Antoine Vermette traded to Phoenix
Fantasy Impact: The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for goaltender CurtisMcElhinney, a second-round draft pick and a fifth-round draft pick.
February 22, 2012
Take two more players off the trade market. Todd Bertuzzi has reportedly signed a two-year extension and TSN reports that Tuomo Ruutu has signed for four more years. Vincent Lecavalier is out “indefinitely” with a hand/wrist injury. He was seen wearing a soft cast over his right hand and wrist. Players dropped [...]
Steve Downie, Kyle Quincey Change Addresses
Fantasy Impact: The Tampa Bay Lightning pulled off a double-swap, trading Steve Downie to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Kyle Quincey... and then shipping Quincey off to Detroit for a first-round pick and prospect defenseman Sebastien Piche.
February 21, 2012
Some injury notes for you - Pavel Datsyuk is out two weeks after knee surgery. And Jonathan Toews is day to day with an upper body injury. Between Grossman and Kubina, the Flyers added over 480 pounds. I hadn’t realized they were so big. Found that interesting. Didn’t I say that Sutter [...]
Trading Preview Part One (East 2012)
Being only one week away from the trade deadline, it’s easy to get antsy about speculating which players might find themselves in a new home and what the residual fantasy value will be. Ryan Ma has put together a nice recap of Western Conference players and below we will take a look at players who may be on the move in the East.
February 20, 2012
Just a reminder to pick up the DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide, if you haven’t already. Blake Wheeler has seven points in his last two games. He has 39 points in his last 41 games, breaking through in this his fourth NHL campaign. I was asked on the weekend by a buddy what I [...]
Fantasy’s One-Drop Rule
Technology has forced poolies to step up the immediacy of their game – especially near the trade deadline.
February 19, 2012
Enjoy Hockey Day in America... any chance to celebrate this sport is a good one. It looks like NBC is splitting up its triple header by having back-to-back games on the main network, with the third tilt going on the NBC Sports Network. Pretty effective exposure for the league, although hard-core fans [...]
Top Five Salary Cap Forwards – Number Five
The fifth best salary cap forward to own is an easy pick. Henrik Sedin is a player who could have been ranked anywhere from the second slot up thanks to incredible consistency and point production. It's only a lack of goal production and shots on goal that keep him from ranking in the top two.
The IR – Duchene, Green and more…
The playoffs are just over the horizon and the trade deadline is even closer. What impact will injuries have on both?