This Week's FINAL MATCH

As I said above, it's Penguin vs. Penguin in our final, pitting Patric Hornqvist against Marc-Andre Fleury. Will Fleury's longer history of fantasy good fortune be enough to have him prevail against Hornqvist, who went from the (formerly?) woeful offensive confines of Nashville to the dreamland of the Penguin top six? A strong case could be made to choose either player, and I hope all of you will give this a lot of thought before casting your vote.

Other factors to consider in predicting the voting is whether Fleury will be hurt by the fact that some of you are in non-goalie leagues, whereas Hornqvist is owned in each and every league no matter how shallow if might be. And perhaps Fleury's elevated play so far this season will cost him votes, as might occur with Hornqvist due to his December slump.

We'll know the outcome and answers to these questions soon enough; but until then, this could well end up being a battle that's decided by just a handful of votes (or fewer), so be sure to cast yours!

Voting Link and Deadline

CLICK HERE to vote in the Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Patric Hornqvist FINAL MATCH

Voting will close on Monday December 29th, so be sure to mark your calendars and not to forget to cast your vote during the Christmas holiday!

Bonus Content Coming

In addition to talking about the outcome of the final match and wrapping up the tournament, in my next column I'm going to do what I did after my last Cage Match tournament and –again with a stick tap to my fellow columnist Tom Collins – provide a list of the ten players who have the least fortunate fantasy situation, so start thinking of who you'd put on the list so you can be prepared to read me the riot act if I miss anyone who was deserving of being named. After that, it's back to regular Cage Matches, so be sure to leave me comments about who you might want to see battle each other in the new year.