NHL Entry Draft – First Round Analysis
Stuart McDonald, who pens Stu's Slant every Saturday, will give you immediate reaction to each player selected Friday.
Kaberle for Kessel? June 26, 2009 Draft Day!
Tomorrow - Matt Bugg will Blog live the other rounds of the NHL Draft! Be sure to join us! Pronger's arrival in Philly will hurt Coburn and Carle, but is sure helps Whitney and Wisniewski. Also - this is HUGE for Lupul owners. No longer buried, he should flourish back in ANA. Pronger traded to Philly for [...]
Bye-bye Sergei, June 25, 2009
TSN says the offer is Kessel for Kaberle and that seventh pick. Horrible offer in my books, as the team could just draft a Phil Kessel with that pick (like Schroeder). Pretty big letdown IMO. Not tonight, but everyone seems so certain it's close to done. Look for the Leafs to move up in the [...]
Summer Sleeper Series – Matthew Lombardi
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 have not thought about…
Len and Oren, sitting in a tree… June 24, 2009
For the seventh summer in a row, I am looking at each NHL team from a fantasy standpoint and giving an evaluation. You can find that each Tuesday at The Hockey News. Yesterday I profiled San Jose and St. Louis, you can find the articles here . The Preds have qualified Ryan Jones, Ryan Maki, [...]
The Fat Lady Has Sung Part V
The Stanley Cup Final is over, so I guess it’s time to finish off the final part of this series. We’ll do a quick assessment of the Red Wing players with fantasy significance and take a look at what could be in store for them next season following their valiant loss to the Penguins in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final.
Spacek – don’t do it! June 23, 2009
Kari Ramo has confirmed that he has signed with Avangaard Omsk of the KHL. Congrats to Yzerman, Hull, Leetch and Robitaille for getting into the HHOF. Mogilny also deserves it, but I'm sure he'll get there eventually. Puck Daddy discusses today's meeting between TB owners Len Barrie and Oren Koules and Gary Bettman. The two owners [...]
50 Goalie Prospects to Ponder (Part II)
I can’t even begin to explain how tough it was to rank the final 25 keeper league goalie prospects in my first-ever “Top-50” list. I could have easily tossed in another 20-25 legitimate prospects, but cuts had to be made. Not every goalie prospect in the world can be considered a legitimate keeper, but almost every goalie on this list could be ranked higher or lower, depending on your own personal preference.
Is this interactive, or what? June 22, 2009
Got a question about the upcoming Entry Draft? Need to know about that obscure player for your league? Ask our Draft guru Matt Bugg HERE. The Peoria newspaper is reporting that Marek Schwarz will return to the Czech Republic to play next season. Interesting topics in the comments section below. First of all, regarding Marian [...]
Ten to Watch on June 26
In this summer’s edition of the Fantasy Prospects Report, co-writer Matthew Bugg and myself present a chart of the 20 forwards who will be selected this weekend that we would most like to own in a strictly points keeper league. With Draft Day fast approaching, it’s high time that I take the 10 best out of my chart and expand on them a little. One can never have too much insight. Besides, I can’t promote this e-magazine too much – I’m pretty shameless that way.