Rotoworld Playoff Pool Recap

Congratulations to Daric Harrison of Calgary on winning the Rotoworld playoff pool, defeating Rotoworld's Brett Lockwood and Brian Rosenbaum who finished second and third respectively.

Daric wins the Rotoworld 2011 Hockey Guide and Season's Pass.

Thanks once again to Fantasypostseason.com for hosting the pool. It is an outstanding site. The site is also available for Basketball, Football and Baseball and I definitely recommend it.

I'm going to recap the pool with the best and worst picks of each round.

The format was as follows:

5 Forwards
1 Defenseman
3 Forwards/Defensemen
1 Goaltender

Points were awarded in the following manner.
Goal: 2
Shot on goal: 0.1
Assist: 1
Plus/Minus: +/-.5
Save: 0.1
Goal Allowed: -1
Win : 4
Loss:-1
Shutout: 5

Round One
1.01 (1) Ryan Dadoun: Alex Ovechkin, Capitals
1.02 (2) Marc Lapierre: Sidney Crosby, Penguins
1.03 (3) Stickler: Tim Thomas, Bruins
1.04 (4) Cannons: Daniel Sedin, Canucks
1.05 (5) My Cousin Vinny: Roberto Luongo, Canucks
1.06 (6) Strohsbeer: Michal Neuvirth, Capitals
1.07 (7) Two to Tanguay: Antti Niemi, Sharks
1.08 (8) Brett Lockwood: Henrik Sedin, Canucks
1.09 (9) Kevin Brown: Ryan Kesler, Canucks
1.10 (10) Michael Finewax: Marc-Andre Fleury, Penguins
1.11 (11) Freiguy88: Nicklas Backstrom, Capitals
1.12 (12) Soloy: Sergei Bobrovsky, Flyers
1.13 (13) GoLeafsGoeh: Jimmy Howard, Red Wings
1.14 (14) Corey Abbott: Ryan Miller, Sabres
1.15 (15) Brian Rosenbaum: Dwayne Roloson, Lightning

Best Pick: Daric Harrison (Stickler) selected Tim Thomas who had more points with 103.6 than the bottom four teams.

Worst Pick: Sidney Crosby who did not play.

Round Two

2.01 (16) Steve Stamkos, Lightning
2.02 (17) Pavel Datsyuk. Red Wings
2.03 (18) Alexander Semin, Capitals
2.04 (19) Jeff Carter, Flyers
2.05 (20) Patrick Marleau, Sharks
2.06 (21) Alex Burrows, Canucks
2.07 (22) Pekka Rinne, Predators
2.08 (23) Milan Lucic, Bruins
2.09 (24) Joe Pavelski, Sharks
2.10 (25) Mike Richards, Flyers
2.11 (26) Corey Perry, Ducks
2.12 (27) Carey Price, Canadiens
2.13 (28) Logan Couture, Sharks
2.14 (29) Henrik Zetterberg, Red Wings
2.15 (30) Dany Heatley, Sharks

Best Pick: Alex Burrows was the best pick of the second round.

Worst Pick: Surprisingly, Jeff Carter had the least amount of points.

Round Three

3.01 (31) Joe Thornton, Sharks
3.02 (32) Johan Franzen, Red Wings
3.03 (33) Nathan Horton, Bruins
3.04 (34) Christian Ehrhoff, Canucks
3.05 (35) Daniel Briere, Flyers
3.06 (36) Martin St. Louis, Lightning
3.07 (37) Claude Giroux, Flyers
3.08 (38) Patrice Bergeron, Bruins
3.09 (39) Mikael Samuelsson, Canucks
3.10 (40) Kris Letang, Penguins
3.11 (41) Mike Green, Capitals
3.12 (42) Ville Leino, Flyers
3.13 (43) Alexander Edler, Canucks
3.14 (44) David Krejci, Bruins
3.15 (45) Dan Boyle, Sharks

Best Pick: Cory Abbott had a great pick in David Krejci. Nathan Horton was in consideration until he was hurt in the Stanley Cup Final.

Worst Pick: Mikael Samuelsson who was injured in the second round and did not return.

