Geek of the Week: Vincent Trocheck
In spite of playing for a struggling Panthers squad, Vincent Trocheck has delivered for fantasy teams. […]
Ramblings: Barrie Broken Hand, McDavid Near Miss (Dec 23)
Barrie Broken Hand, McDavid Near Miss, Barzal Hattie, plus more… […]
The Journey: Fastest-Rising Prospect Defencemen
As is typically the case with the defensive rankings there wasn’t a whole lot of big time movement outside of a few players. Chad Krys – CHI –41st up from 79 One of two Chicago prospects in this column, Krys is this month’s biggest mover and for good reason. The Blackhawks 2016 second rounder had [...]
Saturday Night Special – Daily Fantasy Picks – December 23
Top Budget Plays Centers Kevin Hayes $3400 – The center is a decent play at the least. However, playing against the Toronto team where Toronto depth match-ups which are below Corsi relative, he is going to get decent opportunities. New York will not be that heavily favored, but Hayes again makes a good punt play. [...]
Saturday Night Picks: NHL Game Picks
I finally overtook first in my Salary Keeper league, thanks to contributions from the Islanders and Flyers. Despite neither team having much luck winning games, their top lines have found the scoring sheet in each and every game. If you're lucky to own any of them, it appears like you'll be having a very merry [...]
Ramblings: Keller’s Crash; Third-Wheel Defencemen – December 23
Anyone else starting to get a bit concerned with Shayne Gostisbehere’s ice time? Going into Friday night, he had played just 19:17 per game over the last month, and under 17 minutes in three of his last four games. That’s against 21:43 over the first six weeks or so of the season. That is a [...]
Unwrapping Six Underrated Performers
Happy Holidays to all my North American counterparts! As I prepare to gorge myself on Christmas ham and knock back way too many Molson products let’s look at some fantasy assets that aren’t receiving the love they deserve for their contributions to both their actual real life squads and the fantasy teams where they’re [...]
Looking Ahead: Growth in the Petry Dish
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
Ramblings: Hampus Hat-Trick (Dec 22)
The best fantasy options in hockey are the Islanders’ top line and whoever is facing off against the Islanders. Last night’s big winner: Hampus Lindholm netting a hat-trick against Jaroslav Halak. Lindholm could probably have more relevance, but he’s stuck behind Cam Fowler and Brandon Montour for power play time. He does have some [...]
Capped: Doughty and Karlsson Headed Towards Big Pay Days
This week's Capped digs into the comments made by Drew Doughty & Erik Karlsson, and what they mean for the NHL as a whole. **** One nice thing about the NHL, is that they aren’t the NBA. Let me explain. In the NHL, players don’t collaborate to stack a team, challenging the integrity of [...]