Fantasy Hockey Preview: 2008-09 Calgary Flames

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

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