Round Four

4.01 (46) Vincent Lecavalier, Lightning
4.02 (47) Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings
4.03 (48) Brooks Laich, Capitals
4.04 (49) Lubomir Visnovsky, Ducks
4.05 (50) Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks
4.06 (51) Ryane Clowe, Sharks
4.07 (52) Zdeno Chara, Bruins
4.08 (53) Daniel Cleary, Red Wings
4.09 (54) Bobby Ryan, Ducks
4.10 (55) Mike Knuble, Capitals
4.11 (56) Chris Kunitz, Penguins
4.12 (57) Simon Gagne, Lightning
4.13 (58) Thomas Vanek, Sabres
4.14 (59) Brian Rafalski, Red Wings
4.15 (60) Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks

Best Pick: Vincent Lecavalier was the top pick this round with 33.6 points.

Worst Pick: Chris Kunitz of the Penguins played only one round and had a measly 2.8 points.

Round Five

5.01 (61) Patrick Kane, Blackhawks
5.02 (62) John Carlson, Capitals
5.03 (63) Drew Stafford, Sabres
5.04 (64) Jason Arnott, Capitals
5.05 (65) Michael Cammalleri, Canadiens
5.06 (66) Devin Setoguchi, Sharks
5.07 (67) Scott Hartnell, Flyers
5.08 (68) James Neal, Penguins
5.09 (69) Tomas Kaberle, Bruins
5.10 (70) Jordan Staal, Penguins
5.11 (71) Ilya Bryzgalov, Coyotes
5.12 (72) James van Riemsdyk, Flyers
5.13 (73) Mason Raymond, Canucks
5.14 (74) Patrick Sharp, Blackhawks
5.15 (75) Teemu Selanne, Ducks

Best Pick: Devin Setoguchi had 20 points narrowly beating out James van Riemsdyk and Tomas Kaberle.

Worst Pick: Ilya Bryzgalov was the worst pick of the draft as he was minus 8.7.

Round Six

6.01 (76) Steve Downie, Lightning
6.02 (77) Ryan Malone, Lightning
6.03 (78) Christopher Higgins, Canucks
6.04 (79) Patric Hornqvist, Predators
6.05 (80) Chris Pronger, Flyers
6.06 (81) Kevin Bieksa, Canucks
6.07 (82) Martin Erat, Predators
6.08 (83) Brad Marchand, Bruins
6.09 (84) Kimmo Timonen, Flyers
6.10 (85) Shea Weber, Predators
6.11 (86) Keith Yandle, Coyotes
6.12 (87) Teddy Purcell, Lightning
6.13 (88) Rich Peverley, Bruins
6.14 (89) Valtteri Filppula, Red Wings
6.15 (90) Marian Hossa, Blackhawks

Best Pick: Brad Marchand was an outstanding pick with 42.1 points.

Worst Pick: Chris Pronger had minus .1 points in the playoffs with this format.

Round Seven

7.01 (91) Marco Sturm, Capitals
7.02 (92) Jiri Hudler, Red Wings
7.03 (93) Jason Pominville, Sabres
7.04 (94) Tomas Holmstrom. Red Wings
7.05 (95) Kris Versteeg, Flyers
7.06 (96) Sergei Kostitsyn, Predators
7.07 (97) Tyler Kennedy, Penguins
7.08 (98) Pascal Dupuis, Penguins
7.09 (99) Tyler Ennis, Sabres
7.10 (100) Dan Hamhuis, Canucks
7.11 (101)Brian Gionta, Canadiens
7.12 (102) David Legwand, Predators
7.13 (103) Mark Recchi, Bruins
7.14 (104) Tim Connolly, Sabres
7.15 (105) Saku Koivu, Ducks

Best Pick: The now-retired Mark Recchi finished his career with a Stanley Cup. He also was the best selection in Round 7 by GoLeafsGoeh with 26.5.

Worst Pick: Tim Connolly was picked right after Recchi and had a round-worst 2.2 points.

Round Eight

8.01 (106) Cam Fowler, Ducks
8.02 (107) Brad Boyes, Sabres
8.03 (108) Eric Fehr, Capitals
8.04 (109) Blake Geoffrion, Predators
8.05 (110) Matt Carle, Flyers
8.06 (111) Raffi Torres, Canucks
8.07 (112) Michael Ryder, Bruins
8.08 (113) Todd Bertuzzi, Red Wings
8.09 (114) Tomas Plekanec, Canadiens
8.10 (115) Marcus Johansson, Capitals
8.11 (116) P.K. Subban, Canadiens
8.12 (117) Justin Abdelkader, Red Wings
8.13 (118) Ian White, Sharks
8.14 (119) Niklas Kronwall, Red Wings
8.15 (120) Shane Doan, Coyotes

Best Pick: Michael Ryder had 33.4 points.

