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NHLP Cup Threat Ratings For 2017/18
(Quarter Mark of the Season 25%) About the
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CTR - Rating
(Previous High - Low) |
Team |
GM
(Division) |
Notes |
Central
Conference - North Division |
1 |
1747 |
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Scott
(Central -
North) |
GM Scott has the best team in
the North Division, set up by an aggressive first Waiver of the season.
The Titan will be a Cup threat all season long.
That is how it is done. Three Tampa Bay
players, Namestinikov, Point and Sergachev are the back-bone of the high
CTR. Tampa Bay is rated as
the top NHL team in the CTR while Vegas comes in at 6th and
Marchessault is a great scoring threat for the Titan.
The Titan cannot go wrong with Marchessault as he is either a playoff
player for the Vegas or a playoff player elsewhere, as he is one of the
Golden Knights top UFA’s and may get dealt at the Trading Deadline
regardless of Vegas’ position in the NHL standings.
Turris and Brassard are nice options and Nash is a nice 7th
for a team with 25 points to give in the Standings.
NHLP teams pay for early Waivers but most often those are some of the
top teams in the league in the end. More NHLP GM’s
need to contend early so their seasons aren't
struggles all the way through.
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2 |
1413 |
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Shawn
(Central -
North) |
With an unbelievable 33 points
up on 5th in the North, GM Shawn will have a ton of options
later in the season. Bailey was a sweet 6th
round pick with 23 points. The team is good but does
not have a top 8 NHL team player, a little surprising for a team
this high. So clearly everything
will likely be gone in the end as the Wolverines build out a team with
all their points to give. By the time anyone might be
reading this the first of two Waivers Shawn has in New Orleans will
likely be used, only one of two Friday Waivers this season.
The Minors will still be fully stocked, so we doubt Shawn will
let this opportunity go by when the team currently, outside points to
work with, does not have an identity just yet.
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3 |
1335 |
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Chad
(Central -
North) |
GM Chad is off to an outstanding
start in Toronto. With four players rated on the
league’s top 8 teams the Leafs are going to be very competitive all
season. Led by the unstoppable Scheifele, a draftee
that will likely be 'battled for
to own' in the future, the
Leafs also have Pearson, Wennberg and Parayko, not deadly scoring, but
solid enough players to build around. The team has
two Preds who just missed the top 8 CTR ranked NHL
teams. The Preds do look like a
top three team in their NHL Division, meaning
Josi and Jarnkrok have solid value. There is a lot to
like. Chad makes great teams. This
has the start of one of those solid teams that will contend to represent
the North in the NHLP’s Conference Finals.
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4 |
893 |
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Joel
(Central - North) |
For a team who has 19 points to
work with the Sabres are not a good hockey team. The
top valued player on the team might be Rakell, which doesn’t put fear in
other Divisional GM’s. Scoring is solid, but top
scoring players include Barkov, on the all but
mathematically eliminated Florida Panthers and Klingberg on the falling
Stars. Eichel’s value is non-existence by NHLP
standards and the only place for him later will be a trip to the NHLP
Minors. So you may like the team’s position in the
Standings and scoring as is, but truly there is nothing here to fear.
GM Joel at some point make a team and until then the Sabres will
be high on potential alone.
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5 |
722 |
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Marcel
(Central -
North) |
There are a lot of issues for GM
Marcel in Montreal. Who to build around off the
current roster? Johansen and then Jenner.
That is a huge drop. Not a player on a top 8
team outside of Jenner in Columbus. The team can’t
score and the tradable assets are limited and the team is 11 out
already. Does anyone want Drouin or Galchenyuk?
Not as the Habs are. Voracek as a nice pick,
but Philly isn’t exactly giving anyone confidence they are a playoff
team, currently 8th in the Metropolitan, albeit only 5 points
from 1st to last place. A lot of work to
do here and not a lot of CTR love. Can the team turn
it around? It is hard in the NHLP to make something
from nothing. But it will certainly be easier
to accomplish nothing for those GM’s who don’t
put in the work, and work here is needed.
|
6 |
341 |
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Tyson
(Central - North) |
It is hard to envision a worse
start for the NHLP Defending Champions in Cleveland.
