Fantasy Hockey Guide found here. Next update will probably be Monday - middle of the day. Matt D'Agostini signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Habs yesterday. For a (soon to be) 23-year-old with promise, coming off a 53-game NHL appearance, I'm surprised he went for two-way. Brass probably pointed to his minus-17 and [...]
There are hockey pools... and then there are fantasy leagues.
There are thousands of people out there who are content with joining a run-of-the-mill pool, whose self-esteem and personal happiness aren’t tied up in the performance of their team. You know the type... twenty minutes before the office draft, they can be found frantically trying to print off last year’s stats from NHL.com. During the draft they say things like, “I thought Marian Hossa plays for Pittsburgh,” and then they try to draft Joe Sakic, not realizing that he just retired. In other words, they don’t take their fantasy hockey all that seriously... not that there’s anything wrong with that.
TSN just reminded me that Tomas Kaberle's no-trade clause kicks in this weekend. The Caps are publicly saying (in the Post) that Jose Theodore will be their No.1 goaltender. It is not surprising that they are saying this. But in the end it won't be factual. His large contract makes the team say this [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have dealt big, agitating winger Evgeni Artyukhin to Anaheim for Drew Miller and a third-round draft pick.
Every year there are players who I end up ranking so low on my one year draft lists that I know almost for a certainty that they will not be on my team. It could be because there is so much hype on a player that someone will surely take them long before they enter my draft radar.
Fantasy Guide can be found here. Drew Miller and a third rounder for Artyukhin. Analysis to come... The Lighting have just sent a message via Twitter that they are making a trade today and getting a player and a draft pick in return. More to come. Brian Lawton, the GM, often is the [...]
Every Wednesday this summer, I will bring you a sleeper to watch for the 2009-2010 season (and potentially beyond). Released in no particular order, I will refrain from picking sleepers that have already shown glimpses of breaking out in the past – the obvious candidates. Time to go beneath the surface for some sleepers that you may not have thought about…
The Oilers have signed Ladislav Smid to a two-year deal. He is too far down the depth chart to offer fantasy value at this time. The Oilers also signed Gilbert Brule and Ryan Stone - both to two-way contracts. For Brule, this means he will have to really earn his spot - which will [...]
Welcome once again to “An Expert’s Audit”. This audit will also be posted here as well as on my fantasy hockey blog at www.fantasyhockey.hockeyanalysis.com . I also do weekly reviews of teams for people who email in to me for a look-see. These audits will continue to appear here monthly and if you’re interested in having your keeper team “worked over” then you can begin by emailing Dobber about it (via the contact link at the bottom of the website).
Following the footsteps of my Eastern Conference counterpart, here’s a list of some of these Western Conference under-achieving veterans from last season. Many of them were simply injured and could be seriously undervalued heading into your draft this year.
