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As several people pointed out, Luca Caputi had a stomach bug and that was why he missed. I thought he has played great as a Leaf, so was critical of a switch putting Sjostrom in his spot. But it was much ado about nothing. I did watch the game, but had guests and you know how yapping and beer drinking can block out some of the brief mentions like that. And I couldn’t dig the info up in the Toronto papers.

Just returned from a wonderful day in Toronto with some of the readers and columnists of this site. I will hopefully post pics up tomorrow. I come home to find that my little girl is sick, so there is a chance that the Monday ramblings will be weak… or late… or both. I apologize in advance! Today’s were brief due to the big event today – out of the house by 11 back in by 9, so pretty full sched. But if you were one of the lucky readers to join me in the luxury suite, you had my ear all day! Can never get enough fantasy hockey…

Don’t forget – the deadline to enter The Week 2 contest is tonight at midnight EST!

Drew Stafford returned to the Buffalo lineup last night, but played with Adam Mair and Patrick Kaleta. Other line combos: Roy with Vanek and Kennedy; Connolly with Pominville and Hecht.

Toronto scratched Luca Caputi and inserted Fredrik Sjostrom into his spot on the second line. The line went from dangerous to crap, though Mikhail Grabovski was buzzing around like his usual self. Caputi has one point in the last four games that he dressed for, so perhaps this is a wakeup call. Or perhaps we’ll see him at the Marlies game today.

Zzzzzz. Huh? What? Sorry, fantasy hockey player here, who happened to watch the Nashville, St. Louis and Los Angeles games yesterday.

Kidding. Actually, I watched the Pittsburgh, Toronto and Vancouver games. Combined for 17 goals. Unlike the above three games that combined for… three goals. (?!?!?)

Wow, how many of you were counting on catching first place with a big night, only to see those three shitty summaries?

Activate Radim Vrbata again. He scored Thursday and though he didn’t get on the scoresheet yesterday, he nailed the shootout winner. This guy only produces in spurts. Here is the earliest indication of a spurt.

With two points last night, Wojtek Wolski has seven points in eight games. Peter Mueller has 11 in eight. At no point at all…ever… would I have traded Mueller for Wolski in my keeper. Glad I stuck to my guns.

Give Lee Stempniak nine goals and 11 points in eight games. Put him down for 91 goals and 112 points next season. Kidding. Put him down for 25 and 50. No more.

Today’s the big DobberHockey event – I’ll be at the Marlies game (on CBC) with Russ Miller, Brent Lemon, Steve “Notch” Johnson and a couple dozen fantasy hockey fanatics in a luxury suite enjoying wings, nachos and beer and talking about hockey pools. Love it! If you buy before 11am today, I can still hook you up with a ticket – $35. Afterwards, everyone is invited to Jack Astors in downtown Toronto for further festivities. BUY HERE.

It shouldn’t be long now before Dustin Byfuglien is given D status in Yahoo!.

Benoit Pouliot has 20 points in his last 23 games. He is a dark horse for 70 points next season, but I would pencil him in for 57 and hope for the best. That’s how I would treat him in trade talks.

In the last five games, Pekka Rinne is 5-0-0 with three shutouts and a 1.00 GAA. What a terrible time to heat up. Not. In fact, Rinne is 27-10-4 in his last 41 decisions.

Tobias Enstrom is heating back up. After going 19 games with just five points, he has five in his last four. He should finish with around 55 and that is what I would expect next season as well, even without Kovalchuk. He has yet to hit his prime.

Jordan Staal has 40 points in his last 53 games, which is a 62 point pace. That’s what I’d pencil the 21-year-old in for next campaign.

In the last 20 games, Jason Spezza has 24 points. In the last 20 games, Dany Heatley has 19 points. What have I been saying?

Brooks Laich has 25 points in his last 25 games. He started the year with 18 in 17. Now if we could just erase the 13 points in 30 games that were in the middle, we’d be all set.

Check the clock on this game winning goal. Unbelievable.