Initially in this cap-related series, we considered reasons for and against incorporating a salary cap in your fantasy league. We then examined the two basic types of cap leagues: those which use real NHL salaries and those which assign fantasy salary values to players, whether through a player auction or another mechanism. Choosing between these alternatives is the first step to setting up your cap league.
This month, Brian Kom chats with Lyle Richardson of Spector's Hockey, as well as Nashville writer Dirk Hoag.
The art of drafting and developing offensive-minded defensemen into responsible players capable of being trusted with NHL ice-time has not been perfected yet. National Hockey League teams continue to juggle and tweak their approach with these potential offensive catalysts in hopes of finding the next Erik Karlsson or Kris Letang. Fantasy leagues that permit drafting of young defenseman often make decisions tough come draft time. Should you draft the defenseman with good odds of become a regular thirty-to-forty NHL rearguard? Or, is the better approach to identify those defensemen with high offensive upside and disregard the risk of them not becoming an NHLer? The answers will depend solely on your team’s draft tendency and comfort level with taking risks but The Dean’s List would chose the latter.
Fantasy Impact: The New Jersey Devils traded defenseman Kurtis Foster, prospect Nick Palmieri, and two draft picks to Minnesota in exchange for defenseman Marek Zidlicky.
Ramblings are up early tonight. I’ll update Friday’s action on Saturday morning, and I’ll also have some good stuff from the CHL and AHL. Comment away. Lots of rumours and speculation to comment on in the meantime. Call me crazy, but I like the Hemsky signing (two years, $10 million total) for Edmonton. [...]
Blake Wheeler has 13 points in his last six games. Wow. Lost in the amazing season from Malkin, and the concussion issues surrounding Crosby, is Jordan Staal. He's having a great season - scoring goals at a 40-goal pace (over a full season). Not many assists, but he's not really playing with much [...]
Not much of an intro this week. The whole family has been sick, and hopefully the little guy starts turning a corner so the adults can get some sleep. Lots of great games with playoff positioning this Saturday so let’s get right to it.
Dobber here - don't forget to check out DobberHockey's new newsfeed If any trades occur today, I'll have my fantasy analysis up later this afternoon. Jordan Eberle is on pace for 38 goals and 86 points (he had two points last night against the Flyers). Word of warning - he is shooting close [...]
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.
Fantasy Impact: Pending a physical on Friday, the LA Kings have acquired Jeff Carter from Columbus in exchange for a 1st round draft pick (conditional, either in 2012 or 2013), and defenseman Jack Johnson.
