Rambling about the big scorers since November 1; The Calder Trophy (so far); WJC and more …

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Merry Christmas everyone! For your present, I’ve arranged it so that your fantasy squad puts forth a record-setting week in your league this week. I’m pretty sure it will work, I traded a really nice cow in exchange for magic beans that the guy said would grant this sort of thing. So enjoy!

And as I do every year for seven years now – Happy Birthday to my daughter Avery. And here were the Ramblings that I posted on that day seven years ago (the day after, actually). That’s my note of joy in amongst the Rambles by Marcus and Angus. Yes, neither Christmas nor the birth of the founder’s daughter can stop the Ramblings!

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Thirty-four players have 20 points or more since November 1. Let’s take a look:

Rank ▴	Name	Pos	Team	GP	EV	PP	SH	PPG	Total
1	KANE,PATRICK	R	CHI	25	24	12	0	1.44	36
2	SEGUIN,TYLER	C	DAL	24	20	10	0	1.25	30
3	BENN,JAMIE	L	DAL	24	19	7	3	1.21	29
4	TARASENKO,VLADIMIR	R	STL	25	18	10	0	1.12	28
5	PAVELSKI,JOE	C	S.J	24	15	12	0	1.13	27
6	SEDIN,DANIEL	L	VAN	25	17	9	1	1.08	27
7	KARLSSON,ERIK	D	OTT	24	15	12	0	1.13	27
8	SEDIN,HENRIK	C	VAN	23	15	10	1	1.13	26
9	DUCHENE,MATT	C	COL	25	18	8	0	1.04	26
10	HALL,TAYLOR	L	EDM	23	22	4	0	1.13	26
11	BURNS,BRENT	D	S.J	24	12	12	1	1.04	25
12	GAUDREAU,JOHNNY	L	CGY	22	21	4	0	1.14	25
13	HOFFMAN,MIKE	C	OTT	24	19	6	0	1.04	25
14	DRAISAITL,LEON	C	EDM	23	22	3	0	1.09	25
15	BACKSTROM,NICKLAS	C	WSH	23	12	11	0	1	23
16	GIROUX,CLAUDE	R	PHI	24	10	11	2	0.96	23
17	RYAN,BOBBY	R	OTT	23	15	8	0	1	23
18	STEEN,ALEXANDER	L	STL 📢 advertisement:	25	12	10	1	0.92	23
19	BERGERON,PATRICE	C	BOS	23	10	10	2	0.96	22
20	KLINGBERG,JOHN	D	DAL	24	11	10	0	0.88	21
21	PANARIN,ARTEMI	C	CHI	25	16	5	0	0.84	21
22	KUCHEROV,NIKITA	R	T.B	23	11	10	0	0.91	21
23	BOZAK,TYLER	C	TOR	23	13	8	0	0.91	21
24	CAMMALLERI,MIKE	L	N.J	24	15	6	0	0.88	21
25	WHEELER,BLAKE	R	WPG	23	16	3	2	0.91	21
26	VORACEK,JAKUB	R	PHI	24	10	10	0	0.83	20
27	BARRIE,TYSON	D	COL	25	12	8	0	0.8	20
28	SHATTENKIRK,KEVIN	D	STL	23	8	11	1	0.87	20
29	WEBER,SHEA	D	NSH	24	8	12	0	0.83	20
30	MALKIN,EVGENI	C	PIT	22	12	8	0	0.91	20
31	FAULK,JUSTIN	D	CAR	23	9	11	0	0.87	20
32	ZUCCARELLO,MATS	C	NYR	25	13	7	0	0.8	20
33	BRASSARD,DERICK	C	NYR	25	12	8	0	0.8	20
34	PALMIERI,KYLE	C	N.J	24	12	8	0	0.83	20

Impressive: Mike Hoffman with 25 points in 24 games. I honestly never knew he had it in him. Just as I’m disappointed in myself for “over” projecting the Penguins and Ducks, I’m equally disappointed in the big swing-and-a-miss with Hoffman..

Impressive II: Leon Draisaitl. The guy is 14^th in league scoring since November 1.

Sneaky: I had no idea that Alex Steen had been kicking so much ass…

Sneaky II: Tyler Bozak is tied for 20^th in league scoring since November 1. Huh?

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At this point it looks to be a five-horse race for the Calder Trophy, though I wouldn’t count out Jack Eichel. But as far as “deserving” goes, I’m looking at Artemi Panarin, Max Domi, Dylan Larkin, Colton Parayko and the late-comer Shayne Gostisbehere. You?

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Brendan Ross has sure been busy over at DobberProspects. It’s WJC time! That’s right – the World Junior Hockey Championship kicks off tomorrow and Rossy previews the squads and players to watch. Here are links to his previews of:

Team Canada

Team USA

European Teams

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Top 10 players from the 2015 WJC…

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Merry Christmas!

I’ll be grabbing some more (brief) Ramblings again tomorrow so if there’s anything you want me to tackle, comment below…

One Comment

Matt 2015-12-25 at 20:48Log in to Reply

Thanks for the great ramblings today! I would love your thoughts on the following based on a points only keeper:

If you had to keep two of Rick Nash, zuccarello and zetterberg who would you go with and why?

What is your projection for panarin going forward into next season and beyond?

Thanks

UPCOMING GAMES

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