Ramblings: Duchene Walks To New Team, Laine Breaks Drought (Feb 23)
Duchene Walks To New Team, Laine Breaks Drought, plus more… […]
Fantasy Impact: Matt Duchene Traded to Columbus
Columbus and Ottawa have the most valuable trade pieces available at the deadline, so naturally one of those pieces was traded to the other team? Anyway, Matt Duchene was traded by Ottawa to Columbus in exchange for prospect wingers Vitaly Abramov and Jonathan Davidsson, and a 2019 first round pick. That pick is protected [...]
Looking Ahead: February 22 – March 5
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 [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Trade Deadline Targets
Is being traded beneficial for the fantasy value of the players involved? Every year we see players dealt to a new team and they either struggle or take off. Let’s look at five of the biggest trade targets and weigh the potential impact for fantasy team owners if the player is traded to a [...]
Top 100 Keeper League Goaltenders – February 2019
Here are the Top 25 goaltenders to own in keeper leagues - February edition! (The rest of the Top 100 can be found on Goalie Post) With goalies being what they are, it's best to only look this season and two beyond. The list factors in the projected win total for this season [...]
Ramblings: Steen Returns; Hagelin Traded; Hronek; Buchnevich; More – February 22
As expected, Nazem Kadri was not at game-day skate for the Leafs and did not play on Thursday night after suffering a concussion on Tuesday. Concussions are very fickle and it’s doubtful we get any sort of timeline on this. Owners will just have to be patient. Kadri being out of the lineup led [...]
Capped: Previewing the Trade Deadline for Each Team
This week we’re going to be reviewing some cap notes for each NHL team before the trade deadline. Skip to your favourite team or peruse them all and be ready for anything come deadline day! Hopefully this doesn’t get too outdated between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon… Cap info from Cap Friendly. **** [...]
Ramblings: Coyle Traded; Smith-Pelly Waived; Gudas Suspended; Athanasiou – February 21
There was a concern that Dmitrij Jaskin has been waived by the Washington Capitals. With everyone healthy, it was a numbers game and it seemed Jaskin was the odd-man out. However, the earlier report was refuted by Elliotte Friedman and Devante Smith-Pelly was waived instead. Jaskin was a guy I fell in love with [...]
Fantasy Impact: Boston Acquires Charlie Coyle from the Wild
Fantasy Impact: The Boston Bruins have acquired forward Charlie Coyle from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Ryan Donato and a conditional fifth-round draft pick. The Bruins receive: A versatile middle six forward who could play up the lineup on the wing, or down the lineup in the middle. His numbers have steadily [...]
Injury Ward: Byfuglien, Kadri, Hedman, Gibson, and Panarin
Here’s the latest news in the world of NHL injuries. As always, follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza for up-to-the-minute injury updates. John Gibson – While Anaheim’s starting goaltender is progressing well from injuries to his neck, head and back, we still don’t know exactly when he’ll return to the lineup. The Ducks have [...]