preached patience from the fan base. He literally had to learn how to rebuild, having never done it before. Now this team is finally set up to bomb out in the standings. Players and coaches don’t have tanking in their DNA – so the tank is always the GM’s job. He can’t control the on-ice effort, but he control the talent pool of personnel the coach has to choose from. And the pickings are slim for Jeff Blashill.

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NHL stock report: Fantasy Hockey risers and fallers

Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson has seen a fantasy boost since moving to the team’s top line. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

By Jan Levine, RotoWire Senior Hockey Writer Special to Yahoo Sports

This week’s article includes a change of scenery doing wonders for a center, a winger on a roll in D.C., two big losses in Vancouver and St. Louis and an offensive blueliner in a major slump.

First Liners (Risers)

Adam Henrique, C, ANA – Henrique has settled in nicely in Anaheim, notching a point in all five games as a Duck. The impending return of Ryan Getzlaf will likely move Henrique down to the second line, but Henrique’s chemistry with Corey Perry could allow Perry to remain as a duo with the former Devil. Eventually, Ryan Kesler will also return, possibly moving Henrique even further down the center pecking order, but enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Tyler Johnson, C, TB – Johnson has been playing right wing but qualifies in most leagues as a center. His two assists Saturday in Tampa’s 4-3 win over the Jets extended his point streak to four games and seven points, including five assists. Johnson has just six goals on the season, impacted by a 15-game goalless streak, continuing his struggles the past two seasons after a breakout in 2014-15. The myriad weapons for the Lightning means that Johnson has to stay hot to keep his line placement, so be wary of placing too much reliance on him.

Tom Wilson, LW, WAS – The placement on Washington’s top line and recent production may be fleeting, but take advantage of it while it lasts. Wilson was moved to the No. 1 line with Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin, and his production has taken off since. His recent offensive outburst, a three-game point streak with three goals and four assists, is largely due to his linemates, while his willingness to throw his body around has certainly helped. Whenever T.J. Oshie returns from injury, Wilson could be moved off the top line, but for now, take advantage of his placement there.

Jason Zucker, LW, MIN – Zucker’s early-season production has shown that last year’s breakout was no fluke. A second round pick in 2010, Zucker has posted 14 goals, 10 assists and a plus-8 rating to complement four power-play points through 28 games this season. Those four power-play points are key, as that matches his production on the man advantage the past three seasons. It’s that placement that bolsters his ability to remain productive despite the likelihood of his 20.9 shooting percentage falling.

Artemi Panarin, LW, CLM – Panarin has taken a bit of time to find his way in Columbus, but he may be on the verge of a big-time breakout. He assisted on all five Blue Jackets goals Friday, giving him 19 helpers on the year. Panarin has been hurt by his shooting percentage of 8.9, resulting in just seven goals, but he if he improves closer to his 14.7 mark from last year, he could be in for a bushel full of tallies.

Nate Schmidt, D, VGK – It’s been a magical first two months for the Golden Knights, with Schmidt playing a key role in their success. The former Capital tallied two more assists Saturday, giving him a goal and 13 assists through the first 29 games of the season. Schmidt is playing more than 22 minutes per game and his 14 points leave him just three shy of his career high set just last season.

Drew Doughty, D, LA – Doughty is off to a phenomenal start with five goals and 19 assists along with a plus-16 rating through the first 31 games of the season. The coaching change from Darryl Sutter to John Stevens coupled with the much faster form of playing style under Stevens has suited Doughty and the Kings well. Doughty scored 59 points in his sophomore campaign way back when he was 19 in 2009-10. His hot early start could align him to surpass that mark by season’s end.

Cory Schneider, G, NJ – Schneider didn’t play well Friday, surrendering five goals to Columbus. Despite that poor start, he has 11 wins, a .919 save percentage and 2.72 GAA after a disastrous 2016-17 campaign. New Jersey is a much better team, especially offensively, and the recent addition of Sami Vatanen bolsters the team’s blue line — which should help Schneider post a better win total than in the past.

