Is it too early in the season to look at the top ten candidates for fourth-year breakouts? Probably, but we will do it anyway. When I say breakouts, it’s not about players like Mitch Marner, Matthew Tkachuk or Sebastian Aho who have already had stellar seasons and should duplicate or slightly improve upon them. [...]
Tampa Bay looked… ok?... through their first few games. And then Brayden Point returned, slotting on the top line with Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov. I think most people would expect Point to have at least a little bit of rust to his game, not being sure how he and the line would fare [...]
A week into the season and we have some surprises – both positive and negative – as well as some early season line changes and injury news. With all of this, it is easy to overreact, and hamstring your chances of bouncing back from a bad start. Like with driving on ice, sometimes you [...]
As it’s been for much of the start of the season in Buffalo, it was the Top Line Show on Wednesday night against the Habs. Jack Eichel combined for three points (2+1) while Victor Olofsson scored his fourth power-play goal of the season and Sam Reinhart picked up a PP assist. Just as a [...]
Breaking news this week: Penguins can’t fly! By that I mean a large portion of Pittsburgh’s hockey team won’t be doing any sort of travelling as they’re currently sidelined with injuries. To see the latest injury updates from around the league as soon as they’re made public, follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza ** [...]
After a week's delay due to my 2019-20 Fearless Forecasts column, “Goldipucks and the Three Skaters” is back. For first time readers, or those needing a refresher, this column is a play on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, except instead of there being three bowls of porridge I’m covering three skaters and [...]
There’s nothing like rolling out a mediocre AHL defensive unit and hoping for the best. That’s exactly what the Jets are doing these days. Winnipeg didn’t have a single defenseman that was in their top-eight on a minute-basis last season in the lineup on Tuesday evening. However, if you’re going to roll into action [...]
We finally have regular season hockey to talk about!! This week, we’ll take a look at the biggest fantasy hockey news out of the Atlantic Division so far in this young season. Follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza to get this kind of information throughout the 2019-2020 campaign! Boston When I think about the [...]
It's October, and pucks have dropped! And goals have been scored! And shots have been taken! And THINGS ARE HAPPENING!!! And Elan and Brian are here to gather and analyze every relevant fantasy performance, non-performance, and line change from the first almost-week of the 2019-20 NHL season. On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy [...]
Bad news came for Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins, their fans, and fantasy owners as the star centre is expected to miss significant time with his injury from the weekend. The team hasn’t elaborated yet on what the injury is (beyond a lower-body one) or what the timeframe for a return might be, so we’re [...]
