There have been three coaching terminations in the Western Conference so far this campaign, with two of them having enough evidence to quantitatively analyse the results. This week I’ll break down the winners and losers from each of the moves to help give you poolies an edge in your leagues.
Dobber’s fifth annual Midseason Fantasy Guide – out January 6 with a special addendum update for January 13. Harling's got today's Studs and Duds HERE No updates on Sidney Crosby, but Dustin Jeffrey should start skating "soon" and Jordan Staal should be back next game. In looking at the Dallas/Anaheim results, [...]
The final week before Christmas, but you have to wait nearly three weeks to get the present you REALLY want. Dobber’s fifth annual Midseason Fantasy Guide – out January 6 with a special addendum update for January 13. Patrik Elias missed practice today with an illness. How he'll be tomorrow for the game [...]
The Flyers say that Sean Couturier stayed in a hospital overnight for observation because the docs needed to check for possible skull fractures or internal bleeding. Claude Giroux has been moved to the IR to make room for Ben Holmstrom (not an indicator of anything new being serious if you're a Giroux owner, [...]
Brendan Ross shows his artistic side with a WJC-themed rendition of a famous Christmas song. He also goes into a ridiculous amount of detail previewing the players (with a focus on those who are 2012 draft eligible) and teams to watch at the tournament this year.
Kyle Turris has been traded to Ottawa for David Rundblad and a draft pick. Analysis coming soon. Great job by Don Maloney to get a big return for a player who obviously didn't want to be there. With four points Friday, Zach Parise is up to 16 in his last 10 games. A [...]
Heading into the 2011 NHL Draft, hockey pundits loved Dougie Hamilton's size and his skating ability. And 12 goals and 58 points in 67 OHL games for a 17-year old defensemen, was pretty intoxicating too.
Another crazy busy week, so I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. From the last couple of weeks it seems all those slam dunk games haven’t been turning out slam dunks; time to get back to the fundamentals. That Philly-Boston matinee is going to be a dandy; too bad Pronger and Giroux are out. There are 12 games on the schedule, so here we go.
After dissecting Alex Ovechkin and pushing the surgical instrument budget to near breaking point, we now turn to Ovechkin’s biggest adversary, Sidney Crosby. Also a physical specimen in terms of talent and ability, Crosby persistently challenges Ovie for the title of most valuable fantasy player in the universe. At almost a million bucks less than Ovechkin, Crosby has an instant advantage in a salary cap league. With the debate bound to rage on for years, both Crosby and Ovechkin have their perks; Ovechkin has his health while Crosby saves you cap space. But, by continuing the trend of following trends, much unlike Ovechkin’s downward spiral, Crosby’s production takes a likeness to a space launch and keeps on climbing.
Visnovsky returned for Anaheim last night. He logged over 24 minutes, recording one assist. He had seven shots on goal (and another four that were blocked). Ottawa managed to get 49 shots against Boston last night. Might have something to do with Chara being out... Unfortunately Thomas was his usual dominant self, stopping [...]
