Hi guys,

Week 27 - Well another season is in the books and Aron (Ron S.) continues to prove to be the cream of the crop. Wise mid season trades once again pay big dividends and make the difference in the end. Acquiring the Sedin's was the major deal which I believe put him over the top again. But there are still 4 or 5 teams that can give him a run next year and also those who had players underperform this year could jump up the standings if they return to their old forms. Depth players will make that difference picking up valuable 3rd line points which will ultimately push you to the top of the standings. The Pirates were the final weekly winners using a tie on the second line to power themselves to 23.1 points. The Injured Reserves (Trevor S.) split the 2nd line win as well to pull in 19.4 points and hold off Brad to capture 2nd place. Aron won the third line while adding 17.85 points to move over the 400 point total for the year. Wieger's Mad Dawg gave a final push for 4th place buy splitting the 1st line win but fell short by only picking up 13.67 points. Jason Symes split the first line win and also posted 13.67 points. Brad Simms muster up 11.65 points to hold on to 3rd place as the Poolmasters who also split the 1st line win but had nothing in the tank from the 2nd & 3rd lines to post 10.67 points but enough to hold of the Wieger's Mad Dawgs and capture the final money spot at 4th.

This year we definitly seen much more parity with all teams from top to bottom having some great weeks. In pondering some of the trades, if Brad would have kept the Sedins, would he be standing on the top or if Jason kept Malkin who ended up winning the scoring title, would Jason have risen to the money positions... I think he would have. Some major injuries to top players had an impact on some teams. If Datsyuk and Hemsky were healthy all year, the Injured Reserves may have taken top spot. But injuries are part of the game and if Crosby was healthy all year, then Jason would have kept Malkin and made a run. Mike Green was injured all year and after leading the league in scoring for defensmen two years ago, has been totally flat. In fact a trade to aquire him las year blew up on me and Ron picked up Lidstrom, Selanne & Sharpe who all had 70+ point seasons. That one hurt. Anyway, The playoffs are upon us and it is going to be a barn burner of a year in this years playoffs. Lots of upsets I can see.

Also, we will be having our Playoff hockey pool on the Tuesday (April 10th) following the end of the season. Saturday April 7th is the final day of the NHL regular season schedule. Location will be at my place (Steve C.). Charlie will finalize the General Ledgers this week to let you all know what your outstanding balance is. Please, please make an effort to have your money to him very soon after the season is completed so we can payout the winner in a timely manner. If you are attending the pool and owe money for our SSFantasy, Please bring your outstanding amount with you. Thanks

Based on the feedback the following were the results of the votes for 2011/2012 season questions that were brought up at our meeting.

• #1 – Week #1 will consist of Oct 6-9. (minimum of four playing days needed to constitute a playable week.)
• #2 – The week of Jan 23-29 will be combined with the week of Jan 30 - Feb 5th. (See rule above)
• #3 – Lottery will be kept as is with the weighted system.

Remember we are determining what a free agents position is at the time of pickup. We have agreed that we would be using The Hockey News - http://www.thehockeynews.com to determine a players position. UPDATE ** The position will be the one stated on the "Dept Chart" web page.