Please note that stats are up to and including Wednesday’s games. The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Matt Duchene, C/RW, Nashville Predators (Available in 85% of ESPN leagues, 53% Fantrax, 65% Yahoo) – I’m sure some of the folks in your league right now are scrolling the waiver [...]
Last week we hit on power plays and opportunity. We highlighted players who were seeing more or less time, regardless of how they were performing with that time. It was all about seeking future potential. This week we are doing something of the opposite. We are going to be looking at even strength, but also [...]
Jack Eichel has finally been traded! In case you missed it, Buffalo finally traded the disgruntled center along with a 2023 third-round pick to Vegas for Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs, a 2022 first-round pick, and a 2023 second-round pick. Mike Clifford wrote about the trade from a fantasy perspective, which you can read about here. [...]
Welcome back to part two of my wanderings through the ever-changing, evolving landscape of defencemen contracts. Last week I covered off most of the newer, large contracts that were signed over the summer like Cale Makar, Zack Werenski, Seth Jones, to name but a few. If you missed last week’s read, you can check it [...]
The trade that the hockey world has been waiting for for what seems like a year now has finally happened, as Jack Eichel was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in the wee hours of Thursday morning. While there had been rumours – very recent rumours – of Eichel going to Calgary, the Golden Knights [...]
Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - November edition! As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal. Click a player name to be taken to his fantasy hockey profile page! Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingNovOctChange1Cale MakarCOL115.3333412John CarlsonWAS113.03532-33Adam FoxNYR108.9394674Victor HedmanTBL101.9475255Quinn HughesVAN96.4525316Roman JosiNSH94.3565937Dougie HamiltonNJD88.9656508Shea TheodoreVGK88.66661-59Tyson BarrieEDM85.87273110Thomas ChabotOTT81.27874-411Morgan [...]
Not the news that Penguins fans or fantasy hockey owners wanted to hear: Sidney Crosby has COVID. Now, he should be fine, assuming he’s vaccinated (which he is), along with teammate Brian Dumoulin, who also tested positive. We have seen some players develop long-term issues from this, namely Marco Rossi and Brandon Sutter. Both those [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since last week’s article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Rickard Rakell – [...]
Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - November edition! Players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal in terms of value and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs. Click any player name to be taken to his customized [...]
I have a few polls in mind, but they need more games to have been played before it would make sense to vote on them. For now, it’s time to put on your prognosticator hats to choose who you think will be the best rookies for 2021-22. Specifically, you should vote for the three players [...]
