After taking a look at players who seemed to have turned into unforeseen princes in my last article, this week I’m focusing on players who’ve been mainly frogs this season when you expected them to be your fantasy team princes. You’ll notice that there have been much more disappointments this season than there have been pleasant surprises.
An interesting player is sitting at the bottom of the plus/minus race with minus-13. Rod Brind'Amour. Carolina is having a weird season, but some of these weird numbers will straighten out. Daniel Briere scored yesterday, but left with a lower body injury. It is unrelated to his abdominal surgery - or so he says. Jiri Hudler is [...]
The value of defensemen is a widely debated topic in fantasy hockey, a few people believe strongly in “big named” D, while some completely ignore it and depend solely on waiver wire pick ups throughout the season. My argument is that the difference in owning Niklas Lidstrom, Dion Phaneuf or Chris Pronger is quite apparent when compared to just owning waiver wire D. Let’s look at an extreme example, Team A owns, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Alex Semin along with Alex Edler, Paul Mara, and Roman Hamrlik. Team B owns, Dion Phaunef, Dan Boyle, and Shea Weber along with Jason Chimera, Mason Raymond and Alex Ponikarovsky.
I apologize for the lateness of the Fantasy Prospect Rankings. T'will be done shortly... Trivia question has been answered. Thanks all! Trivia - this one for five Karma points, answer in the NHL Discussion section of the forum. Evgeni Malkin is currently on a 10-game assist streak. Name the only player to have a double-digit assist streak [...]
Whether it’s used correctly or not, the trendy term “goaltending controversy” is being tossed around in many markets right now. I can’t get away from it here in Denver, nor can analysts in Ottawa, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis…and the list goes on. But no matter what the reasoning is, when you look a little deeper, all of these situations actually walk a very fine line between healthy competition and a real full-fledged controversy.
CONTEST ALERT! Last week, Carolina led the Caps 2-1 with three minutes to play. Alexander Semin scored twice to win the game, becoming the first player in nine years to score the game-tying and game-winning goal in the final three minutes of the third period in one game. Name the last player to perform the [...]
Two weeks ago I debuted the Fantasy Hockey Stock Market, where you get the lowdown on what players are out there who are undervalued (i.e. guys to buy low), as well as players who are overvalued (i.e. guys to sell high). After a typical slow start, Roberto Luongo was put on the block in many fantasy leagues, as people were worried about the Canucks and Roberto in particular. Since then, he has four shutouts in five games and three straight, and the Canucks defence is back to being one of the league’s best. Hopefully you paid attention to the first article and sent out an offer to try and pry Luongo away from an impatient owner. Chris Drury has been on fire since that time as well, potting a hat trick and a few multi-point games along the way.
Are you an active fantasy baseball player who has strong writing skills and would like to join Dobber's team? Flip me an email ! Evgeni Nabokov did not dress for last night's game with a lower body injury. He will not play today. Meanwhile, Brian Boucher won his third game in three tries. He has allowed [...]
Angus here with some afternoon updates. Pavol Demitra has been skating on his own and is slated to resume practicing on Monday. Look for him to return against Colorado on Wednesday. Ryane Clowe has been on fire lately and is being rewarded for it. He is due for a breakout season, and this could be it. Just [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired defenseman Matt Carle and a third in '09 on Friday from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for defenseman Steve Eminger and forward Steve Downie and a fourth in '09.
