Greetings hockey fans! Whether you’ve officially entered the 2010-11 Manitoban Hockey Pool or just interested in keeping up with the goings on of the NHL regular season, the Manitoban has you covered. Look for weekly updates in print or online at themanitoban.com to keep abreast of key injuries, major storylines and interesting stats. Also, check online for the full list of hockey pool team standings.
Key performers
At the risk of sounding like a broken record I will once again announced that, yes, Steven Stamkos continues to be one of the most productive players currently in the NHL. To think, the forward has 134 points over his last 106 games and has yet to represent Canada on the Olympic stage.
Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby isn’t quite ready to relinquish his title as the best Canadian hockey player, though. Not one to be outdone, Crosby is having a month to remember, putting up a total of 25 points in his last 12 games.
Hefty price tags
Scott Gomez – US$7.35 million (seven points, 24 games played)
Brian Campbell – US$7.14 million (five points, 13 games played)
Chris Drury – US$7.05 million (zero points, one game played)
Ilya Kovalchuk – US$6.66 million (10 points, 23 games played)
J.S. Giguere – US$6.0 million (.895 save percentage, 12 games started)
P. Elias – US$6.0 million (14 points, 23 games played)
Jay Bouwmeester – US$6.68 million (eight points, 23 games played)
Alexei Kovalev – US$5.0 million (14 points, 24 games played)
Todd White – US$2.37 million (two points, 13 games played)
Nikolai Antropov – US$4.06 million (11 points, 23 games played)
Rick DiPietro – US$4.50 million (.883 save percentage, 10 games played)
Bargain bin deals*
Raffi Torres – US$1.0 million (10 points, 22 games played)
Mark Recchi – US$1.95 million (15 points, 22 games played)
Alex Goligoski – US$1.83 million (12 points, 25 games played)
Daniel Cleary – US$2.80 million (15 points, 21 games played)
Mathieu Garon – US$1.20 million (.950 save percentage, eight games started)
James Neal – US$2.87 million (19 points, 22 games played)
Jussi Jokinen – US$1.70 million (19 points, 23 games played)
Andrew Ladd – US$2.35 million (24 points, 24 games played)
Chris Stewart – US$2.87 million (25 points, 23 games played)
Craig Anderson – US$1.81 million (.911 save percentage, nine games started)
*Excluding entry-level rookie contracts
Official hockey pool standings
- Red Dragons 7th UC 354.5
- Hal’s Johnsons 353.5
- ped posse killer 345
- Honey Nut Chelios 338.5
- Mujala 338.5
- Cleveland Steamers 336
- S. Van Hellemond 335
- Coach Mousie’s Manslaves 334.5
- The Dead Flag Blues 332
- The Hardy Astrom Specials 331.5
- Zanes 331
- Your Drunk Uncles 330.5
- Pierre’s Picks 330
- FTW 329.5
- go_philly 327.5
- pirates 327.5
- ButtKickers 326
- The Ped Posse 326
- Nothing but Net 324
- Big Tickets 322.5
- Brent’s Fabulous Team 322.5
- Canucks 4 the Cup! 322.5
- Titan 322.5
- The Winnipeg Cormacks 322
- Bie the Die 321
- GAMESMASTER 321
- The Red’r Racers! 321
- Team Mediocre 320.5
- The Arse-Kickers! 320
- Puckfaces 319.5
- The Springfield Ice-O-Topes 319.5
- Charleswood Flyers 318.5
- Jiminy Cricket’s AllStars 316
- Manitoba Wolves 316
- Team Win 313.5
- thewinningbunch 313
- Red Army 312
- Levels 309.5
- Team Coolguy1991 309.5
- Setka 309
- Team KelJan 309
- Illegal Curve 308.5
- The second cuming 308.5
- Courtney’s Super Amazing Hockey Team 308
- Prestige Worldwide 308
- ProStars 307.5
- Team 97 307
- Team T-Bone 307
- Team Discovery Channel 306
- Having a time 305
- Ice-Ice Baby 305
- Monroeville Zombies 304.5
- el jefe 303
- Datsyukian Destroyers 302
- Hurly Burly’s 302
- HUGE H.C. 301.5
- The Dirt Devils 301
- Purple Cobras 300.5
- thudermucks 300
- Team LAN 298
- Bourkes Boys 295
- Winnipeg Coyotes 295
- The Losers 294.5
- Sticks + Balls 294
- Pond Boys 293
- Team second place 293
- Titans 291.5
- mydallasstars 290.5
- The Warm Guns 289.5
- go getters! 288.5
- Gryphs 287.5
- MDB Crusaders 287.5
- Transcona Grinders 287.5
- Hugz Not Drugz 285.5
- Semi-Pro 284.5
- CBLOZERO 282.5
- Washington Capitals 280.5
- Garrett’s Goons 280
- Springfield Isotopes 277.5
- Jets 277
- Funkhousers 276
- Rogocki 275.5
- DC-SuperFan-69 273.5
- SLAPSHOT 273.5
- Fannystelle Catchitbigtimers 272.5
- No Talent 272
- Flint Tropics 271
- Prairie Rays 271
- Falcon Own 269
- canucks986 267
- No Tooth Smile 266.5
- You Can Have the Umbrella 266.5
- BOMBERJETS 265
- QuickStop 264
- Smokin’ Ducks 264
- Here’s a Little Something… 263.5
- The Large Farvas 263.5
- wapikopa 263
- GolfLeafsGolf 262
- wish1474 262
- The Mittens Crew 260.5
- Winulobacter dominaticus 260
- The Ice Kings 259.5
- NOA 258.5
- The Woody’s 258.5
- Pickles & Cheese 258
- DiZASTA 257
- The Wanderer’s 255
- Bourque Chops 251.5
- WABAAM 245
- Non-Issue 244.5
- pencil sticks 244
- El Tico 243
- Red Light Rukus 231
- Capitals 229
- The rich interior lives of athletes 135
Hi,
Just thinking, if you were to take out the players that are on their second contract (i.e. Chris Stewart, James Neal, etc) what would the bargain bin list look like? I suggest this because I think most of the overpaid are players that have somewhat justified their contracts. I do agree that they are overpaid though, just saying there seems to be an age discrepancy between the two lists.
Decent articles overall though, keep up the good work.
Gryphs.