Week 17 update
Two deaths this week. Up first, former hockey player Guy Lafleur: Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur dies at 70 following cancer battle: Justin Trudeau leads tributes | Daily Mail Online
And now a more relevant memorial:
What's surprised me the most - not knowing that much about him or that period of the NHL - is the sheer volume of people who've had things to say about him. He was French and played for the French team and had great hair and scored a lot of goals during a significant period in hockey history so he was obviously going to be popular, but just about every testament to him has mentioned how nice a person he was. Even though he was the most famous and popular person in the league I've seen many posts online about how someone met him and he was just nice, a normal guy who didn't act like a star. The same goes for post-retirement too.
In terms of quantifying how good he is I can't really assess his ability. The good players in the 80s and before all looked like a time machine put them on the ice just because they can skate and shoot. If you just want pure stats, they work too. Lafleur played on the most successful team in NHL history until 1985. He has the second most goals for them, the most assists, and the most points. There are lots of related videos to the above on YouTube so if you fancy spending some time learning about someone who was just good, enjoy your Sunday.
He also famously smoked in between periods and died of lung cancer, so also bear that in mind.
Lafleur was 70 when he died so he's worth 55 Base Points. He was a Solo Shot for, er, me, so it's a total of 105 points.
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Up second this week was a death I missed from a few weeks ago, children's television person Chelsie Whibley: Chelsie Whibley death: CBBC star dies from cystic fibrosis, aged 30 | The Independent
Not much to go on from a paywalled site but she was 30, she was recently married and was told her condition would kill her by 16. A shite state of affairs all round, really.
Whibley died at 30 so she's worth 95 Base Points for @Indale Winton, @Melanius Mullarkay and @sparky88.
As a result, the standings look like this:
1. Bishop Briggs 458
2. Indale Winton 445
3. JustOneCornetto 431
4. chomp my root 403
5. sparky88 314
6. Ned Nederlander 313
7. Arch Stanton 302
8. gkneil 271
9. peasy23, weirdcal 259
11. Arbroathlegend36-0 255
12. psv_killie 242
13. Savage Henry 196
14. Desp 188
15. pawpar, Sweaty Morph 187
17. Mathematics, The Master 184
19. thistledo 167
20. Blootoon87 151
21. gingette, microdave 150
23. The_Craig, The DA 144
25. scottsdad 138
26. cdhafc1874 130
27. Moomintroll 123
28. pub car king 122
29. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113
31. Miguel Sanchez 105
32. Bully Wee Villa 104
33. Melanius Mullarkay 95
34. jimbaxters, lichtgilphead, sleazy 92
37. Florentine_Pogen 85
38. Billy Jean King, Lofarl, Mark Connolly 75
41. ThomCat 69
42. Hamish's Passenger 61
43. Fuctifano, Willie adie 57
45. senorsoupe 50
46. Raidernation 46
47. Bert Raccoon, speckled tangerine, statts1976uk 39
50. ayrunitedfw, buddiepaul, cambozpar, Karpaty Lviv, Les Cabbage 30
55. Everyone else 0
The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing