Rich Peverley

This week I will be taking a quick look at two players on each team. The first will be a player whose value is on a sharp rise while his counterpart will be a player whose value is resembling Nortel in 2001. Bear in mind that this “value” shift is based on the first week of the season, which is a very small sample to work with. However, I believe it is never too early to start making note of possible trends, and by knowing first, you can act first.

TEAM	VALUE RISING	VALUE DROPPING

Anaheim Ducks	Ryan Whitney	Teemu Selanne
Atlanta Thrashers	Rich Peverley	Todd White
Boston Bruins	Patrice Bergeron 📢 advertisement:	Chuck Kobasew
Buffalo Sabres	Ryan Miller	Jochen Hecht
Calgary Flames	Eric Nystrom & Adam Pardy	Daymond Langkow
Carolina Hurricanes	Nobody Yet	Joe Corvo
Chicago Blackhawks	D.Byfuglien & Antti Niemi	Cristobal Huet
Colorado Avalanche	W. Wolski & C. Anderson 📢 advertisement:	Marek Svatos
Columbus	Rostislav Klesla	Derick Brassard
Dallas	James Neal	Loui Eriksson
Detroit	Ville Leino	Chris Osgood
Edmonton	Dustin Penner	Shawn Horcoff
Florida	Michael Frolik	Stephen Weiss
Los Angeles	Davis Drewiske	Jon Quick
Minnesota	Eric Belanger	Owen Nolan
Montreal	Travis Moen & Carey Price	Andrei Kostitsyn
Nashville	Patric Hornqvist	Dan Hamhuis
New Jersey	David Clarkson	Johnny Oduya & M. Brodeur
New York Islanders	John Tavares	All Goalies
New York Rangers	Del Zotto & Gilroy	Artem Anisimov
Ottawa	Pascal Leclaire	Milan Michalek
Philadelphia	Matt Carle & Ray Emery	None
Phoenix	Radim Vrbata	None
Pittsburgh	Ruslan Fedotenko	Chris Kunitz
San Jose	Jason Demers	Marc Edouard Vlasic
St Louis	Jay McClement	Steen & Colaiacovo
Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos	Mike Smith
Toronto	Tomas Kaberle	Vesa Toskala
Vancouver	Alex Burrows	Wellwood and Luongo
Washington	Brooks Laich	Semyon Varlamov

Now before anyone goes nutty and starts screaming about my inclusion of guys like Luongo, Brodeur, and Eriksson, remember that this is just based on the first week of the season. I am not saying these guys are washed up or you should trade them, but I am saying you should monitor them closely to see if factors like age, sophomore slumps, or playing on weaker teams may hinder their production this season. Feel free to bring up any guys I may have missed, or to question my inclusion of anyone in the comments section.

On another note, for those of you who are in pools that allow daily roster moves, I am about to give you some information that could definitely help you win your pool. Visit the website www.goaliepost.com and you will get a daily update of that evening’s starting goalies. The guy who runs this site has connections coming out of his ass, and he updates the nightly starters throughout the day. Pay attention to this site and you will have the upper-hand by knowing when to start your backup guys. (I just verified the site address and noticed he is charging $10 a year now … still well worth the info he provides.)

Finally, I am looking to get a group of guys from the Winnipeg area together for a monthly or bi-weekly Dobber Hockley Night. We will get together at a local watering hole, watch the games, swap lies, and talk hockey. Anyone who is interested please let me know in the comments section and I’ll get the info out to you.

Peace Out,

Burnsy