Slowest. Hockey. Draft. Ever. Update.
When we last checked in to the SHDE, I was feeling pretty good about my chances. Then Evgeni Malkin decided to hand the keys to the Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup chances over to Sid the Kid. And then Brain Rafalski decided to get hurt when the Red Wings had a week off. And then Marian Hossa and Henrik Sedin went missing. All in all, a bad second round for the 4th Star, as I now sit in second place.
Down but not out, though. A gentleman by the name of Carey Chapko leads the pool with 87 points, but after Washington and Anaheim drop Game Sevens he has no players left. I’m next with 68 points, holding four players (Malkin, Rafalski, Hossa, and Eric Staal) for the final two rounds. MasterClark rounds out the Top 3 with 58 points. He’s still sitting in the weeds with four players, too, but two of them are of Detroit quality and two of them are of Chicago roots.
So, 19 points back with two rounds to go. The way I see it, I need Staal to score 12 goals in the four-game sweep by the Penguins to make this thing sing.
