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 [...]
Not only does Harling dig up what little there is to find on injured players, this week he also puts together his "All-Concussion" Team.
Jeff Skinner does indeed have a concussion. Ditto for Milan Michalek. So in the past week we have lost the NHL's leader in points, leader in goals and reigning rookie of the year to concussions... on the heels of losing Crosby. I don't believe that concussions are anymore prevalent than they were in the [...]
Great Filatov piece from Chesnokov , gives hope that he'll at least be back to try again one more time next year. Jason Arbuthnot did not have time to put together a Frozen Pool Forensics column this week, but he whipped up some quick thoughts which I will put here in blue in case [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Los Angeles Kings have fired their head coach Terry Murray. Replacing him - on an interim basis - is former Flyers' coach John Stevens.
Nikita Filatov is off to the KHL. From what I read on TSN, there was no hope offered for his return next season. Dump. We've all known the Filatov risks for well over a year now, probably closer to two. I, myself, acquired him just a month ago for the lowest possible price my [...]
It happens to virtually every fantasy team in every format. Injury issues. It can force some tough decisions.
Sam Carchidi from the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Claude Giroux will be reevaluated Monday morning, but that Flyers GM Paul Holmgren said Giroux "felt better this morning. Holmgren also said that Bryzgalov was doing much better and should be able to play Tuesday. Adam Larsson owners take note: At least for the [...]