Worst Pick: Justin Abdelkader was a minus .3.

Round Nine

9.01 (121) Andrej Meszaros, Flyers
9.02 (122) Corey Crawford, Blackhawks
9.03 (123) Dennis Seidenberg, Bruins
9.04 (124) Jason Blake, Ducks
9.05 (125) Jannik Hansen, Canucks
9.06 (126) Brent Seabrook, Blackhawks
9.07 (127) Justin Williams, Kings
9.08 (128) Jon Quick, Kings
9.09 (129) Marian Gaborik, Rangers
9.10 (130) Alexei Kovalev, Penguins
9.11 (131) Mark Letestu, Penguins
9.12 (132) Ryan Suter, Predators
9.13 (133) Dustin Brown, Kings
9.14 (134) Brandon Dubinsky, Rangers
9.15 (135) Duncan Keith, Blackhawks

Best Pick: Dennis Seidenberg led everyone selected in Round 9 with 24.3 points.

Worst Pick: Mark Letestu had 1.1 points when eliminated in the opening round.

Round Ten

10.01 (136) Vaclav Prospal, Rangers
10.02 (137) James Wisniewski, Capitals
10.03 (138) Ryan Smyth, Kings
10.04 (139) Mike Fisher, Predators
10.05 (140) Ray Whitney, Coyotes
10.06 (141) Sami Salo, Canucks
10.07 (142) Derek Stepan, Rangers
10.08 (143) Johnny Boychuk, Bruins
10.09 (144) Nikolay Zherdev, Flyers
10.10 (145) Dennis Wideman, Capitals
10.11 (146) Drew Doughty, Kings
10.12 (147) Jeff Tambellini, Canucks
10.13 (148) Radim Vrbata, Coyotes
10.14 (149) Darren Helm, Red Wings
10.15 (150) Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers

Best Pick: Johnny Boychuk was a great last round pick by Brett Lockwood as he ended up with 23.1 points.

Worst Pick: Selected just before Boychuk was Derek Stepan who was minus 2.1.

Seven Bruins were the best picks in their respective rounds while one Lightning, one Canuck and one Shark managed to be the best pick of their rounds.

Congratulations and thanks to all the participants. We will do it again next season.

Congratulations to Daric Harrison of Calgary on winning the Rotoworld playoff pool, defeating Rotoworld's Brett Lockwood and Brian Rosenbaum who finished second and third respectively.

Daric wins the Rotoworld 2011 Hockey Guide and Season's Pass.

Thanks once again to Fantasypostseason.com for hosting the pool. It is an outstanding site. The site is also available for Basketball, Football and Baseball and I definitely recommend it.

I'm going to recap the pool with the best and worst picks of each round.

The format was as follows:

5 Forwards
1 Defenseman
3 Forwards/Defensemen
1 Goaltender

Points were awarded in the following manner.
Goal: 2
Shot on goal: 0.1
Assist: 1
Plus/Minus: +/-.5
Save: 0.1
Goal Allowed: -1
Win : 4
Loss:-1
Shutout: 5

Round One
1.01 (1) Ryan Dadoun: Alex Ovechkin, Capitals
1.02 (2) Marc Lapierre: Sidney Crosby, Penguins
1.03 (3) Stickler: Tim Thomas, Bruins
1.04 (4) Cannons: Daniel Sedin, Canucks
1.05 (5) My Cousin Vinny: Roberto Luongo, Canucks
1.06 (6) Strohsbeer: Michal Neuvirth, Capitals
1.07 (7) Two to Tanguay: Antti Niemi, Sharks
1.08 (8) Brett Lockwood: Henrik Sedin, Canucks
1.09 (9) Kevin Brown: Ryan Kesler, Canucks
1.10 (10) Michael Finewax: Marc-Andre Fleury, Penguins
1.11 (11) Freiguy88: Nicklas Backstrom, Capitals
1.12 (12) Soloy: Sergei Bobrovsky, Flyers
1.13 (13) GoLeafsGoeh: Jimmy Howard, Red Wings
1.14 (14) Corey Abbott: Ryan Miller, Sabres
1.15 (15) Brian Rosenbaum: Dwayne Roloson, Lightning

Best Pick: Daric Harrison (Stickler) selected Tim Thomas who had more points with 103.6 than the bottom four teams.

Worst Pick: Sidney Crosby who did not play.

