* My thoughts on re-signing Higgins and Lapierre for the Canucks. * One defenseman who I have my eye on for keeper leagues is Tyson Barrie. He has been very good in Colorado this season, but the team has been hesitant to give him ice time (he did have an assist [...]
This week's Cage Match investigates the fantasy value of... Parise vs. Ovechkin
Lists make for great internet reading. They are usually tightly structured and easy to follow. Bleacher Report has built and entire website around the concept of lists. My favourite lists have to be Jeff Angus’ annual Top 10’s. If you aren’t reading those then you are missing out. As much as I love reading lists, I hate writing them because it’s way too easy for dinks (like me) with a keyboard and a modem to read a list and start poking holes. For instance, in Angus’ Top 10 Left Wingers piece he ranked Zach Parise ahead of Alexander Ovechkin. My head nearly exploded.
Erik Karlsson remains at the top, but how do the best of the rest stack up?
Mike Schmidt takes a look at injuries around the league, including Letang, Kovalchuk, Lindback. Hossa and more
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is fully updated through Tuesday * Jussi Jokinen has cleared waivers. Boston claimed Kaspars Daugavins, per McKenzie Mike Keenan dropped a bombshell on the FAN590 this morning. He believes that Miikka Kiprusoff will play these last 30-odd days for the Flames, and then pack up for Finland. He says that when [...]
Taking a look at players 30-plus who stand a good chance of hitting career highs in 2013-14
The column from last week (about players who are under 30 but have already peaked) got excellent feedback, so I figured why not also focus on the flip side – players who will be age 30 or older at the start of next season but still will be candidates to achieve a new career high in points in 2013-14.
A revival of the classic Crosby vs. Ovechkin debate - Miller takes a look at the Capitals' turnaround and the Penguins' surge
Over the Capitals last five games, they have four wins and a respectable 2-1 loss to the surging Penguins. In those four victories, Washington has scored 18 goals. So have they turned an imaginary corner or is this just a brief illusion of past scoring success?
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is fully updated through Sunday * Alex Semin signed a five-year extension with the Hurricanes worth $7 million per season. He earned that with a fabulous year. That being said, I think we'll get two fabulous years in the next five… one so-so year, and two bad or injury-prone years. That's [...]
Amato takes a look at Columbus' surprising run at a playoff spot
When the Columbus Blue Jackets traded Rick Nash last summer it signaled the end of an era. The skilled winger had spent his entire nine year career in Columbus, was the team captain, and the face of the franchise. His highlight reel goals and presence as one of the league's elite players gave Blue Jacket fans a sense of pride.
There are just a week or two left in the regular season for the head to head leagues. This was one of the few weeks in the season where numbers seemed a little more spread out than usual. It is a strange time with oddities abound so let’s go “Between The Lines once again as we recap Week 9 and head for Week 10.
