Some Hockey Ramblings by the Doctor

Written by Dr Furious on October 07, 2005

It is Friday morning once again, and Furious is a disgruntled individual. Unlike the fortuitous Worm, Furious does not have the luxury of going to school full time while living the dorm life. There are no eighteen to twenty year old biddies walking around my apartment. All I get to deal with is work complications and three papers to write this weekend. Fantasy football has been unkind to the Doctor as well. Despite having the fantasy beast, aka LaDainian Tomlinson and role players like Torry Holt and Santana Moss, Furious is 1-2-1 in the CFG Fantasy Experts League. My 325 fantasy points are the fifth highest total in the league, but that is the beauty of head-to-head leagues right there. So believe me when I say, there is always plenty of hate to dispense on a Friday.

Instead of unleashing some anger this morning, Furious is going to point out a few surprises in fantasy hockey. I am aware that there have only been two nights of hockey, but it is always good to start early. Besides, if I do not give you all the goods, who else will? On that note, let’s get the proceedings proceeding this morning.

Gretzky

His team is still winless … weird. Maybe he should coach a better team. Let’s move on.

Marc Chouinard

In the opening game, Chouinard dropped a hat trick on the Flames, including the game winner. That is a pretty damn good game right there. He scored on every shot he took, so that is a huge bonus for any leagues that include shot percentage as a category. For leagues that include shots on goal, you would like to see Marc take a few more slap shots. Based on his numbers, I would not go pick up Chouinard just yet. If you had him on your team, then you definitely knew something I did not.

Roberto Luongo

Loungo had a very good start to the season. All he did was shut out the Thrashers, stopping all 34 attempts en route to the win. Looks like the layoff or rule changes did not affect Roberto’s game. Then again it he was facing the Thrashers. All Luongo owners (oh yes he is on the squad that loves Hittin Pipes, my team in the Rotogods fanasy hockey league) should be happy about what they have seen thus far. I think it is safe to say that Roberto will give up a goal at some point during the course of the season.

Injury Update

Anyone who is the proud owner of Mr. Mats Sundin better start looking for a replacement right about now. Sundin got smacked in the eye with a puck and is going to be out four to six weeks. The only other consolation that I can offer comes in the form of a nice, folded compilation of paper with a whole bunch of Chinese writing on it … So Solly!

Well folks, that will just about do it for me this morning. In the downtime between the three papers I will be writing this weekend, Furious will attempt to hit you off with some analysis from the Rotogods Fantasy Hockey draft. Yeah, it’s a little late, but maybe you procrastinators have not drafted yet. The offering is a little edgy, but I believe that it falls within hate-free guidelines. What can I say, I only got about three hours of sleep yesterday. Visit our boys at Cool Fantasy Guys for more useful information than we provide here. Furious hopes to get a bottle of the Black Bush this weekend, to wash the pain away. The spoils from a bet in our baseball league is all I got right now. Have a good one.

Spew some hate (or love) in Doc’s direction via email at docfury@rotogods.com

-- Written by Dr Furious on October 07, 2005