The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is fully updated through Tuesday! * Patrick Wiercioch has really made strides these past few weeks. The Sens were forced to lean on him thanks to the Karlsson injury, and Wiercioch has been up to the task. Three assists and plus-3 last night give him 10 points in 13 games. * [...]
Where to begin with this year's version of the Florida Panthers?
Only seven wins and 20 points speaks volumes about this season's lack of success. The next worst team has 10 wins. I could mention their Goals For/Goals Against ratio of minus-39, or as I like to call it, Winnipeg in January. By a wide margin, Florida sports the leagues worst goals-against average of 3.72, the next worst are the Islanders sitting at 3.25. This was a team that won their division last season.
Roos goes out on a limb - and gives you six young players who have already peaked
It’s never easy to convince yourself to “get out on top”, mostly because it’s almost impossible to know things have peaked until it’s too late. It happens in real life with dating, stocks, trips to the casino, and has even been used as a humorous plotline on TV. And of course it happens in fantasy hockey too, where one of the hardest things to do is realize when a player’s point production has truly peaked, never to be exceeded again. After all, were any of you smart enough to trade Brian Gionta or Jonathan Cheechoo after the 2005-06 season? Probably not, since when one of your players achieves a career high in points while still young (Gionta was 27 at the time, Cheechoo was 25), the natural tendency is to believe it’s only the beginning of even better things to come, when in truth it can often be the beginning……..of the end.
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is fully updated through Monday - tell your baseball fan friends, I promise they'll love this guide and how thorough it is. * Corey Perry has re-signed with the Ducks for eight years - $69 million. That's a shade under Sidney Crosby's $8.7 million per year, by the way…and it's $3 [...]
Michael Amato takes a look at Sam Gagner's strong play in 2013.
One could make an argument that the Edmonton Oilers have been one of 2013's biggest disappointments so far. With a roster stocked full of young talent, the Oilers are still on the outside looking in at the playoff picture. This is a spot Edmonton fans know all too well as the team has been taking up real estate as one of the National Hockey League's cellar dwellers for the past several seasons.
Chris Wassel breaks down the best NHL line combinations.
The dog weeks are upon us for fantasy hockey enthusiasts. Playoffs are, in some cases, just a few weeks away. Shortened seasons are tough on everyone. There are no easy shortcuts, no nothing! It seems like a lot of the same old same old on “Between The Lines” with one or two new wrinkles this week. Here come the details!
* Anaheim and Tampa Bay have both done phenomenal jobs using the AHL as a developmental league. Look at their respective rosters: Anaheim: Kyle Palmieri, Nick Bonino, Matt Beleskey, Emerson Etem, Patrick Maroon, Peter Holland, and Brandon McMillan have all spent time (some more than others) in the AHL recently. [...]
Washington lost for the fourth time in their last five games after falling 4-1 to Boston yesterday afternoon. I can’t remember a team full of talent fading so quickly. Pascal Dupuis had another goal yesterday and that’s now eight points in his last six games. He’s following up his career year in 2011-12 with [...]
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The St. Patrick's edition of the Top 100 Roto features a much needed slap in the face from Cage Match's Steve Laidlaw as well as all top ten slots being allocated to players named "Patrick". Jokes aside, delve into the latest keeper rankings and player profiles that this month has to offer.
* It hasn’t been a great stretch of games in Western Canada for Pekka Rinne. What gives? The notoriously streaky Curtis Glencross had a hat trick last night. Time to ride out another hot streak? Mikael Backlund has been one of Calgary’s best players (when healthy) this season, and he was [...]
