Here’s the deal with my office pool. I currently sit in the top 2 in the following categories: Goals, PIM, SHP, GAA, SV%. I’m in the bottom 4 in: A , +/-, PPP, SHO. I’m middle of the pack in goalie wins.
The way I figure it, I could start benching my goalies now (Nabokov, Price, and IR’d Varlamov) and only stand to lose a few points from the wins and shutout categories. Worst case scenario, I’d drop a few points from the GAA/SV% as well, although since I’ve been rolling primarily with Nabokov only for the last 2 months, those numbers are unlikely to give much.
(This pool is near Yahoo standard, for the record.)
All told, I would probably sacrifice about 9 points (from 3 to 1 (2) in SO, 6.5 to 1 (5.5) in WINS, and a max of 1.5 between GAA/SV%) by not playing any goalies the rest of the year.
If I trade those goalies, particularly Nabokov, I could probably get a pretty nice return. If I can use that return, along with some nifty waiver-wire manoeuvring, I could probably pick up more than 9 points across ASSISTS, PLUS/MINUS, and POWER-PLAY POINTS.
So that’s the plan. I’m going to trade my goalies and see what kind of return I can get. I’m currently working on a deal that would put Crosby AND Joe Thornton in my line-up, although I’ll likely have to sacrifice a forward (Rick Nash) to make it happen.