This season our scouting department will be giving an update prior to the start of each game week to give you all the information you need to get your team top of the standings.
Roster Moves
We have just the one signing this week and it is in Glasgow, who have brought in Matt Berry to add a bit more offense to the Clan. He comes having scored at over a point per game in the ECHL which we don’t see too often in the Elite League. He is therefore add at 8.5M, which would have been slightly more if he wasn’t joining mid season.
In terms of selections, the injury to Matt Greenfield there will be 16 GM’s regretting trading away Matt Greenfield as he returned back to starting for the Steelers over the weekend. It does mean he drops down to the third most selected player with Joe Morrow on 100, Scott Conway on 94 and Greenfield on 93.
Coventry duo Mat Robson and Nick Seitz continue to gather more selections each week with another 10 and 8 respectively over the last week.
Who’s Hot?
We’ve had quite a few new signings over the last few weeks so lets see who has scored the most points over the last three weeks. The bonus for these players is that they aren’t likely to be in many teams yet, so it could give you an advantage over other teams.
Maxim Golod (8.5M) – Sheffield Steelers – 73 points
Mitch Fossier (9.5M) – Nottingham Panthers – 47 points
Sam Jones (4.5M) – Guildford Flames – 39 points
Taz Burman (8.0M) – Cardiff Devils – 37 points
Philippe Sanche (8.0) – Dundee Stars – 34 points
Our scout tip for this week is Sam Jones. The new Flames defenceman had a great start scoring 39 points last week and at 4.5M is good value.
Who’s Not?
In this section we will look at those players performing below their projections based on value and whose form has dropped off.
Lets have a look at the top ten drops in selections, for those players still in the league, since the start of the season. This should indicate that they aren’t performing so trading them away might be a good move.
Hunter Shinkaruk – 53 selections down (has just returned from injury)
Brett Welychka – 23 selections down (injury all season)
Cameron Critchlow – 19 selections down
Otto Nieminen – 19 selections down
Dallas Ehrhardt – 17 selections down
Daniel Tedesco – 16 selections down
PO Morin – 14 selections down
Tyler Hinam – 14 selections down
Gabe Bast – 13 selections down
Shane Owen – 12 selections down
Upcoming Schedule
We have a slightly busier schedule this week with three games on Wednesday and a number of teams with three games. Coventry and Cardiff start us off on Wednesday in the cup, while Dundee travel to Belfast and Guildford go to Sheffield. Guildford are the only team out of these to play twice this week and there other game is in Glasgow on Sunday. On Friday Manchester are home to Nottingham, and the Storm’s only other game is a visit to Cardiff on Saturday.
On Saturday we have Sheffield, Coventry and Nottingham all playing at home to Glasgow, Dundee and Fife respectively. While on Sunday Belfast, Dundee and Fife are home to Sheffield, Cardiff and Coventry.
