We are now about a month away from the start of training camp for the 2008-09 NHL season, and my hockey-crazed brother and I have begun work on our own fantasy hockey magazine, predicting the stats for every player on the starting roster of an NHL team.
We hope we can accurately predict most players' statistics, and we hope to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. A new article will be posted every couple of days at the most, and some teams will come even sooner. We will be doing this in alphabetical order.
Calgary Flames
2008-09 Projected Lineup
Michael Cammallari-Daymond Langkow-Jarome Iginla
Dustin Boyd-Matthew Lombardi-Todd Bertuzzi
Curtis Glencross-Craig Conroy-David Moss
Eric Nystrom-Wayne Primeau-Rene Bourque
Robyn Regehr-Cory Sarich
Dion Phaneuf-Jim Vandermeer
Adrian Aucoin-Mark Giordano
Miikka Kiprusoff
Curtis McElhinney
Fantasy Stud
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Jarome Iginla
This guy is one of the hardest workers in the entire league, and is likely to reach the 50-goal mark once again this season.
Watch Out For
Todd Bertuzzi
He was expected to rebound last year with the Anaheim Ducks, but he played so poorly that he was bought out. Look for him to struggle once again this year.
Individual Scoring Predictions for 2008-09
Player GP-G-A-P
1. Jarome Iginla 80-52-50-102
2. Daymond Langkow 80-32-40-72
3. Michael Cammallari 77-30-40-70
4. Dion Phaneuf 80-20-42-62
5. Dustin Boyd 75-19-25-44
6. Matthew Lombardi 82-19-23-42
7. Todd Bertuzzi 72-15-25-40
8. Craig Conroy 79-10-28-38
9. Adrian Aucoin 79-8-24-32
10. David Moss 71-12-16-28
11. Curtis Glencross 74-10-16-26
12. Rene Bourque 68-8-15-23
13. Robyn Regehr 77-6-13-19
14. Jim Vandermeer 75-4-15-19
15. Eric Nystrom 60-6-12-18
16. Wayne Primeau 77-5-13-18
17. Mark Giordano 74-3-10-13
18. Cory Sarich 76-3-5-8
Goalies
Miikka Kiprusoff 38-26-8 .918 SVP 2.38 GAA
Curtis McElhinney 5-4-1 .904 SVP 2.62 GAA
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3 months ago
I can absolutely see Iginla havin a 50-50 season this year. Another great analysis!!
from 3 months ago
Thanks for the comment! Iginla is one of my favorite non-Wings player, I love the way he plays the game and he is the ultimate captain IMO.
3 months ago
I like your synopsis and your predicted point totals. A couple of questions:
- Has Iginla not actively campaigned for Bertuzzi to be a linemates?
- Do you think Iginla puts up more points than Zetterberg this year?
Nice work.
from 3 months ago
Thanks for the Comment! As for the first question, I have not seen Iginla comment on Bertuzzi yet but if true that could turn out to be very interesting. It would most definitely raise Bertuzzi's value in a fantasy draft, hopefully I can find something on it. I do believe believe that Iginla will put up more points than Zetterberg this season, but not by much as I have Zetterberg at 96 points for this season.
3 months ago
Also, that Zetterberg prediction is if his back doesn't keep him out of the lineup, as it has been an unfortunate problem for him in the past. Even so, Zetterberg still has been successful with it.
3 months ago
Yes, Jarome puts up more points then Henrik and I was completely suprised at how reasonable yuor rankings were. Very acuratly put in my mind, great analysis!
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