Shark Week: Week 10 Player Rankings
by FTF Staff on Dec 12, 2010 12:04 PM PST
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Print"Shark Week" will be a piece that runs every weekend on Fear the Fin, where Plank and TCY will track the progress of the players over the course of each week. The players are listed alphabetically, the arrows will indicate the change on a weekly basis. We will also keep track of our top five Sharks players each week.
Big stick tap to Japer's Rink, whose weekly feature called "Capitals Ups and Downs" helped inspire this series. In fact, we pretty much stole it entirely.
Goalies___________
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Antti Niemi
Although he started the season poorly, Niemi has taken the starting job from Niittymaki. He's 3-2 in December with a 2.53 GAA and a .909 SV%. Rebounds, like the ones we saw last night against Chicago, will always be an issue.
Antero Niittymaki
Great early in the season, not so great lately. He has a .886 SV% and a 3.69 GAA in December. Goaltending tandem has historically helped him succeed.
Defensemen_______
Dan Boyle
Isn't scoring at a rapid pace, but he's had to adjust his style to play heavy minutes. His 27:43 average in December is the highest for him all year. Needs help shouldering the load.
Justin Braun
Braun hasn't been making as many defensive mistakes as he did initially, and he's still chipping in on offense. Six points in eight games with the team. Lots of potential.
Jason Demers
Came back from injury and has looked good. Wasn't shining offensively early, but has come around lately with a nice goal against Philadelphia and a breathtaking play against Chicago which resulted in a Clowe tally. Is getting better defensively with every game. Exciting to watch.
Kent Huskins
Hasn't played since 11/27 in Edmonton. Going to have to fight for his spot once he gets healthy, but had a great year with Demers before injury.
Derek Joslin
Although he's impressed us with his physicality and offensive instincts, there's no room for him right now, especially with Braun stepping up. A Huskins return might mean a trip to Worcester based solely on roster space.
Douglas Murray
A factor in every game simply because of his physicality. Isn't letting that take him out of plays like he has in the past. Developing some offensive skills, though still obviously not a strong suit of his game.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Recovered from a dismal 25 games to start the season. Has played solid defense and contributed to the offensive flow, adding 3 points (1 G, 2 A) in the last two games.
Niclas Wallin
Better than many expected this year. Physical, positionally sound. Hamburgers.
Forwards__________
Ryane Clowe
Like many of the Sharks, he's turned it on as of late. Three goals, seven assists in six December games. Phenomenal board work.
Logan Couture
Close edge over Clowe for best Shark right now. Couture leads the team in goals and leads the Calder Trophy Race.
Benn Ferriero
Has meshed well with Couture and Clowe, should stick with the team. Scoring pop (3 G) has helped him make a case.
Dany Heatley
Hasn't shown up on the scoreboard much, but has been more creative as of late. Engaged in game. Ol' Pixistix hands-- they're sweet.
Patrick Marleau
Struggling mightily as of late. Looks a step behind in all situations, contributing to an atrocious -17. Needs to turn it on. Yesterday.
Jamal Mayers
Surprising speed and tenacity. A much better signing than originally thought.
John McCarthy
Hasn't been much of a factor lately, but contributing minutes. Hard to see him sticking when Setoguchi returns.
Jamie McGinn
Needs to start scoring points. He's been demoted to a fourth line role, but looked good against Chicago and had some scoring chances just miss.
Torrey Mitchell
Speed finally returning to his game.
Scott Nichol
Same 'ol Scotty. Doing exactly what you'd expect of him.
Joe Pavelski
Power play tally in Philadelphia was nice, but the team needs more Big Pavelski and less Little Joe.
Joe Thornton
In a mild slump, but there doesn't appear to be an underlying issue. Marleau's efforts have not helped point totals.
Devin Setoguchi
Still out with an upper body injury, but hopes to return soon. Upcoming road trip is likely.
Logan Couture
Ryane Clowe
Dany Heatley
Dan Boyle
Douglas Murray
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Pretty cool.
I’ll be looking forward to seeing this in action through the coming weeks.
