KL Week in Review - Week 13 (plus a couple transactions)

Not a heck of a lot of action in the NHL over the past week owing to the Xmas break:

Big weeks from the Micahleks and the Fylanders have started to close the gap on 1st place. 

As well, the race for that final money spot is as tight as its ever been, with only 11 points separating 8th and 4th place.

On the other end, both the Schizzarks and the Stefans remain in free-fall with the two worst weeks in the league (11 and 15 points respectively. The Schizzarks are actually on pace to end up in last place by the end of next week, with the Stefans following soon thereafter.

Let's just all take a moment and appreciate that we are not the Mackhawks. I'm not sure I've seen 6 injuries on a roster before - and these are key players:

Transactions

A couple minor Xmas transactions:

Dec-23-13
The Schizzarks drop Matt Donovan and add Andy Greene

Dec-29-13
The Mackhawks drop Pascal Dupuis and (re)add Wayne Simmonds

Interesting note: the Dicklas Lidstroms are the only team to have not used or traded a FA add/drop.

Transactions

Three transactions to announce:

2013-Nov-6
The Milan Micahleks add Charlie Coyle and drop Matt Frattin

Frattin's 4 points in 15 games weren't going to endear him to the Micahlek's GM in any event, but Charlie Coyle only has 2. Coyle, however, is an premiere prospect.


This one is a little different as it takes advantage of a weird wrinkle in the rules (the same wrinkle that allowed me to pick up Shattenkirk a couple years back). Normally a player born in 1992 would be ineligible as a free agent -- except where they have been previously dropped by another team. As the Quebec Rordiques dropped Coyle previously, the Micahleks wisely snapped him up.

2013-Nov-6
The Vanrooser Canicks add Jake Muzzin and drop Jonathan Ericksson

2013-Nov-7
The Mackhawks add Tommy Wingels and drop Wayne Simmonds 

Not much say about either of these. Muzzin has 8 points, Ericksson has 3 and is on the IR. Same goes for the Mackhawks - Wayne Simmonds is playing on the worst team in recent memory and has 5 points to Tommy Wingels' 12. 

Good pickups gentlemen.