You may not have noticed this, but that ‘disappointing’ fantasy player has quietly returned to form.
After Ales Hemsky tallied 77 points in his third full season, many poolies felt that the next step was 90 points and beyond. So when the Pardubice, Czech Republic native followed it up with just 53 points last year, everybody and their mother jumped off the bandwagon.
(Published by The Hockey News on February 1, 2008)
Dion Phaneuf, as expected, was signed to a six-year contract extension today. My weekly MAILBAG is up on The Hockey News... San Jose and Pittsburgh are now out of the Foppa sweeps. Dany Heatley is "probable" for tomorrow's contest against the Panthers. That's a very early return. If I'm Ottawa I let Heatley and Alfy sit for the [...]
Newsflash: Kovalchuk is going to be a go tonight. Finally. LA is the single worst NHL city for coverage and we had absolutely no warning of this, but Mike Cammalleri has been activated off the IR list today. He will likely be in the lineup tonight. A future offensive NHL defenseman, Alex Goligoski, was recalled by [...]
The Superbowl isn’t the only exciting thing that’s going on in Phoenix these days. Does the January Rookie of the Month deserve even more attention? Abso-freaking-lutely.
From a Fantasy Hockey Standpoint... For the last two seasons, DobberHockey has been first in posting the latest trade at the deadline - yes, even over TSN.ca and Sportsnet. After all, they find out about it and immediately put down the phone and report to the cameras. By the time their website writers type it up [...]
Marty Turco is a popular topic of discussion when it comes to fantasy hockey goaltending and that doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon. There have been some beefy rumors of a trade involvingTurco and Martin St. Louis milling around lately, which has only added fuel to this fire. But despite the fact he has been one of the best regular season goalies in the league for more than five seasons, until he wins a playoff series debates will always exist regarding whether or not he’s a giant underachiever or a playoff hero ready to break out. But Turco is proving by his recent actions and play that he’s no overrated goalie and things will be much, much different this spring.
Apparently not happy with all the PIM's (he must not be in any fantasy leagues), Gretzky and the Coyotes sent Daniel Carcillo to San Antonio. Brett Sterling was sent to the minors. Finding nothing on that rumor below. Someone just spouting off I guess, my apologies. A lot of late news today. Mike Sillinger is out for three [...]
He doesn’t have the background of an 80-point performer, but Tomas Plekanec is showing that he’ll get there sometime soon.
After slumping for several games, Keenan broke up the Iginla line and moved Huselius down to the second line. Tanguay was moved up to the first line and scored. The team lost, so the experiment cannot be deemed a success yet. Huselius is very streaky, so when he picks up a point expect many to [...]
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