Round Two

2.01 (16) Steve Stamkos, Lightning
2.02 (17) Pavel Datsyuk. Red Wings
2.03 (18) Alexander Semin, Capitals
2.04 (19) Jeff Carter, Flyers
2.05 (20) Patrick Marleau, Sharks
2.06 (21) Alex Burrows, Canucks
2.07 (22) Pekka Rinne, Predators
2.08 (23) Milan Lucic, Bruins
2.09 (24) Joe Pavelski, Sharks
2.10 (25) Mike Richards, Flyers
2.11 (26) Corey Perry, Ducks
2.12 (27) Carey Price, Canadiens
2.13 (28) Logan Couture, Sharks
2.14 (29) Henrik Zetterberg, Red Wings
2.15 (30) Dany Heatley, Sharks

Best Pick: Alex Burrows was the best pick of the second round.

Worst Pick: Surprisingly, Jeff Carter had the least amount of points.

Round Three

3.01 (31) Joe Thornton, Sharks
3.02 (32) Johan Franzen, Red Wings
3.03 (33) Nathan Horton, Bruins
3.04 (34) Christian Ehrhoff, Canucks
3.05 (35) Daniel Briere, Flyers
3.06 (36) Martin St. Louis, Lightning
3.07 (37) Claude Giroux, Flyers
3.08 (38) Patrice Bergeron, Bruins
3.09 (39) Mikael Samuelsson, Canucks
3.10 (40) Kris Letang, Penguins
3.11 (41) Mike Green, Capitals
3.12 (42) Ville Leino, Flyers
3.13 (43) Alexander Edler, Canucks
3.14 (44) David Krejci, Bruins
3.15 (45) Dan Boyle, Sharks

Best Pick: Cory Abbott had a great pick in David Krejci. Nathan Horton was in consideration until he was hurt in the Stanley Cup Final.

Worst Pick: Mikael Samuelsson who was injured in the second round and did not return.

Round Four

4.01 (46) Vincent Lecavalier, Lightning
4.02 (47) Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings
4.03 (48) Brooks Laich, Capitals
4.04 (49) Lubomir Visnovsky, Ducks
4.05 (50) Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks
4.06 (51) Ryane Clowe, Sharks
4.07 (52) Zdeno Chara, Bruins
4.08 (53) Daniel Cleary, Red Wings
4.09 (54) Bobby Ryan, Ducks
4.10 (55) Mike Knuble, Capitals
4.11 (56) Chris Kunitz, Penguins
4.12 (57) Simon Gagne, Lightning
4.13 (58) Thomas Vanek, Sabres
4.14 (59) Brian Rafalski, Red Wings
4.15 (60) Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks

Best Pick: Vincent Lecavalier was the top pick this round with 33.6 points.

Worst Pick: Chris Kunitz of the Penguins played only one round and had a measly 2.8 points.

Round Five

5.01 (61) Patrick Kane, Blackhawks
5.02 (62) John Carlson, Capitals
5.03 (63) Drew Stafford, Sabres
5.04 (64) Jason Arnott, Capitals
5.05 (65) Michael Cammalleri, Canadiens
5.06 (66) Devin Setoguchi, Sharks
5.07 (67) Scott Hartnell, Flyers
5.08 (68) James Neal, Penguins
5.09 (69) Tomas Kaberle, Bruins
5.10 (70) Jordan Staal, Penguins
5.11 (71) Ilya Bryzgalov, Coyotes
5.12 (72) James van Riemsdyk, Flyers
5.13 (73) Mason Raymond, Canucks
5.14 (74) Patrick Sharp, Blackhawks
5.15 (75) Teemu Selanne, Ducks

Best Pick: Devin Setoguchi had 20 points narrowly beating out James van Riemsdyk and Tomas Kaberle.

Worst Pick: Ilya Bryzgalov was the worst pick of the draft as he was minus 8.7.

Round Six

6.01 (76) Steve Downie, Lightning
6.02 (77) Ryan Malone, Lightning
6.03 (78) Christopher Higgins, Canucks
6.04 (79) Patric Hornqvist, Predators
6.05 (80) Chris Pronger, Flyers
6.06 (81) Kevin Bieksa, Canucks
6.07 (82) Martin Erat, Predators
6.08 (83) Brad Marchand, Bruins
6.09 (84) Kimmo Timonen, Flyers
6.10 (85) Shea Weber, Predators
6.11 (86) Keith Yandle, Coyotes
6.12 (87) Teddy Purcell, Lightning
6.13 (88) Rich Peverley, Bruins
6.14 (89) Valtteri Filppula, Red Wings
6.15 (90) Marian Hossa, Blackhawks

Best Pick: Brad Marchand was an outstanding pick with 42.1 points.

