You draft players to your fantasy squad, not coaches. But coaching obviously can alter a team’s on-ice personality and impact their performance. So what happens to a team when a defensive-minded coach takes over?
Let’s take a look at how Jacques Lemaire’s return to New Jersey has affected your beloved Devils.
A very big and heartfelt thank you to all who serve, or have served Canada and the United States in the name of freedom. Both JVR and Briere are probable for tomorrow night's contest. This could be an interesting one, although he'll likely see more time in the press box than not, but [...]
Every December, the best junior players from around the world gather to play in one of the most exciting hockey tournaments on earth – the World Junior Hockey Championship. For fantasy hockey owners, it is a great time to check up on keeper league prospects, as well as to see the cream of the undrafted crop. However, it also is a great opportunity to engage in some fantasy hockey arbitrage. The strategy that I am about to lay out for you is one that I have used very successfully year after year (unfortunately, writing an article about it probably will halt my ability to use it in the future, as the majority of my competition reads this site).
Last year, I began the column by discussing a widely debated topic in fantasy hockey. Do defensemen really make a difference in fantasy pools? As much as many fantasy poolies want to deny it, defensemen do play an important role on influencing the outcome of your fantasy league. Let’s visit this example:
Since the Rangers don't play tonight, obviously the below statement is speaking about their next game. Lundqvist is rumored to be nursing a lower body injury, possibly his groin according to Larry Brooks. He will be scratched tonight. If you are desperate for goaltending, you may want to nab Valiquette and hope that Lundy [...]
The true test of a warrior’s valor is not if his skin gets pierced, but how he fights when the blood flows from his body.
So far this season, goaltending has been nothing short of a battle for sheer survival. Heavy traffic in front of the net, blatant crease-crashing, bad bounces, even elusive factors like the H1N1 virus, a skate blade to the inner thigh, a cracked rib and more are turning positive performances into terrible outings in an instant.
Tomorrow's THN article is on the St. Louis Blues and their sputtering offense - a player by player forecast. Another thought on Ovechkin - he's a prankster so he may have been kidding with Chesnokov and us fantasy junkies started frothing at the mouth. But I wonder why the Caps PR people started denying [...]
Whenever I struggle for a topic, a nice and easy way out is to just speak of many things. Call it more in-depth ramblings, but I prefer to think of it as “the column about nothing” and capitalize on any lingering Seinfeld popularity…
Has Luongo suffered a setback? He wasn't in practice... Alex Tanguay has eight points in his last eight contests. Nigel Dawes has four points in his last two games and is a plus-4 in that span. That improves his dismal plus/minus to minus-4. Sutter stuck with him and he appears to have gotten [...]
Last week proved to be another terrific week. Thunder and I managed to call 10 out of 15 games each, including a BOS-OTT tie, and the Avalanche beating the Wings by two at home. Unfortunately the Sabres scored with 17 seconds left against the Lightning from the corner, and Vincent Lecavalier clanked a backhand off the crossbar to deny me over $300. Thunder, after getting her ID checked (she’s six, so 36 in dog years) at the convenience store, should have stayed away from the battle of Alberta, as the Oilers ruined her gambling debut. The season is roughly 15 games old so hopefully some teams are starting to settle into a groove. 13 games on tap for tonight, damn I love Saturday nights!
