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Schedule Advantage Oct 27-Nov2

 

Team

# Games

Mon. 27

Tues. 28

Weds.29

Thurs. 30

Fri. 31

Sat. Nv1

Sun. Nv2

Atl.

4


PHI


@ NYR


@NJ

FLA

Bos.

4

@EDM

@VAN


@CAL


DAL


Buff.

3

OTT



TB


WSH


Car.

4


@MTL


@STL


EDM

TOR

Fla.

3




OTT


@NSH

@ATL

Mtl.

3


CAR


@MIN


@NYI


Nj.

2



TOR



ATL


NYI.

3

NYR



@PHI


MTL


NYR.

3

@NYI



ATL


@TOR


Ott.

3

@BUFF



@FLA


@TB


Phl.

3


@ATL


NYI



EDM

Pitt.

3


@SJ


@PHX


@STL


Tb.

3


@TOR


@BUFF


OTT


Tor.

4


TB

@NJ



NYR

@CAR

Wsh.

2


NSH




@BUFF


Ana.

4

@CLM


DET


VAN


CAL

Cal.

4


COL


BOS


@LA

@ANA

Chc.

3

@MIN




DAL

@CLM


Col.

3


@CAL


CLM



SJ

Clm.

3

ANA



@COL


CHC


Dal.

3



MIN


@CHC

@BOS


Det.

3

@LA


@ANA




@VAN

Edm.

4

BOS



@NSH


@CAR

@PHI

LA.

3

DET



VAN


CAL


Min.

4

CHC


@DAL

MTL


@PHX


Nsh.

3


@WSH


EDM


FLA


Phx.

2




PITT


MIN


Stl.

2




CAR


PITT


SJ.

2


PITT





@COL

Van.

4


BOS


@LA

@ANA


DET










 

*4 Game weeks belong to Atlanta, Boston, Carolina, and Toronto  in the East , and Anaheim ,Calgary, Edmonton, Minnesota, and Vancouver in the West .


* 2 Game weeks belong to  New Jersey and Washington in the East and Phoenix, San Jose and St Louis in the West .

* As this was written it was reported in the Washington Post that Alexander Ovechkin would not be with the team at least for the start of the week against Nashville . Ovechkin was returning to Russia to see his ailing grandfather . Being that the Caps only have a 2 game week it might be wise to bench Ovechkin (the Caps play Saturday in Buffalo and it's unclear if he'll be back by then)as well as some of your marginal Cap forwards .

* Roll with all your Rangers this week - three games with the opposition being the Islanders , Atlanta, and the Leafs it looks to be a very offensively friendly schedule .

* Edmonton is rolling to start the year and a 4 game week where they get Boston , Nashville, Carolina and the Flyers looks very enticing .

* I am on record as being very high on a number of the young Coyotes . I would probably be inclined to bench most of them this week as they get the Pens and the Wild- two teams that should keep their goal total light for the week .

* Despite the better play this weekend from the Flyers, I would still bench both Biron and Niittymaki this week . The team is allowing an awful lot of chances and in a 3 game week I have no idea which guy will get the two starts and who gets the one .

* Roll with the Wild Niklas Backstrom again . Minnesota is playing 4 games and even with backup Josh Harding finally healthy (eye) look for Backstrom to get at least 3 starts .

* Ditto for Henrik Lundqvist of the Rangers . Assuming your league counts wins, he has a chance to record at least 2 this coming week (Islanders, Thrashers, Leafs).