Worst Pick: Chris Pronger had minus .1 points in the playoffs with this format.

Round Seven

7.01 (91) Marco Sturm, Capitals
7.02 (92) Jiri Hudler, Red Wings
7.03 (93) Jason Pominville, Sabres
7.04 (94) Tomas Holmstrom. Red Wings
7.05 (95) Kris Versteeg, Flyers
7.06 (96) Sergei Kostitsyn, Predators
7.07 (97) Tyler Kennedy, Penguins
7.08 (98) Pascal Dupuis, Penguins
7.09 (99) Tyler Ennis, Sabres
7.10 (100) Dan Hamhuis, Canucks
7.11 (101)Brian Gionta, Canadiens
7.12 (102) David Legwand, Predators
7.13 (103) Mark Recchi, Bruins
7.14 (104) Tim Connolly, Sabres
7.15 (105) Saku Koivu, Ducks

Best Pick: The now-retired Mark Recchi finished his career with a Stanley Cup. He also was the best selection in Round 7 by GoLeafsGoeh with 26.5.

Worst Pick: Tim Connolly was picked right after Recchi and had a round-worst 2.2 points.

Round Eight

8.01 (106) Cam Fowler, Ducks
8.02 (107) Brad Boyes, Sabres
8.03 (108) Eric Fehr, Capitals
8.04 (109) Blake Geoffrion, Predators
8.05 (110) Matt Carle, Flyers
8.06 (111) Raffi Torres, Canucks
8.07 (112) Michael Ryder, Bruins
8.08 (113) Todd Bertuzzi, Red Wings
8.09 (114) Tomas Plekanec, Canadiens
8.10 (115) Marcus Johansson, Capitals
8.11 (116) P.K. Subban, Canadiens
8.12 (117) Justin Abdelkader, Red Wings
8.13 (118) Ian White, Sharks
8.14 (119) Niklas Kronwall, Red Wings
8.15 (120) Shane Doan, Coyotes

Best Pick: Michael Ryder had 33.4 points.

Worst Pick: Justin Abdelkader was a minus .3.

Round Nine

9.01 (121) Andrej Meszaros, Flyers
9.02 (122) Corey Crawford, Blackhawks
9.03 (123) Dennis Seidenberg, Bruins
9.04 (124) Jason Blake, Ducks
9.05 (125) Jannik Hansen, Canucks
9.06 (126) Brent Seabrook, Blackhawks
9.07 (127) Justin Williams, Kings
9.08 (128) Jon Quick, Kings
9.09 (129) Marian Gaborik, Rangers
9.10 (130) Alexei Kovalev, Penguins
9.11 (131) Mark Letestu, Penguins
9.12 (132) Ryan Suter, Predators
9.13 (133) Dustin Brown, Kings
9.14 (134) Brandon Dubinsky, Rangers
9.15 (135) Duncan Keith, Blackhawks

Best Pick: Dennis Seidenberg led everyone selected in Round 9 with 24.3 points.

Worst Pick: Mark Letestu had 1.1 points when eliminated in the opening round.

Round Ten

10.01 (136) Vaclav Prospal, Rangers
10.02 (137) James Wisniewski, Capitals
10.03 (138) Ryan Smyth, Kings
10.04 (139) Mike Fisher, Predators
10.05 (140) Ray Whitney, Coyotes
10.06 (141) Sami Salo, Canucks
10.07 (142) Derek Stepan, Rangers
10.08 (143) Johnny Boychuk, Bruins
10.09 (144) Nikolay Zherdev, Flyers
10.10 (145) Dennis Wideman, Capitals
10.11 (146) Drew Doughty, Kings
10.12 (147) Jeff Tambellini, Canucks
10.13 (148) Radim Vrbata, Coyotes
10.14 (149) Darren Helm, Red Wings
10.15 (150) Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers

Best Pick: Johnny Boychuk was a great last round pick by Brett Lockwood as he ended up with 23.1 points.

Worst Pick: Selected just before Boychuk was Derek Stepan who was minus 2.1.

Seven Bruins were the best picks in their respective rounds while one Lightning, one Canuck and one Shark managed to be the best pick of their rounds.

Congratulations and thanks to all the participants. We will do it again next season.