My look at some forwards who the Canucks may be interested in at the deadline this year - right here. Rick Nash is a tempting prize, but I'd pass on him if I were the Rangers, for a few reasons: 1) Nash has proven nothing in his career. Sure, he's had some [...]
I have been toying with the idea of a retool (I refuse to rebuild) in one of my keeper leagues all year long. My team was built largely around Sidney Crosby, and his injury has really crippled any hopes I had of contending this year. Like the Tampa Bay Lightning, I also held on to Dwayne Roloson for one year too long. In a goalie-dominant league, having a liability as one of my starting goaltenders wasn’t exactly the best strategy. My other goalies include Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider, who have combined to be a very good tandem for me, but I simply haven’t gotten enough quality starts to do much of anything.
As of late February, I was sitting in 8th out of 12 in my league. I have been in negotiations with some of my veteran forwards, and decided to make a move on a few of them.
The IR Report - A star studded edition of the IR features Toews, Datsyuk, and Lecavalier out. Get updates on the status of Benn, Nugent-Hopkins, and Markov. Healthy returns of Green, Duchene, and JVR, and more.
Fantasy Impact: The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for goaltender CurtisMcElhinney, a second-round draft pick and a fifth-round draft pick.
Hopefully you tuned in last week as we introduced to you the first annual Cage Match Tournament – a contest pitting players up against each other head-to-head in a points only keeper league where you the reader gets to vote and decide who wins!
Take two more players off the trade market. Todd Bertuzzi has reportedly signed a two-year extension and TSN reports that Tuomo Ruutu has signed for four more years. Vincent Lecavalier is out “indefinitely” with a hand/wrist injury. He was seen wearing a soft cast over his right hand and wrist. Players dropped [...]
The Devils are enjoying a rebound season and a big reason for that is the play of left winger Patrik Elias. One of the quieter superstars in the league, Elias continues to get it done at the age of 35. With 55 points in 57 games, one could argue that this has been Elias’ most impressive season to date.
Fantasy Impact: The Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off a double-swap, trading Steve Downie to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Kyle Quincey... and then shipping Quincey off to Detroit for a first-round pick and prospect defenseman Sebastien Piche.
DobberHockey's Trade Deadline Coverage
In the final part of the new series, we’ll take a look at players who could find themselves on a new team come Feb. 27th. TSN has pretty good coverage of the Western Conference teams, but it probably lacks a bit of fantasy analysis, so I’ll borrow some of their thoughts, but add that extra dimension to gives you a clearer picture.
Some injury notes for you - Pavel Datsyuk is out two weeks after knee surgery. And Jonathan Toews is day to day with an upper body injury. Between Grossman and Kubina, the Flyers added over 480 pounds. I hadn’t realized they were so big. Found that interesting. Didn’t I say that Sutter [...]
