Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues. As I noted yesterday in the full Top 300 list (here), this is the final list of the season in which we consider this season's help. Beginning in April we look ahead to next season and the two beyond that. As [...]
Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues. This month is the final month in which 'this year' points projection will be used. In April we look to next season and the two seasons after that. Remember, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered [...]
Man, what could have been with Ryan Ellis this year. If he can stay healthy I think he can out-produce PK Subban and Roman Josi. Perhaps even hang up there with Karlsson, Klingberg, Burns and Gostisbehere. Three points Sunday gives him 20 in 27 and 11 points in his last eight games. Keep in mind [...]
Fantasy Impact: The New York Rangers traded defenseman Ryan McDonagh to the Tampa Bay Lightning for forward Vladislav Namestnikov, prospect forward Brett Howden, prospect defenseman Libor Hajek, a 2018 first-round draft pick and a conditional second-round draft pick. The Rangers get: a second-line forward who showed he could thrive on a top line [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Edmonton Oilers traded big winger Patrick Maroon to the New Jersey Devils for a third-round draft pick and two-way prospect J.D. Dudek. The Oilers get: a decent draft pick, though I thought they could do a little better. The prospect Dudek hasn't been eye-popping at the NCAA level. More info on [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Minnesota Wild trades defenseman Mike Reilly to the Montreal Canadiens for a fifth-round draft pick. The Habs get: a puck-moving defenseman who is still a bit of a project. Reilly, a college standout, has struggled since turning pro. The advanced stats show that Reilly is not a good NHL player, but [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Detroit Red Wings traded winger Tomas Tatar to the Vegas Golden Knights for first (2018), second (2019) and third-round (2021) draft picks. The Red Wings get: three great picks. Quite a bit, consider how the market has played out on Deadline Day. The Golden Knights get: an under-achieving top-six winger. [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Buffalo Sabres have traded power winger Evander Kane to the San Jose Sharks for underrated prospect forward Daniel O’Regan, a 2019 first-round draft pick (conditional - if the Sharks re-sign Kane it's a first, otherwise it's a second) plus a 2020 fourth rounder (also conditional). The Sabres get: an underrated [...]
Fantasy Impact: The St. Louis Blues traded forward Paul Stastny to the Winnipeg Jets for prospect Erik Foley, a 2018 first-round pick plus a conditional 2020 fourth-round pick (which they get only if they don’t sign Foley before late summer of 2019. The Blues get: a scoring forward with top-six upside. Read our scouting [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Chicago Blackhawks have traded gritty winger Ryan Hartman to the Nashville Predators for prospect Victor Ejdsell, and 2018 first- and fourth-round picks. The Predators get: a gritty third-line winger with a bit of scoring upside. Hartman has 25 points, but don’t forget that he had five points in the first game [...]
