WK21 - March of the Penguins

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WK21 is in the books, and once again, Mr. Ronald Burgundy is leading the weekly charge.

"Absolutely incredible," said Burgundy. "I'm chowing down more points than the Rock chows cod."

Here are the charts, courtesy of the stats machine:

Safari still leads overall, with Sitch closing the gap (now less than 30 fantasy points). Burgundy was this week's top bread winner, bringing home 144.10 fantasy points, closely followed by Sitch who had 141.95. Productivity was down on a whole this week (average point accumulation was 112.93 per select-GM) so the monster gains made by Burgs and Sitch have really helped their chances going forward. Burgundy, in particular, is enjoying the surge by the Penguins, with the trio of Malkin, Crosby and Letang leading the way (all had more than 20+ fantasy points this week). The Penguins are showing the NHL that they've had enough of being called underperformers.

"About five weeks left to go in the Wring," said Sitch, post-workout. "Still a lot of time, but I need to start focusing. And of course, NO CHEATING! Hazzz!

There have been no changes in rankings, and Safari has now been ruling for 17 weeks consecutive. my memory is fuzzy, but I don't think anyone has ever ruled this long before. Can you believe it?

"Have to tip my mahogany hat to Safari," chimed in Burgs. "It's no easy task leading for that long. Whether it's by a wide margin or not, the fact is he's leading, and consistency is key in this League. Consistency wins."

"Don't jinx it," said Safari.

Tree Bone still leads PPGP (she's now back up at 3.40), but it's Burgundy and Sitch who were able to add to their PPGPs this week with the monster gains they had. With a 3.28 PPGP, Burgundy has increased his PPGP for nine consecutive weeks, going from a 3.01 to 3.28 during that span. Quite impressive.

Sitch clocks in at 3.36, good enough for second in the League, closely followed by Safari who has a respectable 3.34.

And finally, the Rainbow. One of my assistants looked into a few numbers and found a big catalyst for Sitch's performance.

"Carbo-loading, DUH!" said Sitch.

No, you meat-head. It's actually around your goalie statistics. While Sitch still remains second and has had slightly below average scoring, his goalies have done admirably, despite having average winning percentages. With the pickups in Rinne and sticking with Anaheim's Andersen and Gibson, the dividends have now been paying off; Sitch is second in goalie PPGP (only to Dick Burns, but he's only played about half of what everyone else has played) and has a League-leading 14 shutouts. Will his tending squad lead him to victory? To another title belt?

"So you're essentially saying that Sitch is good at (cock) blocking, but isn't so great at scoring, right?" said Dick Burns. "What else is new?"

Wise words, Dick.