A year after winning it all the 2017/18 outlook looks as bleak as it
ever has been for a GM Tyson ran team. When you
dominate and win 3 Cups in 8 years, this team is a huge disappointment.
“I’d not put it past him to make something in Cleveland” said GM
Andrew just last week. That is the kind of respect
Tyson has earned. Right now the team lacks scoring,
is 14 out of 4th and the assets are limited to Arvidsson and
Bonino. Question marked assets include Zuccarello and
Burns while Dadonov, Lucic and Strome are worth…less!
Can Florida or Edmonton bounce all the way back into playoff spots?
Well, US Thanksgiving is this week so
not a hope at all, impossible, say the past statistics on the
subject. Tyson is going to have to
make a call on these players at some point and even if some are in, they
aren’t exactly the top scoring players on their teams.
You can always do something to improve. This
team has to do a lot. But we agree with Andrew, it
would not shock us if Tyson can bring this team back from the basement,
but the top floors in the North Division are already seemingly out of
reach this season.
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Central Conference - South Division |
1 |
1932 |
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Matt
(Central - South) |
One of the highest scoring drafted teams the
league has seen in years. The Rage are on pace for
556 points. How high is that number?
The NHLP record for finishing the season with points is 446 with
a 5 man team in 1990 by GM Brett who lost in the first round 18-7.
However, modern days, with a 6 man Team GM Marcel’s Florida
Panthers in 2008 had 442 points and won the NHLP Championship.
So we know Cincy can score. They also have 40
points in potential to build around. What is there to
build around? Gaudreau just might win the NHL’s
scoring title, outscoring Stamkos by an incredible pace the last 10
games. Ya, I just said he is outscoring Stamkos by an
incredible pace, you read it right. How incredible?
Johnny Hockey ONLY has 3 games over his last 10 where he did not
get multiple points in a game, but he did point in those three to run
his point streak to 10 games. He has 19 points his
last 10 games including 12 his last 5 games. A second
Flame is also burning bright, Monahan and the Kopitar resurgence rounds
out the top three players on the team. Serious
scoring is added by Boesser, a future NHLP Elite player and Shattenkirk
who with Nash will have serious value if the Rangers can find a way to
be a playoff team. Johansson is the team light-weight
and he has been hurt all month but his Devils are in fact the highest
ranked team off all on the roster. Cincinnati does
not have a Waiver this season, but clearly they don’t need one.
We have said this before, but this might be Matt’s best chance at
his first Cup. Who he blows his wad on…ya, I said
that too, but seriously, what he does with his
points will define his season!
There is pressure to do the right things and be 'great',
something the words 'GM & Matt'
have yet to have in common.
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2 |
1698 |
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Andrew
(Central -
South) |
Another South Division team that
can score with ease. GM Andrew is 34 points clear of
5th and that should send fear throughout the NHLP.
The building blocks appear to be Wheeler, Ehlers, Turris and
Steen while the bait is Huberdeau and likely Staal while Ottawa’s recent
fall has left Stone an unknown at this writing. The
Blackhawks are every bit as good as Cincinnati, but Andrew takes teams
from the quarter mark and builds them into Champions while GM Matt
watches and never learns from the Champ. This team
likely won’t be Andrew’s best team, might be his worst,
which is another scary thought.
What he does with 36 points to work with is often quite different from
most other GM’s, who either spend it all foolishly, don’t know at all
what to do, or spend it all at once on the big
purchase leaving a remaining roster weak that
kills them in the end. It is a safe bet that if you
want to learn this game, watch every Chicago
Transaction the rest of the season.
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3 |
1302 |
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Ryan
(Central -
South) |
GM Ryan has another good team in
the South Division but is another GM, like front runner Matt who just
hasn’t completed the project with the highest rated marks in his class.