Tuukka Rask, G, BOS – An ugly 3-7-2 start landed Rask on the bench watching Anton Khudobin, but since returning, Rask has looked like the Vezina Trophy candidate most expected him to be. Rask has reeled off four straight wins, allowing just four total goals. Give his resurgence, it’s best to make sure he’s active again in all formats.

Others include Brayden Schenn, Logan Couture, Vincent Trocheck, Steven Stamkos, Nicklas Backstrom, Phillip Danault, Anze Kopitar, Sidney Crosby, Sean Monahan, Connor McDavid, Kyle Turris, Alex Kerfoot, Mikael Granlund, Brayden Point, Evgeni Malkin, Erik Haula, David Krejci, Joe Pavelski, Nathan MacKinnon, Marian Gaborik, David Perron, Yanni Gourde, Brad Marchand, Mats Zuccarello, Viktor Arvidsson, Jakub Voracek, Alex DeBrincat, Alexander Steen, Alex Tuch, Jesper Fast, Claude Giroux, Anders Lee, Josh Anderson, Jake Guentzel, Brock Boeser, Reilly Smith, Alex Pietrangelo, Brent Burns, Shayne Gostisbehere, Nick Leddy, Mathew Dumba, Jake Muzzin, Ivan Provorov, Noah Hanifin, John Klingberg, Keith Yandle, Jonathan Quick, Frederik Andersen, Malcolm Subban, Sergei Bobrovsky, Jake Allen, Pekka Rinne, Ryan Miller, Ben Bishop and Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Training Room (Injuries)

Bo Horvat, C, VAN – Horvat was injured Tuesday against the Hurricanes and could miss up to six weeks with a fractured foot. The 22-year-old, selected ninth overall in 2013, was off to a strong start with 10 goals and 10 assists in 28 games this season. Horvat, now the team’s top center, will be hard to replace, and his absence will make it difficult for Vancouver to remain in playoff contention.

Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL – The Blues’ offense took a huge blow last week when Schwartz was lost for at least six weeks with an ankle injury. The top-line winger was injured blocking a shot and he will be evaluated after six weeks, so his absence could conceivably stretch to two months (or more). Prior to being sidelined, Schwartz had posted 14 goals and 21 assists in 30 games with a plus-23 rating. St. Louis’ depth will be tested with Schwartz sidelined.

Marc-Andre Fleury, G, LV – Fleury, sidelined since Oct. 13 with a concussion, will return to action Tuesday against Carolina. The revolving door in net early in the year for Vegas has landed lately on Malcolm Subban, who filled in extremely well for MAF. Fleury should regain his starting job, but initially, he may be part of a timeshare with Subban.

Others include Ryan Getzlaf (face, could return to action Monday), Ryan Kesler (hip surgery, making progress), Aleksander Barkov (upper body, will play Tuesday), Ryan Johansen (upper body, placed on IR on Friday), Mika Zibanejad (concussion, still sidelined, no timetable for return, but making progress), Patric Hornqvist (hit by puck in the face Saturday, day-to-day), Sven Baertschi (hit by puck in the face Saturday, day-to-day), Justin Schultz (lower body, will miss “a couple weeks”), Roberto Luongo (lower body, out indefinitely and looks to be sidelined for a long period of time) and Matt Murray (lower-body, could play Monday).

Fourth Liners/Press Boxers (Fallers)

Matt Cullen, C, MIN – Cullen used to be an option in deep leagues. That looks to be the case no more based on his play so far this year. His goal drought has reached 16 games and he was out of the lineup Friday against Anaheim. Minnesota has little invested in him, signing Cullen to a one-year, $1 million contract this offseason, so don’t be surprised if he is out of the lineup a lot more in the short-term.

