With a 4-3 victory on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Kings won their second straight game to take a 2-1 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Final. The Kings are firmly in the drivers seat now, and over the past two games have essentially bashed in the Blackhawks' heads and feasted [...]
There were no games last night, giving all four teams a much needed day of rest. The fallout from the shenanigans of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final came down on Friday and several people will be missing time. Montreal Canadiens forward Brandon Prust received a two-game suspension for his hit on [...]
So the big news prior to Game 2 between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers was that Alex Galchenyuk would be returning to the Habs’ lineup. Oh yeah, and Carey Price was also lost for the series with an injury. Michel Therrien took a bit of a risk in starting youngster Dustin [...]
Should we temper our expectations, or are these four players for real?
I’ve been computer-free for the better part of 12 days and I’ve been really looking forward to these ramblings. But it hasn’t been easy! After a week in Cuba (okay, that part was easy), I was hit with ‘Traveller’s Flu’ on Thursday, the day we checked out. I’ve never experienced anything like this. I remember [...]
A data dump on the utility of rookies when rebuilding in a keeper league.
We've reached that point in every hockey season where the schedule gets lighter, and lighter, until the NHL-game faucet is switched off entirely for the summer. It's a bittersweet time, on the one hand the hockey being played in the conference finals and the Memorial Cup should be rivetting; on the other, hockey is almost [...]
Sadly for the viewers, the third Game 7 of the second round wasn’t as exciting as the other two. This wasn’t much of a contest as the Kings jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never looked back. After a handful of narrow escapes, my two Cup teams are still alive in New York [...]
Three weeks ago I was approached with questions regarding how to assess player value in a very complex fantasy league. The dynasty league in question was a 14-category head-to-head league with deep pro and farm rosters in addition to a salary cap. This led to a long exchange of messages discussing the difficulties in coming up with a system to evaluate players in any particular setup. Basically, the more layers there are to consider, the more difficult the task becomes and it really is league-specific.
I am honored to be making my ramblings debut today as I follow in Gates' footsteps to "John Gibson" myself into the mix. There were no games last night which sucks... but there is no shortage of fantasy-relevant information worth mentioning. Before I begin, hats off to forum member "Axeman33" for posting a bunch [...]
