Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenseman Dion Phaneuf to the Ottawa Senators in a nine-player deal. The Senators get: Phaneuf, Matt Frattin, Casey Bailey, Ryan Rupert and Cody Donaghey. Of this group, Bailey, Rupert and Frattin are bit players, while Donaghey is young and has some upside but is years away [...]
Rambling about Pekka Rinne, Shayne Gostisbehere, the Isles seem to be waking up, and more... *** Sorry for the late Ramblings Sunday. Behind the scenes we upgraded the platform and didn’t know that some plugins wouldn’t jive with it. On the surface, you wouldn’t have noticed a difference. But in the back end, we were [...]
Top 100 Defensemen: Karlsson still king, but No.2 belongs to Kling. Who burns past Subban en route to No.3? These defensemen were pulled from the Top 300 Keeper League Players list. Get details on criteria (points-only keeper leagues) here. Def. Rk Player Team Rating Feb Jan 1 Erik Karlsson OTT 136.1 11 10 [...]
Top 300 Fantasy Hockey Keeper League Players - February edition. Kane ascends, Sid rebounds, McDavid holds firm In your points-only keeper leagues, here are the top 300 players to own. Remember, positions don't matter (so a defenseman may be undervalued here vs. in your league). Other factors - potential points longterm, their likely 3YP, [...]
Rambling about which stars to target and which ones to shed as we head into the unofficial second half... *** I don’t want to get too much into the NHL All-Star Championship. I do think they found the right format. I do think they need a weekend like this for the fans. The excitement in [...]
Rambling about the Ducks on fire, the hot new Jets line combo, tips for the Habs and more... *** Updates: Edmonton has picked up Adam Clendening off of waivers. I think Clendening has a 1% chance to thrive at the NHL level...and he just went to the team where that 1% chance lies. Now we [...]
Rambling about the Sharks and the underrated Donskoi; plus Mark Stone, Hagelin/Malkin and more... *** I watched Carl Hagelin play with Evgeni Malkin on Saturday, the first time I saw this for an entire game. I have to say, if Hagelin had any hands at all – any hands – he’d be launching himself into [...]
The Top 100 goaltenders to own in fantasy hockey, January edition (keeper leagues)… […]
Rambling about Kuznetsov’s awesomeness, why Stamkos – the real Stamkos – is back, and more... *** The Midseason Guide was released 12 days ago, complete with analysis, second-half projections, trade speculation, KHLers to watch for this summer, the top college free agents, over 80 prospect profiles and much more. Buy it here if you haven’t [...]
Rambling about how an expansion team today could have really helped certain players; plus some sleepers as well as Sunday’s games... *** The Midseason Guide was released 10 days ago, complete with analysis, second-half projections, trade speculation, KHLers to watch for this summer, the top college free agents, over 80 prospect profiles and much more. [...]
