It’s every fantasy owners (annual) dream to see their highly anticipated prospects name etched onto an NHL team’s opening roster. There is no better feeling in fantasy than when a draftee from years prior finally develops and produces. It's a feeling that us hockey nerds thrive on. Yet, just when you think it’s their year, [...]
We continue to be in the dark as to when the 2020-21 season will start and what exactly it will look like. Elliotte Friedman posted a thread on Friday on what is known and what is still being worked on. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1319718256580722688 https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1319718971789266945 For what it’s worth, the NBA is targeting a pre-Christmas (December 22) start [...]
Two weeks ago we took a look at Matt Murray and Devan Dubnyk moving cities, and last week, inspired by the Taylor Hall move, we examined big-name wingers on the move over the last several seasons. This week, after some positive comments and questions about goalies we are essentially going to combine these two approaches [...]
There was a video conference with Montreal coach Claude Julien. Early on, John Lu from TSN tweeted that Julien had lost weight and started some lifestyle changes following his cardiac event a couple months ago. That is great news and best wishes to Julien. The second salient point, which is important for fantasy hockey, is [...]
The Flames added some forward depth on Tuesday by signing forward Dominik Simon to a one-year contract worth $700k. He had 22 points in 64 games last year with Pittsburgh, and 28 points in 71 games the year before with that same franchise. He turned 26 in August and will still be RFA at the [...]
The top skater and goalie rankings have been a favourite project of mine over the last year or so. I have put so much time into them, and there is still so much potential for what they can show. One of the many shortcomings of the rankings is that no two fantasy leagues are alike, [...]
There will be a brief discussion on one of the Nashville centres a little later, but it’s worth talking a bit about their current winger situation, too. Both Filip Forsberg and Viktor Arvidsson had down years (for different reasons) and there just isn’t a lot to speak of offensively beyond that with Granlund and Smith [...]
Although most recent attention of poolies has rightfully been paid to free-agent signings and trades, and their ripple effect in fantasy, let’s not forget there was also a little thing called the NHL Entry Draft earlier this month. And while it’s safe to assume dozens of what will ultimately become fantasy worthy players were selected, [...]
The Canucks signed a couple of bottom-six players on Monday. They inked 24-year-old, UFA, Jayce Hawryluk to a one-year contract for $750K and then re-signed Adam Gaudette to a one-year deal worth $950K. Here’s the thing, one or even both of them could see time in Vancouver’s top six. Gaudette is the most obvious one. [...]
Doc Emrick, the long-time NHL play-by-play announcer, announced he will be retiring. He has done much more than just NHL, having announced international competitions as well, in particular the Olympics, so he will be familiar even to those outside of America. For those in America, he is likely your voice of hockey. He announced his [...]
