This month, I take a look at Mason Raymond’s recovery, Josh Harding, Henrik Zetterberg’s struggles, why I hate the shootout, and more.
This column is a part of the month-long contest the Province newspaper is having. Please go to this link and give it the thumbs up!
Cam Fowler is doing everything he can to avoid the sophomore slump and aside from the mandatory Scott Niedermayer comparison that follows the young defenceman in virtually every article written about him, Fowler notes how a simple four or five-pound difference in his playing weight can noticebly affect his speed. His keeper league [...]
Ed. Note: This is the fourth and final instalment in a series in which we’ve looked at different aspects of the NHL game and how to value them appropriately in your fantasy league scoring, with the objective of creating scoring systems that reflect real life value as closely as possible. Click here for previous entries: The Power Game; A Case for the Defence; Special Agents.
Some news and notes regarding prospects around the league...
My latest piece for the Province blogging contest - a look at how former Habs have fared in Vancouver. Give it a thumbs up (and a read) if you get the chance. Thanks! Josh Harding is starting his fourth straight game tonight for the Wild. Enter the Fan Duel contest and get [...]
On the heels of Halloween The Dean’s List switches its focus to two players emerging from the United States full of first round potential and one of them is ironically dubbed “BOO”. Recently, the media has covered the battle between the Canadian Hockey League and NCAA recruitment process as both development leagues battle for top prospects. In this instalment of The Dean’s List we feature a top American high school prospect and the top defensive prospect coming out of the United States Hockey League (USHL) who both own the skill and potential to become very exciting NHL players.
A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.
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I could have had a better October starting off 4-8 for pro-line purposes (6-6 picking straight up winners), while Thunder was a steady 6-6. Like Luongo, I’m a slow starter out of the gate, but November is a new month and a clean slate. This is the month where we find out which teams are the contenders, and which are the pretenders. I also think this new baby/lack of regular sleep thing is really affecting my thinking and coming to a correct winning decision. There are some great match-ups this Saturday with 11 games on the schedule; I stayed away from the red-hot Leafs as I know it’s simply just too good to be true.
More on the Oilers - so impressed and so surprised with their strong defensive play. Great goaltending helps, but they, as a team, are really making it easy for Khabibulin and Dubnyk to shine. The Gilbert-Smid pairing has been fantastic (who knew Tom Gilbert and fantastic would ever be in the same sentence). Not [...]