Tavares has been gold and the Islanders have caught fire but are
in tough with 8 teams in the Metropolitan who are all bunched within 6
points. Hall and Palmieri along with Bjorkstrand,
all play on top 8 rated teams while Sharp was as advertised, a
regrettable draft pick in the 6th round.
Lucic is not rated, which is hard to be, with
the new CTR team ratings, but the Oilers look dreadful through the
quarter mark. This team can compete for the rights to
represent the South later on, but GM Ryan is going to have to
earn it with Cincinnati and Chicago two of the
leagues better teams sitting in front.
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4 |
1271 |
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Jr
(Central -
South) |
It is a respectable power
ranking for 22 year man GM Jr. There was a time when
Jr scratched and clawed from day one of the season, building killer
teams we would often marvel at, but those days are long gone,
replaced with a wait and watch strategy that hasn’t
been working as well. The early Waivers aren’t
something the GM does anymore, but has one yet in November which should
be used to improve with an easy replacement of Spezza.
Point and Hedman are a two man Tampa Bay wrecking crew.
With the serious value of all Tampa players, and their sheer
awesomeness, it will be hard to get any all
season. While Pittsburgh somehow continues to baffle
everyone and win some NHL hockey games, even though they have the fourth
worst goals differential in the league, at least at this writing Letang
has value. Letang has his
name on the last two Stanley Cups and all Jr needs is for Pittsburgh to
just make the NHL playoffs, an unfathomable mind-blowing thought
otherwise. Brassard had value, but the rise and fall
of NHL teams in the standings currently has Ottawa where Jr predicted
they would be. We believe the Stars will be
competitive, not parting with much off the roster until March and
weighing things then. The difference this year, in
this Division, will be how good will the teams
in front be by the time Jr goes into build mode?
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5 |
1067 |
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Vinnie
(Central - South) |
On paper the Las Vegas Strip
have assets. The issue here for Vegas, as are all GM
Vinnie ran teams, they never strike fear in the other GM’s.
You know Matt is gonna try and get better while GM Ryan is always
solid in the end. GM’s Jr and Andrew aren’t GM’s you
want to test in the knowledge of winning category.
But Vinnie, he just isn’t striking that fear in his opponents.
You can look at this team and say he has
got some good players. Vinnie
likely already has and is content. No team has ever
won the NHLP Cup who was content at the quarter mark.
We have prayed for years we’d see a spark, a desire to just be the very
best. Unless we are missing something, and we often
do, we just aren’t seeing that fire, that passion, from Vinnie.
You have to
fucking want it! This isn’t a bad
team at all. How often does “Not a bad team” win it
all against a “Great team”? That is the difference
for GM Vinnie who has the potential to be “Not a bad GM.”
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6 |
749 |
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Charlie
(Central -
South) |
The GM’s first four picks were
Kane, Letang, Granlund and Keith. Did we not expect
Chicago, Pittsburgh and Minnesota to be decent hockey teams?
Well, so far, they are decent. Not good, not
great, not the best, but they aren’t the bottom four in the league
either. You can’t look at this teams scoring, roster
and assets and the current NHL standings and say this is the team.
In fact, they are the worst team in the Division.
Charlie is scrappy, but scrappy isn’t the trait a GM needs to be.
Charlie is known to be very tight with his roster players,
thinking if I drafted them, they surely must be the best of the rest.
Well, they aren’t. Upgrades can be made
all the time, but cutting the ties with players is
likely the biggest common fault of all non-winning
GM’s. The first day, he is 'not
who you thought he was', is the same day, he
should be advised of his new travel plans. You don’t
have to clench your fist when you are holding onto hope because least
with an open hand you may be able to grab onto something that is truly
real.
|
Eastern Conference - Atlantic Division |
1 |
2123 |
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Andrew
(Eastern -
Atlantic) |
They say the cream rises to the
top. Boy oh boy is the NHLP in for some real trouble
this season. We are at the quarter mark and the
cream, is already well higher than it ever is this early in the season.
