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The Formidable Avalanche Pile Into Edmonton

 
That image is a preview of Shawn Horcoff 's job on Tuesday night, as one of my favorite players in Paul Stastny rolls into town along with the rest of the Colorado Avalanche. The Oilers will have their hands full with the revamped Avs who are leading the Western Conference with 18 points. More so than Edmonton, Avs' fans have found their team in the standings where no pundits would have placed them before the season started, and they are doing it on the back of the NHL's newest goaltending star in Craig Anderson. Most likely all of Anderson's doubters have now been silenced by his perfomance. He's no longer the also-ran of Tomas Vokoun . He's his own man. This has led to a steady appeciation of his abilities and an increase in my goal-tending points acquired via the Fantasy Pool. Thanks Craig. Also of note is the deft play of Kyle Quincey, who many thought would suffer as a result of his move to the mile high city. Boy, were the pundits wrong. Horcoff has traditionally played very ... (link)

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