Pre-season Fever - Avoid It!
What we should talk about when we talk about pre-season:
Which prospects get a look early and, ultimately, get into more games.
How prospects play and perform as the pre-season progresses and the competition gets tougher.
What’s the waiver status on the bubble guys, who’s got manageable cap hits and who’s possible trade bait?
Who needs a second look, who’s in decline and who can the team hide put on injury reserve or assign for conditioning stints to squeeze down to a 23 man roster without exposing players to waivers.
Great moves in the shoot-out.
What we shouldn’t talk about when we talk about pre-season:
Won-loss records (last year's Stanley Cup Champs went 1-7).
Projected regular season points.
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Howard Berger’s incredible prognostication skills:
2007-08: Mark Bell is the NHL’s comeback player of the year
2007-08: Kyle Wellwood’s Absence - a terrible blow to the Leafs
2008-09: Leafs to finish dead last in the NHL
Howard Berger is the anti-matter of the NHL universe.
ReplyDeleteBased on his previous projecions and those of Vukota for the 2009-10 season, it's obvious that Berger is somehow involved with that website. Both should be ignored. Hopefully they'll go away.
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