The 1997 and 2015 Cup winning teams, the Hartford Whalers will
try in 2018 to be the first ever three time winning team.
Unfortunately for us, when we talk
about this teams strengths, we have to write
out 7 player’s names. A little Blue overkill maybe,
but the kind of Blue every GM wishes he could be.
Tarasenko, Pietrangelo, Stastny and Stastny along with Perreault,
Hoffman and Sergachev is such a deadly combination that GM Andrew could
do nothing the rest of the way and still win it all.
Of course, that is some foolish talk right there. How
are the Whalers going to get better if they do nothing?
See, that is the attitude this 6 time Cup winner has.
Not a player on this roster means a damn thing to him.
He would cut the ties, and trust us, he is going to, when “That”
player is offered to him. Who is that player?
Well, for Andrew it is every player in the league, whoever he
wants. He has a knack for knowing what teams to build
around and the types of players he wants on his roster, the perfect
amount, not too many, not too few, but the Cup winning amount.
This team is the team every GM would love to own.
But you don’t. Can you be this good?
A select few can be, at least good enough to compete,
but the early front runners for the 2018 NHLP Championship, it
isn’t as close as many of us would like to think it is.
|
2 |
1591 |
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Scott
(Eastern -
Atlantic) |
A very good team in
Philadelphia, but nowhere near what the Whalers have in Hartford.
GM Scott will boast he loves the competition, but secretly inside
he must fear the Whalers. The building blocks here
are Namestnikov, Ehlers and Steen. The GM will likely
try and avoid St Louis players this year if the Whalers stay blue-heavy.
Karlsson has been nice with 17 points
in 14 games, but Ottawa has slid on the player-demand chart.
There is a lot to like and the Flyer appear to be on their way to
competing, but in the NHLP Atlantic, a Division with 17 Cups among the
GM’s, in the end the completion is going to be very fierce amongst these
proven winners.
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3 |
1237 |
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Vinnie
(Eastern -
Atlantic) |
The CTR has made changes to
their formulae for ranking NHL teams. It is only the
second time changes have been made, but it will make the ranking of NHL
teams more realistic, actually based on performance and closeness
in the standings, as compared with just 1st,
2nd, 3rd and so forth.
We now reflect the difference between first and second, and all
spots, a more accurate approach to ranking NHL teams.
Still there are players who play on
NHL teams who have no value. That is players off four
teams now (based on current standings) whereas prior years it was every
player off every team out of a playoff spot
would have zero value. So, those
four teams are Florida, Buffalo, Edmonton and Arizona.
That means, although slowly (well, rather quickly actually)
McDavid, who is besting his point totals of
last year and is heading towards Stamkos for
the league’s leading scorer, has zero NHLP CTR
value. Is he truly worth nothing at all?
That is how the NHLP works. If Edmonton stays
where they are in the Standings, not one NHLP playoff team would offer a
point for McDavid, as he is worthless to the goal of winning the Cup.
He would have zero first round points if Edmonton misses the
playoffs. So, right now where Edmonton
is in the Standings, McDavid does have zero value (his point scoring is
reflected in the teams potential already).
Now, after saying that, Edmonton might go 15-5 over
the next 20 games and at the halfway mark Edmonton could be a playoff
team again and if the Oilers are in, even in 8th,
McDavid has a ton of value as he could get 10
first round points and carry a team if Edmonton runs or get a team
through that round where the rest of the players don’t need his scoring
any longer. But the CTR doesn’t predict the
future, what Edmonton will do and where they might
finish. The CTR looks at things today.
Today, Edmonton players are worth as much as Florida, Buffalo and
Arizona players, all worthless. It is now the NHLP
GM’s who must determine if that is going to change and when to make
moves accordingly. Waiting too long often means you
miss out and moving too soon often means you lost out on what could have
been. Best of luck with this one Vin.
