Best Fantasy Players in November

In keeping with the first post, this is meant to be a public record of each month's leading fantasy point getters. If someone starts trying to trade you Sheldon Souray in February, you'll be able to look back and see the month where he got all his points. Below are your outliers for November.

Top 12 Fantasy Point Totals:

Zdeno Chara (31.4)
Tomas Fleischmann (30.3)
Shea Weber (29)
Jonathan Toews (28.8)
Marian Hossa (28.4)
Ryan Suter (28.2)
Joffrey Lupul (27.7)
Patrick Sharp (27.3)
Brian Campbell (27)
Evgeni Malkin (26.9)
Johan Franzen (26.8)
Nicklas Lidstrom (26.2)

Top 12 Fantasy Point Averages:

Sidney Crosby (3.5) **Only five games played
Zdeno Chara (2.6)
Evgeni Malkin (2.2)
Ian White (2.2) **Only 9 games played
Tomas Fleischmann (2.2)
Steven Stamkos (2.1)
Joffrey Lupul (2.1)
Tyler Seguin (2.1)
James Neal (2.1)
Shea Weber (2.1)
Johan Franzen (2.1)
Nicklas Lidstrom (2.0)
Ryan Suter (2.0)
Brad Marchand (2.0)

Okay, that was 14, but two of them played fewer than 12 games in the month! Plus, exactly 14 players scored 2.0 or higher.

Top 5 Goalies:

Mike Smith (37.6 / 3.4)
Tim Thomas (31.3 / 3.9)
Jimmy Howard (34.3 / 2.6)
Henrik Lundqvist (27.3 / 3.0)
Niklas Backstrom (26.7 / 3.3) ** Only played 7 games
Brian Elliott (24.6 / 4.1) ** Only played 6 games


The only players or goalies to show up in both October and November? Joffrey Lupul and Evgeni Malkin. My brain tells me one of these guys is for real, and the other has a closing window on getting traded for Pronger a third time in his career. Also, we notice team trends on these lists so far. The Leafs and Capitals were well represented in October, and now the Blackhawks, Bruins, Panthers, Predators, Red Wings and Penguins are all present with multiple players.

Definitely Offside Podcast Ep.7:"We're Out Of Napkins"

Smitty, Gersy and K-Mac are back on the mics to rock you, Amadeus! That's right, you'll groove to this episode like it's funky 80's Eurotrashpop or like Gary Bettman dancing to the music of cash registers ringing with the returns of Sid's return! This week: Kessel covers R-Kelly, Lucic drops a beat on Ryan Miller's face, Milbury has Col. Parkeresque advice for Rick Nash, Jesus and Marx work together like ebony and ivory and we end up puttin' on the ritz by puttin' unsuspecting DO Leaguers on the spot! Surprises galore, not the least of which is Dale potentially saving a life with a well-timed phone call. Now get up outcha chairs and dance, bitches!



Show Notes: "Der Kommissar" was a Falco song, covered a year later by a British band called "After The Fire" - the latter was the version I knew first. Also, no animals were hurt in the taping of this episode, though some feelings may have been - single tear. 


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Definitely Offside Podcast Ep.6:"Human-Penguin Hybrid"

Aw, our little podcast is growing up so fast! Now 6 episodes old, it can tie its own shoes and fart when you pull its finger - cuuute! Come on and take a magical mustache ride with Kommissioner Kev, Gersy and Smitty! This week: Tampa and Philly confuse the lot of us; we dig into Fantasy Hockey player selection and see who performs waiver wire work like Jet Li in a Tsui Hark movie; we interview a very special celebrity guest on all things Crosby-related; we fail to find much to laugh about at Penn State* - but that's okay, we're only "horsing around".

C'mon and celebrate Movember in fine DO style - with some music by Moe Berg while watching Mo' Better Blues and drinking a Flaming Moe. In the midnight hour, she cried mo, mo, mo... podcast shenanigans! (Hey, Billy Idol, pull my finger.)



*Show notes: Penn State was originally our third period topic but given the serious tone smack-dab in the middle of the silliness, we thought it might be better to slot it into Overtime. So if a discussion on child abuse doesn't sound super fun to you, fair enough, you can bail out early. For the more intrepid - stick around, we think you'll find it worthwhile. Special thanks this episode go out to Chris Ham - his stuff glows.


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Definitely Offside Podcast Ep.5:"Release The Kraken!"

What happens when you unleash a large, angry bear into a windowless room filled with unsuspecting hockey nerds? Pure carnage. Well, maybe we had our suspicions. And maybe we shouldn't have left that pot of hunny out in the open, it was only ever going to provoke him. Ladies and gentlemen, may we present Jason Sullivan. Hear him fight off the flu to wax poetic and nonsensical on Georges Laraque, fantasy hockey domination, players he's never heard of, contract negotiations and the intake of alcohol through unlikely orifices. Ross, Mike and Kommissioner Kev fight to keep our own little Pooh Corner from becoming Jason's piss corner. Bonus: Mike outs all NHL steroid-users by deciphering the Laraque Code! Ooh, controversy! It's the stuff of juicy Hollywood thrillers. And by juicy, I mean injected with Human Growth Hormone.

Best players in October

Just so that we can reflect back on the each month's scoring leaders, I thought it would be nice to put together a quick list each month. Below are your overlords for through October.

Top 12 Fantasy Point Totals:

Phil Kessel (33.9)
MA Bergeron (29)
Joffrey Lupul (28.7)
Claude Giroux (28.6)
Kris Letang (27.8)
Thomas Vanek (27)
Alex Edler (26.8)
Dion Phaneuf (26.7)
Daniel Sedin (25.9)
Erik Karlsson (25.7)
Nicklas Backstrom (25.2)
Patrick Kane (25)

Top 12 Fantasy Point Averages:

Phil Kessel (2.6)
Kris Letang (2.3)
Nicklas Backstrom (2.3)
Evgeni Malkin (2.3)
Thomas Vanek (2.3)
MA Bergeron (2.2)
Joffrey Lupul (2.2)
Claude Giroux (2.2)
Dennis Wideman (2.1)
Mike Green (2.1)
Dion Phaneuf (2.1)
Sheldon Souray (2.0) (tied with Pominville, Pronger, and Pavelski)

Top 5 Goalies:

Nik Khabibulin (31 / 3.9)
Jonathan Quick (32.2 / 3.2)
Pekka Rinne (32.2 / 2.7)
Kari Lehtonen (29.1 / 2.8)
MA Fleury (26.3 / 2.6)

*Note, the next highest scoring goalie (Lundqvist) is a full 5 points (or 20%) behind Fluery.

So, for the record, this is bat shit crazy. Khabibulin, who was the 71st best goalie last year, is now the undisputed champ for one month. And three Leafs (including FUCKING LUPUL!) at the top of the scoring race. Phaneuf and Souray... is this 2007?!

Definitely Offside Podcast Ep.4: "Raffi Jolson"

Shake off your candy-coated Halloween hangovers and get down with the spookiest, scariest DO episode yet! The Kommish and Ross talk Raffi's Banaphone-pas, mustaches, Oilers, Leafs, Sens, ice cream, Cowboys & Injuns and pedophilia! Now isn't that just the Halloweeniest podcast you could ever wish upon a Snickers bar for? You bet it is, partners, you bet it is. As a bonus you can make a drinking game out of it by doing a Yagger shot every time Ross says a variant of the word "particular" or every time you hear Kev click his pen off-mic! You'll be hammered in no time! We're here to help. Get you drunk. Again.