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 [...]
Everyone knows scoring is up in the league compared to last year. It’s been just over a week, so we’ll have to see where things stand probably three months from now. Remember that scoring started high last year because they were trying to crack down on slashing/hooking around the hands, then once PP opportunities [...]
I love getting back into the swing of hockey, having games available to watch all night, fantasy lineups to set, news to over-analyze and trade discussions to mull over. Last week’s Capped article seemed to be very well received, and I have even re-read it myself a few times over the last couple of [...]
We had a wild game in Canada’s capital Wednesday night that featured a lot of goals and an equal amount of nastiness. The first note was that not only did Brady Tkachuk score his first career NHL goal, he managed a pair of them. Truth be told, his power play unit looked much better [...]
Welcome to another edition of injury news from around the NHL. If you don’t see a player here, there probably hasn’t been a significant update on their status. But fear not, you can always follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza for the latest injury information. Ryan Getzlaf – The Ducks’ captain is currently day-to-day [...]
For my first match since the puck officially dropped on 2018-19, I decided to go big, with Claude Giroux squaring off against Evgeni Malkin. Both surprised last season – Giroux by recapturing his elite scoring, and Malkin for simply staying healthy. The Fantasy Guide (available for order here and just as useful now) has them [...]
Stop what you’re doing right now. Stop Scrolling. Stop sipping your coffee. Go follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza for the latest line changes and injury updates. Don’t you want to be the first to know when WhatsHisName McNobody gets promoted to the top line? Don’t you want to find a replacement for Band-Aid Boy [...]
It is wheels up for the NHL season! How about the Auston Matthews toe-drag snipe in the first game of the season? Kyle Palmieri proved quite quickly why he was bound to produce value on his ADP – throttling the hapless Oilers for two goals in the first game of the season. Where was [...]
After 6 months of patiently waiting, this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast enthusiastically welcomes the return of real, true-to-life, honest-to-goodness NHL Data Points-- we mean, NHL hockey games!!! Goals, assists, hits, blocks, and all those fun parts of hockey games are finally happening in a meaningful way once again, and Elan [...]