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4 |
854 |
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Chad
(Eastern -
Atlantic) |
There is a lot not to like in
Pittsburgh. The teams scoring is solid, but Laine is
by far and away the lone corner stone to the foundation.
Good teams usually have three or four pillars to build something
solid on. Build a Lego building with four corner
pieces for the base builds something solid,
but start stacking with a foundation of one piece
and you have something weak and tipsy.
GM Chad usually ends the meetings weak and tipsy, but his teams
usually end solid and strong. We don’t doubt the
Penguins will come back as three-time Cup winning GM’s always have good
teams come April.
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5 |
839 |
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Tyson
(Eastern -
Atlantic |
GM Tyson must have had a
“Cup-Hangover”. He might have thought things were
getting to be a little too easy, and it clearly showed with the GM
having likely his worst draft in 9 NHLP
seasons. In the past the GM has always done the very
bare minimum and it has worked. Doing the bare
minimum this season might have him struggle all season long.
No one doubts Tyson’s ability, not anymore, but is he going to be
willing to do all the work required to truly compete this season or take
the easy route and write the whole thing off?
A lot of work needs to be done to compete.
|
6 |
498 |
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Ryan
(Eastern -
Atlantic) |
GM Ryan has almost achieved the
impossible. A Crosby team that is averaging below a
half a point per game in scoring. The Islanders are
29 points out of the playoffs and falling like rain.
If you don’t stare to long you can see potential assets on the Roster
but the longer you do look the more you see even the biggest trade any
GM can pull off for Crosby might not be enough. Ryan
has to hope Pittsburgh turns things around and at a meeting a bidding
war could be a crazy event, shining the sun over the dark clouds on the
Island. With no Waiver in sight, it will be
interesting to see how New York plays being a lap down, with one of the
faster, most attractive cars on the track.
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Eastern
Conference - East Division |
1 |
1583 |
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Shawn
(Eastern -
East) |
The Schenn-Schwartz built
Destroyers are one of the better teams in the NHLP.
Kessel is playoff death to the opponent and a solid addition to the
crew. The team can score and has plenty to work with
for power improvement and we believe Shawn will do just that as he
builds what he hopes will be the strongest in the Division.
So far so good but Carolina isn’t far behind.
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2 |
1580 |
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Joel
(Eastern -
East) |
How sweet it must be to have the
most valued player in the entire NHLP.
That is right, Stamkos not only leads the league in points but
plays on the top rated of all 31 NHL teams, which is something that
doesn't usually happen. You can’t
get any more power for a player then that. The
Hurricanes are full of supporting cast members that most NHLP GM’s would
love to have. Bergeron, although Boston may not be
one of the top teams is adding his share of points.
Hischier and Little actually do play on the
top power 8 teams, while Sheary plays on the back to back Stanley Cup
winners in Pittsburgh. There is nothing separating
Halifax and Carolina at this early stage. The teams
are the Divisions elite and are seemingly destine to be good all year.
In a Division that features a mere 3 Cups amongst the group, one
has to think the East could be a two team battle in the end from early
showings.
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3 |
1164 |
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Marcel
(Eastern -
East) |
Seldom ever does the CTR power
rankings jive one thru sixth with the actual Divisions standings, but it
is the case this rating in the NHLP’s East Division.
GM Marcel has Schenn to build around, one of the most valued
players this NHLP season. Wennberg is another top 8
team player but has been disappointing in the
first quarter, something almost surely to change moving forward.
The GM has a bunch of players who we can’t make a
call on their teams just
yet, but Marcel can improve enough to try and compete with the Divisions
top dogs Shawn and Joel.
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4 |
1105 |
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Jr(Eastern -
East) |
When you draft Ovechkin you are
doing so knowing Washington will be a dominate team.
So far they are one of 8 Metropolitan teams all within 6 points between
top to bottom in the Divisaional standings.
