Remember the "Looking Ahead" article at the beginning of the season describing the Rangers' accelerated schedule? Well it couldn't have worked out any better to create a 'sell high' environment and many Rangers are on people's hot list right now. Keep that in mind the next week or two as the Rangers have played four to six more games than most other NHL teams.
Rankings are up and on the front page. Defense rankings are also done (not on front page) - for the second month in a row we have a new leader: Brian Rafalski finally takes a turn as the most coveted defenseman in points-only keeper leagues that count playoffs. Smack1919 answered the trivia question. Nine players who [...]
The Preds have acquired Hugh Jessiman from the Rangers for futures, and Tim Ramholt from the Flyers for Josh Gratton. not of fantasy significance. Huge Specimen is pointless in six AHL contests, so this clean slate will be nice for him - perhaps he could turn his career back around. I'll keep an eye on [...]
With tomorrow being All Hallows Eve, I thought it appropriate to do some fantasy hockey trick or treating. Remember when you were a kid, coming home with a pillowcase full of candy? Then your parents would go through it all, throwing out all the unwrapped and suspicious looking candy? Well that’s what I aim to do here; separate the fantasy eye candy from players that could potentially make your fantasy team sick.
It’s still early in the season, but with teams having played between 7 and 12 games fantasy owners are now starting to wonder about certain players. Are the ones who are off to surprisingly hot starts for real and inversely are the ones who are off to unexpectedly cold stars going to come out of their funk? In the first of a two part series, I’ll take a look at players who seem to have turned into unforeseen princes for fantasy owners and reveal whether their production will remain princely or whether these early season princes will turn back into frogs.
In doing some digging, DobberHockey has put together a "lowdown" of sorts on all the NHL rookies and their odds of sticking in the NHL for that 10th game. When a rookie plays 10 games, the first year of his entry-level deal kicks in. Generally, that means that the team will have to pay him a non-capped salary one year sooner than they would have. The entry-level cap is for three years, after which the player can make as much as 20 percent of the team's salary cap. So for fiscal reasons, the 10-game plateau is key.
For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer. Let's talk some fantasy hockey! Dobber Nation has undergone a bit of a facelift and brought a new host on board - Andrew Walker. This week, hear from CityTV's (Edmonton) Ryan Jespersen, prospect Evander Kane and Dobber. You [...]
Further to my CBJ line combo note below, it looks like Umberger will be the one moved to the wing, while Brassard remains center. That would make more sense, because Umby was there on the wing in Philly. The Isles have sent Jack Hillen down to the AHL. He remains a solid D prospect, but could [...]
The third week of the 2008-09 NHL season has come and gone. Let’s take a look at what has occurred during the third week in the Western Conference and perhaps a little foresight into what could happen down the road.
An interesting piece in the Tennessean comparing Radulov's situation with Semin's from a couple of years ago... My power number article in the Vancouver Sun, although the online version doesn't make it look very nice... Rick Rypien will be out indefinitely with a sports hernia - he will undergo surgery. Some Blues news: Chris Mason (appendectomy) is [...]
