Welcome to week two of our summer series. As with last season, this series is intended to take a look at the teams in the Western Conference one by one. We will do a short recap of what took place, but the deep dive here will be into the players that helped make it [...]
It is time to kick off our summer series. Like last season, this series is intended to take a look at the teams in the Western Conference one by one. We will do a short recap of what took place, but the deep dive here will be into the players that helped make it [...]
It is time for a little gut check and to see how the predictions made at the start of the playoffs are bearing out. We were trying to find “unlikely playoff heroes.” The idea is that every year a couple of very surprising players emerge as key players for their team’s playoff runs. The top [...]
For part three of this series we are going to look at goalies in the West. We will be using the Fantasy Hockey Geek ranking tool to get a ranking that combines all of a player’s stats for the searched categories. For the purposes of this series, the ranks are based on a 12 [...]
For part two of this series we are going to look at Centers in the West. We will be using the Fantasy Hockey Geek ranking tool to get a ranking that combines all of a player’s stats for the searched categories. For the purposes of this series, the ranks are based on a 12 [...]
We are going to start this offseason by doing a quick recap and reviewing some top performers at each position in the West. We will touch on what happened to make their seasons so successful and I will give a few thoughts on if I think it is going to be sustainable. For [...]
Throughout the regular season the weekly Wild West column attempted to provide some player options of for your week ahead. About halfway through the season we did a check in to see how accurate those predictions were. I presented it for a couple of reasons: 1. My recommendations are only any good if they [...]
Last year around playoff time we took a break to look back and examine what we called “unlikely playoff heroes.” The idea is that every year a couple of very surprising players emerge as key players for their team’s playoff runs. As a fantasy drafter you don’t really need me to tell you who are [...]
There is an open debate about whether or not the final week of the regular season should be used during the fantasy hockey playoffs. On the one hand teams often change their lineups around. Key players on playoff teams might sit star players as a precaution. Similarly teams well out of the running might [...]
Chances are if you are reading this you are still involved in your playoffs. Maybe you made the final (Congrats!) or maybe you are playing for pride in your consolation (condolences). Either way there are two weeks left of the regular season and this is likely your last matchup. Like last week we are [...]