They could be the best, or worst, with
a couple good or bad weeks. Ovechkin himself is doing
his part with 13 goals, only 6 of which came after game three, but still
only 4 behind the NHL’s leader at 17. Although the
Machine can score, players like Radulov,
Rantanen, Bergeron, Leddy, Krejci and Galchenyuk are on teams that are
outside the top 8 (two teams per Division) but
close enough at the quarter point to all be playoff teams.
We aren’t about to say this team is going to get as good as
Halifax or Carolina, only GM Jr can decide if that is going to happen or
not.
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5 |
1087 |
|
Charlie
(Eastern -
East) |
A nice start for GM Charlie’s
young apprentice Brendan. The young prodigy scored
huge wanting Pietrangelo badly in the 5th round but equally
wanting Pavelski in the first round hasn’t quite panned out as well.
When the Sharks coach says “A lot of
guys wouldn’t even be out there dealing with what he is dealing with”
doesn’t leave us much hope that Pavelski is suddenly going to turn it
around. In fact does this mean he might
be going under a knife sooner than later?
We don’t know what the injury is, but Pavelski’s numbers are
supported by the coach’s comments. With a December
Waiver right around the corner a call might have to be made by then, if
it isn’t too late, on Pavelski. Welcome to the show
kid and best of luck with that one!
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6 |
785 |
|
Matt
(Eastern -
East) |
GM Matt didn’t use his first
Waiver of the season because he had an injured player.
He made it clear, he is using the next one, the next one in the
NHLP as this is written. The Nords have fallen to 17
out of 5th and have a ton of assets that eagle-eyed GM’s
likely can grab at bargain prices. Connor is lighting
it up with 11 points in 15 games off a top rated Jets team that looks
like true Cup contenders. Marleau, Palat and Guentzel
are key pieces winning teams are searching for. How
cheap or high do these players go? Matt has to work
it hard. He can’t give his assets away, but he can’t
pass on this Waiver either. Do you go really big or
just improve enough to keep some core pieces?
The team is the Divisions worst rated
but certainly should improve after this round
of moves. Matt loves to deal and we are about to see
a few go down in Quebec.
|
Western Conference - Pacific Division |
1 |
1350 |
|
Scott
(Western -
Pacific) |
GM Scott tried additional by
subtraction, trading Ehlers and Turris for a Waiver and some scoring.
The Oil don’t seem to have to worry about scoring with Matthews,
Bailey, Lee and Stone but don’t have as solid of playoff team as it had
prior the move. Scott has already made 10
Transactions on the young season, on the back of 50 last year, so we
aren’t about to say this team is set. Scott’s logic
isn’t trade everyone, as much as it is to keep making trades until you
make a good one. That might seem a little without
thought, but the theory, he insists, actually works.
The logic goes along the lines of when you make a bad trade, you can
make another and another to get back to where you were.
However, when you make a good trade, you now have a stronger team
that can be built stronger. As always, don’t try and
duplicate what you can’t understand, just understand, every now and then
this shit works.
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2 |
1173 |
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Marcel
(Western - Pacific) |
If you can say anything
about the Pacific it would be that it is anyone’s at the quarter point.
GM Marcel finds himself with a mediocre CTR, but yet the second
best of the Division. This entire Division is so
tight, it might stay weak all season as every GM has ever other GM
paralyzed from doing anything outside of knit-picking.
Forsberg seems the logical player to build around.
Put in the time to get better in the Pacific for it can be won
and one of the six teams, no matter how average they are, will be one of
the final six NHLP teams standing come the Conference Finals.
|
3 |
1078 |
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Charlie
(Western-
Pacific) |
GM Charlie suffered one of the
bigger injuries in the first quarter, losing
Carter to December. Then after keeping Carter,
for the Kings are a first place team in the NHL’s Division by the same
name, now Carter is gone to February after having surgery.
