Originally posted by the Hockey News, ESPN.com and MSN.ca on February 22.
Guess who is up above a point per game and now sits in the top 20 in league scoring. Here is a hint – he started the season off with 19 points in 32 games and poolies were frantically emailing me for advice on whether to dump him. It got to the point where even I myself wrote (for all to see) that he would be lucky to finish in the mid to high 60’s.
Ilya Kovalchuk has six points in his last 11 games in what his fantasy owners would easily deem “a disappointing season”. He has six points and is a minus-10 in his last 11 games, but things are finally looking a little brighter for the 23-year-old. Enough of the Steve Rucchin experiment! End the Niko Kapanen trials! Stop the Glen Metropolit insanity!
UPDATED: In two separate deals, the Thrashers have picked up Keith Tkachuk from St. Louis (pending his waiving his no-trade clause) for a first-round pick, a third round pick (both in 2007), a second round pick for 2008, and Glen Metropolit. The Thrashers also picked up Alexei Zhitnik from Philadelphia in exchange for Braydon Coburn.
Burnsy is slowly creeping back into this thing, having won three Saturdays in a row. Last week still wasn't the greatest, although Burnsy pulled off nine points. Still waiting for a reader to step in here and dominate!
Let's go boys!
The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired Anson Carter from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a fifth round draft pick in 2008.
Here is a strategy that was so brilliant, I had to share...
Part three of three in taking a look at some of the trade buzz, which players are available, and what you should do in your hockey pool to
prepare for these moves that may or may not happen.
The Edmonton Oilers have traded Marc-Andre Bergeron to the New York Islanders for Denis Grebishkov.
By Dobber - Originally posted on February 14 by The Hockey News, ESPN.com and MSN.ca
Simon Gagne was having a horrible season.
