This is way late, but here are the Top 300 skaters to own in a points-only keeper league - January edition. As always, consider players within +/-5.0 rating points as having equal value and at that point become just a matter of need and/or personal preference. Check back tomorrow (Wednesday) for the Top [...]
The NHL Bye Weeks are here to ruin your season. 13 teams play only one game this week and over half the league with two or fewer. Next week isn’t much better. Worse, the week after is All-Star Weekend so we’ve got three very thin weeks in a row. Basically, January is a write-off. [...]
A key to a successful NHL squad is a good power play. One could argue the same holds true for fantasy squads as well. Many leagues count power play points in some capacity, but even general managers of points-only leagues should pay attention to the stat. It’s the difference between a 60-point Brad Marchand and [...]
WJCs and the West By Kevin Wickersham Following the late-game, underdog heroics of two Western Conference prospects, Tyler Steenbergen (Arizona) and Conor Timmins (Colorado) to bring the WJC title back to Canada, another World Junior Championships is in the books. This one was accompanied by some unsightly organizational warts and blemishes in Buffalo [...]
Do you know which teams are only playing once this week? Do you know which players you should add from the teams that are playing 4 times? Do you know on which day of the week you should drop a Blue Jacket to add a Canuck? All your bye week strategy needs are answered by [...]
With bye weeks arriving, the NHL loaded up Sunday’s schedule with 10 games. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, be sure to check which teams are taking the week off and adjust lineups accordingly. Maxing out (or close to maxing out) games played is important, even more so when there are fewer [...]
For years it’s seemed like the Carolina Hurricanes were forever on the upswing, consistently picked as a darkhorse candidate to make their way into the playoffs. And this season, they’ve continued to make progress and are currently in the second wildcard spot, just one point from the first wildcard spot. But what’s been more impressive [...]
Flying High, Duchene Rebounding, MacKinnon for Hart? […]
Year after year the focus of the World Juniors is typically on the highly touted and/or high draft pick prospects such as Elias Pettersson, Cale Makar, Rasmus Dahlin and Casey Mittelstadt to see just how dominant they can be against the rest of the best in their age group. But every tournament a handful of [...]
Top Budget Plays Centers Riley Nash $3400 – The center is a decent play at the least. However, playing against Carolina and their improving penalty kill is not the most optimal on the surface. At the same time, Nash has points in four of his last six games. It is sometimes tough to say [...]