Each passing day that Phoenix stays close and the Kings stay high
is a win for GM Charlie, but February seems a long, long, long ways away
from November. Will this decision be the death of the
Coyotes in the Desert? If the Kings fade, and
remember this team also has Kopitar, we say yes
it will be.
|
4 |
1006 |
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Chad
(Western - Pacific) |
When you roll a little snowball
down a mountain it is supposed to be this unstoppable force by the
bottom. That is more of what GM Chad had in mind when
he drafted Draisaitl, a player every GM had near the top of their
drafting list. That snowball hit a rock head on.
Another top pick that is not worth anything at all today as the
Oilers are this year’s flop of the NHL.
Will that change? Well,
the Avalanche are hoping it will. The good news here
is Monahan, Reilly, Nylander, Zuccarello and Hayes are all on strong
enough teams that Colorado is, especially in
the weak Pacific Division, not all or nothing
in on Draisaitl. If Edmonton does bounce back, man
this team can get strong in a hurry. As with all
Oiler players, is it a wait and see game, or is it time to move on?
|
5 |
944 |
|
Shawn
(Western - Pacific) |
It is crazy to
think that at the quarter point of the NHL season an entire NHLP
division can be only 9 points separating first from last, but that is
the case in the Pacific Division. What makes the Division
more fun is there are no good, or really bad teams. GM
Shawn’s Storm falls into this category, not a strong storm but not one
you want to overlook either. Johnson seems destine to be
an asset all season, but the teams forecasted
star Malkin, is just a blimp on the radar,
with the Penguins maybe the NHL’s second biggest disappointment at the
quarter mark of the season. Are
the Pens going to wake up and roll over the entire league, like they did
winning the last two Stanley Cups, or is this like the Los Angeles
Kings, win the cup and then miss the playoffs
kind of season? The team has four scoring players under 10
points which doesn’t bode well in an all-out Waiver. It
isn’t hard to be the best in the Pacific this year but six teams,
however close now, all can’t be top four later
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6 |
714 |
|
Jr
(Western-
Pacific) |
The league’s worst first quarter
injury went to GM Jr in Calgary. The Anaheim Ducks
surest thing is gone until January. So far the Flames
have not noticeably been hurt in the standings by losing their Elite
player and Jr’s team is only 9 points out of the Divisions best team
standings wise. What isn’t good is what this team
owns strength wise. True be told it isn’t much.
When you have two Panthers and an Oilers player and another
player almost half a century old (hey, it isn’t old, old, but for a NHL
player who hasn’t retired 10 years ago it is), well, things
are bleak. All this with Getzlaf injured.
What Jr is hoping for is the Ducks hold down any playoff position
there is and he can say, "Hey,
I have this 7 point player who is going to get 6 points, or more in the
first round of the NHLP playoffs".
What is that worth when GM’s no longer have any options to move
their unmoveable points and the Minors are barer than a grocery
store in Season 8 of The Walking Dead?
Well, it is enough to never count the Flames out of making a
playoff team this entire season.
How good will that team be? Well, that again is up to
GM Jr.
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Western Conference - West Division |
1 |
1634 |
|
Andrew
(Western-
West) |
It comes as no surprise to
anyone that GM Andrew is again the top team in his Division.
The GM is off to one of his best years ever, again, very scary,
for a GM who doesn’t need to start well to end with the winning team.
Kucherov is the second most desirable NHLP player, and with
Stamkos’ history of suddenly watching games on TV, maybe Kucherov is
head and shoulders the most valuable player in the NHLP.
The Kings can score at will and Marchessault (traded or not later
from the Golden Knights) is solid along with another top 8 team player
in Marner. O’Reilly will eventually find a good home
in return for yet another solid asset. The Kings are
solid, but the entire West Division isn’t far behind at all.
|
2 |
1454 |
|
Joel
(Western -
West) |
Top rated players Hall, Marner
and Werenski help this high rating. Another NHLP team
this year who is finding points easy to come by.
Marchand has been deadly but only 14 games played so far.
Another top find is Mantha whose Wings are a pleasant surprise
for GM Joel. A great start here for the Canucks,
although GM Joel must know that GM Andrew is already better.
To be the best Vancouver who will have to best the best, which
won’t be easy.