Sven Andrighetto, LW, COL – Remember when Andrighetto was the hot pickup? Those days have long past. Andrighetto did notch an assist in each of his last two games, but prior to that, he failed to score in nine straight contests. Andrighetto recorded five goals, seven assists and six multi-point showings through the first 16 games of the season, building off his strong play after coming to Colorado last season. But we all may have overestimated Andrighetto, who should be productive, just not as productive as he was earlier in the year.

Justin Faulk, D, CAR – Faulk failed to register a point for the seventh consecutive game Saturday against the Kings. After posting 49 points in 2014-15, Faulk “fell” slightly, posting back-to-back 37-point efforts the next two seasons. This year has been a complete nightmare, as Faulk has just six points in 28 games (one goal, five assists). The 25-year-old blueliner has been rumored to be on the trade block due to the other defense options in Carolina, along with the two years remaining on the six-year, $29 million contract extension he signed in March of 2014.

Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG – Hellebuyck is the clear starter in Winnipeg, especially with Steve Mason out, but he has struggled recently. Hellebuyck has allowed nine goals in his last two games and 13 in his last four, even with a shutout in that stretch. It’s possible that Hellebuyck could use a few days off, or that the defense has struggled in front of him, but whatever the reason, his hot start is a thing of the past. But the Jets’ solid offense still makes him a solid option between the pipes in all virtual settings.

Others include Jordan Staal, Markus Granlund, Tyson Jost, Benoit Pouliot, Rick Nash (lack of goal scoring), Alex Galchenyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Cam Atkinson (healthy scratch Saturday), Ryan Pulock, Zdeno Chara, Erik Karlsson, John Gibson, Thomas Greiss, and Jimmy Howard.

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2017 NHL draft: Winners and losers for the 1st round

The Kings and Blues nailed draft day. The Penguins, not so much.

The 2017 NHL Entry Draft didn’t have many major surprises, starting with Nico Hischier and Nolan Patrick as the first two picks of the night. Still, the first round was full of interesting decisions as the league’s 31 teams scooped up new prospects at the United Center.

There wasn’t a ton of intrigue for the Devils and Flyers with the No. 1 and No. 2 picks other than which order Hischier and Patrick would go in. Once New Jersey announced Hischier as the top pick, joining the likes of Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews, it became apparent Philadelphia would be going with Patrick.

The Stars shook things up from there by taking defenseman Miro Heiskanen, and then we finally got to some really tough choices for teams.

When it comes to the draft, basically every a team is a winner until their picks can be properly evaluated years from now. But some did better than others Friday, so let’s break down which came away as winners, and which get the dreaded losers label.

Winners

Devils AND Flyers

New Jersey had its pick of any player in the draft and got a great one in Nico Hischier. That left Philadelphia to select Nolan Patrick, who over the past year seemed like the future No. 1 pick unless Hischier could unseat him. Either way, the Devils and Flyers have to be thrilled to get potential franchise players out of the draft.

The Devils are slowly but surely building out a core of exciting talent in New Jersey, but didn’t really have a true cornerstone to build around. Taylor Hall is a great scoring winger, and Pavel Zacha and Michael McLeod are great prospects, but none of them project as the kind of dominant No. 1 center that often anchors great teams.

Hischier could be that for the Devils. The same goes for Patrick in Philadelphia, where they already have Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny, and Jakub Voracek.

Neither player may make the immediate impact that Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews have in Edmonton and Toronto, respectively, but these teams clearly came away happy Friday.

Golden Knights

Vegas had three picks in the top 15 of the draft, and used them to add three quality prospects to its system. Cody Glass was the first pick in franchise history at No. 6 overall, and he could be a No. 1 center down the road.

The Golden Knights also had two extra picks thanks to expansion draft trades, and used them on center Nick Suzuki (No. 13) and defenseman Erik Brannstrom (No. 15). That’s a major influx of talent to an organization that had just two players on its books a few days ago.

Between Glass, Suzuki, Brannstrom, Alex Tuch, Shea Theodore, and Reid Duke, the Golden Knights have already started assembling a strong group of prospects. For a team with an eye on the future, the pieces are starting to fall into place.