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Great stuff. Plagiarism is nothing to be scared of…
And you think you live in a non-traditional hockey market...
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not true plagiarism if you give credit. But a good idea is a good idea. Nice piece, guys.
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Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife
Remember when Ryan Clowe was trade bait?
That he was a PP specialist, and his sole skill was an ability to hold on to the puck along the boards for a substantial period of time before slinging a bad pass into traffic?
And I always thought Couture would be a better offensive player than Pavelski, but never did I think it would happen this fast.
idk. i still think he is
not that he isn’t AHHMAZING; but if you look at the capspace, we only have ~1m to play with (according to capgeek). so if we are going to bring in a top4 dman, its going to cost money. but if you look at who we can trade for that money, its huskins (no one will take), torrey (good bait), seto (no one is sure of his value), and clowe (everyone wants).
im not saying that we should trade him, but if want a top dman, we may have to. otherwise its a trade consisting of seto and torrey (2.1 mil) giving 3mi we can take. and a trade of both those peices means we are giving up too much unless we get a very big, cheap.
either way, i think a trade based around clowe is always a possibilty.
by redlandmover on Dec 12, 2010 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I think you’d be surprised at who’d take Huskins. I don’t think he’ll get us a top 4 defenseman by himself (since if he could, we’d already have that guy), but he’s not chopped liver, either. He’s a decent add-on to clear cap space, not a centerpiece, but with teams desperate for defense the fact that he’s steady will give him value.
I just talk a lot and somehow accidentally say things that sound smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
This is an oddly fitting reply to a comment I just made to you in another thread...
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HAHA It totally is.
I just talk a lot and somehow accidentally say things that sound smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
Remember when he was a PP specialist...
Clowe has 28 points… 26 of which came at even strength, including all of his goals.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
hah, good rankings. I’m a bit bummed if they send McCarthy down… I love him. But I guess I can see that, it’s just too bad because McGinn is the one who really needs the Worcester minutes, he just can’t be sent down. :/
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also logan's eyes look a bit demonic in that photo...
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My sister and I once sat down and ranked all of the Sharks in order from our most favorite to least favorite. It was fun. Kent Huskins was my least favorite :P
mine too!
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by waive kent huskins on Dec 12, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
I find this shocking!
/sarcasm
I just talk a lot and somehow accidentally say things that sound smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
I at least don’t understand why he’s so disliked.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
He got the proto-Wallin-contract?
That’s really all I can think of.
I just talk a lot and somehow accidentally say things that sound smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
This is excellent stuff!
Great to see a nice chart of all the players and how well (or not so well) they have faired recently! I look forward to seeing this weekly!!
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This is a great idea. I fully support this.
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by sharks in oc on Dec 12, 2010 1:38 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I like this
You should steal more ideas, combining and using good stuff eventually will evolve FTF into THE ULTIMATE BLOG!
2 cents..
Maybe make a up and down arrow column by the roster names with 5 game avgs, updated after every game..
by sharkblood99 on Dec 12, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
When I first loaded the page and saw the arrows, I thought to myself “wait, did I accidentally click over to Japers?” Haha, good stuff, guys. I always thought that was a neat feature on the Caps blog…glad yall stole it!
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Very candid responses from Wilson about the club currently. It’s obviously a little smoothed out in true Doug Wilson fashion, but he calls out a lot of players, many of which have minuses and trending down arrows above. Good read.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Also
I think he’s as tired of Cheechoo questions as I am.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Why? Are we calling him up? Because we totally should! Right?
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"The last time I made a video in a hotel room…..very different than this." – Drew Remenda
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I just had the image of DW being all...
“Like ED says, we can’t call him up. Stop asking. Now, back to my two phones…”
I just talk a lot and somehow accidentally say things that sound smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
I'll happily take the job of handling Cheechoo questions for the organization
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Looks like he has a lot of confidence in Rooster Hair.
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It's a good read.
I found his comments on Dan Boyle to be the most interesting out of all the responses.
I dig this.
I think it does a nice job of summarizing their play and the general mood of the community on each player.
I just talk a lot and somehow accidentally say things that sound smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
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