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3 |
1447 |
|
Matt
(Western-
West |
The Icemen have 23 points to
work with and are pulling away from 5th in the West.
GM Matt once again had an outstanding draft.
GM’s are constantly looking for what’s on this guy’s sheet on draft day.
Schwartz, Toffoli, Jenner and Atkinson are all on
top rated teams. Atkinson hasn’t
lived up to a third round selection, but we’d not be surprised if he
does. Finding 20 point man Keller in the 7th
round is just another example of why Matt is quickly becoming one of the
best drafting GM’s in the league. Now if only he’d
make as good Waiver drops and Trades he would be unstoppable.
|
4 |
1270 |
|
Tyson
(Western-
West) |
Teravainen has been lights out.
Some teams don’t score 10 in a week and he just did that by
himself while the other 6 roster players had 12 between them.
Killorn and Palat are solid guys the GM can work with to build
his fourth Cup in 9 years. GM Tyson had
a shitty draft and he knows it, but this Blues team of his has the right
mix to contend to be the best in the West.
|
5 |
968 |
|
Vinnie
(Western -
West) |
The “Dog” as he is known in
Portland has some solid players in van Riemsdyk and Atkinson.
Kuznetsov, the teams Elite has led the team in scoring while
Washington figures out who they are in terms of NHL power teams.
The scoring isn’t here, but some slow starters Atkinson and H.
Sedin may turn that around. The CTR stands for Cup
Threat Rating and so far GM Vin Dog isn’t out of the mix in the West but
surely some love would help the Winter Hawks, something seldom shown by
this Pit Bull.
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6 |
884 |
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Ryan
(Western-
West) |
The good news is the GM got to
shoot something while hunting in the wilderness of Wisconsin.
The bad news is beer cans aren’t edible.
Doughty is the team’s lone top 8 but the Knights do have several players
who can be assets if their teams come on just a little more.
Now that hunting season is over expect GM Ryan to do a little
more here to improve in Green Bay.
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The CTR "GM Top Performer" Award |
Rank |
GM |
3 Year
Total |
Total Ave. |
2011/12 (3) |
2010/11 (2) |
2009/10 (4) |
1 |
Charlie |
11052 |
1228 |
3724 (4th) |
2963 (1st) |
4365 (7th) |
2 |
Scott |
10679 |
1187 |
4289 (1st) |
2005 (8th)* |
4385 (5th) |
3 |
Mike & Ray |
10118 |
1124 |
3510 (6th) |
2235 (5th) |
4373 (6th) |
4 |
Andrew |
9987 |
1110 |
3645 (5th) |
1858 (9th) |
4484 (4th) |
5 |
Shawn |
5317 |
1063 |
2382 (11th) |
2935 (2nd)^ |
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6 |
Tyson |
9496 |
1055 |
4092 (3rd)* |
2115 (6th) |
3289 (9th)* |
7 |
Joel |
9389 |
1043 |
2569 (10th) |
2817 (3rd) |
4003 (8th) |
8 |
Jr |
9053 |
1006 |
3069 (8th)^ |
1029 (10th) |
4955 (1st) |
9 |
Ryan |
8809 |
979 |
3332 (7th) |
641 (12th) |
4836 (2nd) |
10 |
Matt |
8413 |
935 |
1268 (12th) |
2538 (4th) |
4607 (3rd)^ |
11 |
Chad |
7946 |
883 |
2702 (9th) |
2102 (7th) |
3142 (10th) |
12 |
Marcel |
7390 |
821 |
4220 (2nd) |
790 (11th) |
2380 (11th) |
*Won Cup
^Top Ranked Team
Total Ave. - Last three NHLP seasons, average CTR per team
Rank - Best performing GM, per team for the past three NHLP seasons
CTR - GM Top Performer of the Year Award
20122/13 - ?
2011/12 - GM Scott
2010/11 - GM Charlie
2009/10 - GM Jr
Prior Years - TBD |
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