The kid who tried to announce the Canucks’ pick

Bettman asked who was announcing the pick, the kid raised his hand, strided to the microphone and ALMOST PULLED IT OFF http://pic.twitter.com/XgsrzrPXeI

— Dave Lozo (@davelozo) June 23, 2017

So close!

And, hey, who knows, maybe that kid would’ve made a better pick than Jim Benning.

Kings

Gabriel Vilardi was widely considered one of the best players in this draft class. TSN’s Bob McKenzie ranked him No. 5 among all prospects. ESPN’s Corey Pronman ranked him No. 3, behind only Nico Hischier and Nolan Patrick.

The Kings managed to get him No. 11 overall after the first 10 teams all passed him over. This only benefits Los Angeles, which wasted no time nabbing Vilardi to add to a prospect pool that’s among the thinnest in the league.

Vilardi brings the size (6��3, 201 pounds) and skill to be a true No. 1 center in the NHL. He’s not blazing fast, but there aren’t many players who can match his upside. For a team picking outside the top 10, the Kings did quite well.

Blues

What an absolute haul for St. Louis. The Blues got a great young two-way center in Robert Thomas with the No. 20 overall pick, which was solid value. And then they managed to trade Ryan Reaves to move up 20 spots to No. 31, where they made the no-brainer pick to land Russian winger Klim Kostin, who could’ve been a top-10 talent if not for an injury-marred season.

Whatever you think of Reaves’ impact on the game, this was a great night for the Blues. They got two of the top 25 or 30 prospects in the draft Friday night, and did it while entering the night with the No. 20 pick, No. 51 pick, and Reaves. Impressive work by GM Doug Armstrong.

Losers

Red Wings

Maybe Michael Rasmussen ends up becoming the dream power forward the Red Wings are hoping he’ll be after selecting him with the No. 9 overall pick. But there are massive red flags in Rasmussen’s production at the junior level that beg questions about picking him in the top 10 with guys like Gabriel Vilardi and Owen Tippett still on the board.

Rasmussen recorded 55 points in 50 games with the WHL’s Tri-City Americans, but 29 of his points came on the power play. Just 24 of his points came at even strength, and even fewer at 5-on-5, which isn’t a good sign for his ability to translate production to the NHL level.

There’s a ton to like about Rasmussen’s game as a 6’6 forward who’s comfortable with the puck, solid defensively, and knows how to use his size to win puck battles. Bob McKenzie ranked him No. 9 in the class, so it’s not like it’s a pick totally out of left field.

But it’s hard to get over the lack of even strength production in the WHL from a top-10 pick, particularly given the other talent still available.

Penguins

It’s not that acquiring Ryan Reaves in general is a totally bad idea. But giving up the No. 31 pick, and a chance to acquire a talent like Klim Kostin, in order to acquire an enforcer-type with a career-high of 13 points in seven seasons is a puzzling decision.

The Penguins wanted to go out and get more physical this summer after watching Sidney Crosby take some rough shots in the playoffs. That’s not a surprising response from an NHL team to one of its stars getting hit. This was quite the premium for Pittsburgh to pay to add Reaves, though. You have to wonder if they could’ve found a physical presence elsewhere without giving up a shot at a top-10 draft talent.

Anyone hoping for big trades

The draft is often hyped up as a time for wheeling and dealing, but that didn’t really happen Friday. We didn’t get any trades through the first 20 or so picks, until the Blues and Flyers announced the Brayden Schenn trade. Then we got Reaves-to-Pittsburgh, which will certainly elicit its fair share of debate.

But for anyone hoping to see a big name like Matt Duchene, Jonas Brodin, or Evander Kane on the move, the wait continues. Those names could still be on the move between now and training camp.

Luckily we got Friday morning, when Artemi Panarin, Brandon Saad, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Connor Murphy, Derek Stepan, and Antti Raanta were moved in a series of trades. That was fun.

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