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| Top pick Cale Makar is proving his worth as the top defenseman. |
In case you missed it: catch up with the Round 2 Analysis and before that, the Round 1 Analysis
The Connor McDavid show may be over for 2022, but what a mark it has left. Connor (114 picks) and Leon Draisaitl (78) were looking like, and scoring like no once since, Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri. With 65 points between them, their record-pace scoring dominated the pool for those fortunate to have picked them, overshadowing strong performances by the key Colorado and Tampa Bay players.
Colorado is led by Cale Makar, the top pick in the pool (236), who with a few points in the final will be the highest scoring defenseman since 1994 Brian Leetch in the pre-pool years. Makar, Nathan MacKinnon (213) and Mikko Rantanen (139) are the number one line for most. Tampa Bay counters with Nikita Kucherov (71), the scoring leader among remaining players, along with G Andrei Vasilevskiy (39) and D Victor Hedman (81).
Jeff Wener enters the final round in the strongest position, with Colby Foster locked one point behind. Both have the same six maximum-available players and will finish 1-2 if the Avalanche win the Cup. If Tampa Bay reigns, Zack O'Gorman could flip to first with the 10-point bonus with ZAI Hammerman there too.
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| Jeff Wener | 193 (+10) [proj:230] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Hedman | |
ZAI Hammerman | 192 (+10) [proj:210] | Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Stamkos |
| Colby Foster | 192 (+10) [proj:229] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Hedman | |
Zack O'Gorman | 187 (+10) [proj:223] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Kucherov, Stamkos, Hedman |
| ZAI Hammerman | 192 [proj:210] | Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Stamkos | |
Jeff Wener | 193 [proj:230] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Hedman |
| Hugh McShane | 191 [proj: 212] | Makar, MacKinnon, Kucherov | |
Colby Foster | 192 [proj:229] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Hedman |
| Zack O'Gorman | 187 [proj:223] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Kucherov, Stamkos, Hedman | |
John Thompson | 175 (+10) [proj:212] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Stamkos |
| Ava McAdam-Beder | 181 (+10) [proj:200] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen | |
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| Christina Laronga | 175 (+10) [proj:212] | Makar, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Vasilevskiy, Kucherov, Stamkos | |
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| Brett Bowman | 173 (+10) [proj:201] | Makar, MacKinnon, Vasilevskiy, Stamkos, Hedman | |
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Not to be forgotten, NY Rangers fans were rewarded with solid performances. Adam Fox (53 picks) exits leading all defence with 23 points and along with Makar's 22 creates a pool-record-high defence tandem. Mika Zibanejad (20 picks) had 24 points to co-lead (with Kucherov) all non-Oiler forwards.
I'm 10-4 on series picks this year because I mostly picked the favourites (except Toronto) and the favourites mostly won. Well Colorado's the favourite based on pool picks, but I'm sticking with my original Cup call: Tampa Bay to threepeat.
| Hot |
Pos. Gain (R2,R3) |
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Hot |
Rd3 Pts. |
| Tim Day |
84 (197,113) |
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Zack O'Gorman |
54 |
| Glenn Zyzanski |
75 (277,202) |
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Christina Laronga |
54 |
| Rebecca Gaudreau |
73 (227,154) |
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John Thompson |
54 |
| Lori Garrah |
63 (197,134) |
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Colby Foster |
53 |
| Domenic DeMarco |
60 (224,164) |
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Jeff Wener |
51 |
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Pos. Loss (R2,R3) |
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Not |
Rd3 Pts. |
| Gwen Clark-Smith |
90 (143,233) |
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| Adam Pileggi |
73 (81,154) |
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| Shawn Morrison |
69 (65,134) |
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| Stacy Martin |
69 (76,145) |
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| Anthony Bruno |
68 (189,257) |
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| Top Players |
| Forwards |
Team |
Pts |
Picks |
| Connor McDavid |
EDM |
33 |
114 |
| Leon Draisaitl |
EDM |
32 |
78 |
| Mika Zibanejad |
NYR |
24 |
20 |
| Nikita Kucherov |
TAM |
23 |
71 |
| Nathan MacKinnon |
COL |
18 |
213 |
| Evander Kane |
EDM |
17 |
7 |
| Gabriel Landeskog |
COL |
17 |
13 |
| Mikko Rantanen |
COL |
17 |
139 |
| Ondrej Palat |
TAM |
16 |
0 |
| Zach Hyman |
EDM |
16 |
5 |
| Chris Kreider |
NYR |
16 |
13 |
| Artemi Panarin |
NYR |
16 |
56 |
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| Defense |
Team |
Pts |
Picks |
| Adam Fox |
NYR |
23 |
53 |
| Cale Makar |
COL |
22 |
236 |
| Victor Hedman |
TAM |
14 |
81 |
| Devon Toews |
COL |
13 |
6 |
| Anthony DeAngelo |
CAR |
10 |
22 |
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| Goalies |
Team |
Pts |
Picks |
| Mike Smith |
EDM |
19 |
7 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy |
TAM |
17 |
39 |
| Igor Shesterkin |
NYR |
13 |
31 |
| Pavel Francouz |
COL |
11 |
3 |
| Antti Raanta |
CAR |
11 |
2 |
| Jacob Markstrom |
CGY |
11 |
93 |
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| Teams |
| Colorado | 695 | 103 |
| Tampa Bay | 273 | 31 |
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| Edmonton | 231 | 8 |
| NY Rangers | 173 | 12 |
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Here are the projected scores and rankings for after
round 4, not including the Cup winner bonus. The projection assumes (wrongly, of course) that the players you
have alive will produce in round 4 at the same average rate as in the first
three rounds. Of course, if you have no players left, you will definitely have the same score as you have now!
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