The November Subway Super Series is a good chance to see some players that we wouldn’t normally have a chance to see, and this year it looks like the best candidates for late draft selections are center Daniil Sobchenko and winger Anton Burdasov.
Interesting Calgary - Carolina deal, which I will analyze within the hour... This is painful to say, it really is, but Todd Bertuzzi doesn't want to slow down. This is why I hate writing off guys, because some of them eventually bounce back even when you are 100 percent certain that he's done [...]
Jeff Angus was on the Team 1040 on Monday evening. He discussed Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk, John-Michael Liles, Keith Ballard, the St. Louis Blues, and more!
Continuing along with the third part of the series, this week we’ll take a closer look at the Western Conference wingers. The fantasy value of a winger can easily be identified by interpreting the same two stats used to identify the value of blue-liners, which is PP ice-time and SOG. The reasoning behind it is very simple. PP ice-time usually separates players who are offensive-minded from those that are defensive-oriented. The more PP time they receive usually equates to more offensive opportunities they’ll have to score with the advantage. On a similar note, SOG usually maintains a similar line of thought. The more a winger shoots, the higher the chance it goes into the net or creating offensive chances. The opposite also holds true, the less a winger shoots, the lower the chance that the puck goes into the net and the lower the offensive opportunities. Now that we’ve established clear indicators on determining the fantasy value of wingers, let’s take a closer look at most of the wingers from the Western Conference.
What a terrible setback for a player who had such a small window of opportunity to flourish and wasn't doing too badly - The Fourth Period reports that Scott Parse will undergo groin surgery and is out for 3-4 months. Carolina has claimed Troy Bodie off of waivers. This is added competition for [...]
Sometimes I wonder if it’s even a real word and other times it seems like a tacky term only used for the sake of being creative. But “Stick-to-itiveness” is actually a pretty important aspect of managing fantasy goalies. It also happens to broach many levels of the goaltending position, and when that happens, I have to take the time to explain what it can teach a fantasy manager.
Angus here - I'll be hoping on the radio at 9:30 PST tonight to chat fantasy hockey (Monday). Go to 1040 on your AM dials, or you can listen live. Announcement - I have decided to hold the December 9 fantasy hockey gathering at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver! Adrian Dater [...]
Another month, another volatile thirty days in the standings. Who would go where if the Draft took place in November, and who has the best moustache potential? (okay, just kidding about that one)
Another week of fantasy puck has nearly come and gone. Here are some of my own musings from the week that was.
I found it interesting that the Oilers lost 8-2, yet Taylor Hall played a ton of minutes (20:49) and was a plus-1. Pretty promising if you ask me. How many more games will Khabibulin start? That's 14 goals in his last two starts and he is 1-5-0 in his last six. Dubnyk is [...]
