Carlson vs. Green; Johnson vs. Stamkos; Comeau vs. the numbers game and more… *** I had a brief little five-day trip to Jamaica - sans kids - and I'm back feeling refreshed. And you'll get to read Ramblings from the perspective of a fantasy-hockey guy who was somewhat out of the loop for several days, [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maples Leafs have traded defenseman Cody Franson and forward Mike Santorelli back to their original franchise. The Nashville Predators give up a 2015 first-round draft pick, prospect Brendon Leipsic and a money dump (also known as "Olli Jokinen")
Anders Lee on the top line; Kevin Connauton at forward? An Alex Semin sighting and more… *** The end of a legend, finally? Jaromir Jagr has two points in his last seven games and his points-per-game average is 0.57. That's obviously a career low. He turns 43 in just over a week - but finally [...]
The Kevin Shattenkirk injury, the underrated Roman Josi, the Devan Dubnyk revelation and more… *** Beau Bennett was injured in Sunday's game after colliding with Max Lapierre. He went to the dressing room. But just when you started to file that under "here we go again", he returned to the game. Since taking the reins [...]
Thoughts on some great under-the-radar waiver pickups, interesting line combinations and more… *** Martin Brodeur announced his retirement yesterday, which I found to be quick. I say that because he stretched out his career a couple of seasons too long (the last time his SV% was above 0.908 was in 2010), and even patiently waited [...]
Deadline activity in my own keeper league, thoughts on Wingels, Faulk, Giroux and more… *** Breaking news: Kyle Okposo is out 6-8 weeks with a UBI, per several sources on Twitter. Right now it looks like Grabovski is in his spot on the big line. Look for Nielsen to get back on the PP1 unit. [...]
Are the Sedins on the decline? Mark Stone is sneaky-good, Letang's brutal injury and more… *** The Midseason Guide was released nine days ago. Still very relevant and can help you re-assess for the second half. Get it here. * Mark Stone has points in six consecutive games and points in 14 of his last [...]
The Midseason Guide - if you haven't picked it up yet, get it here Don't forget - today's games start at 1pm EST... *** If you don't mind the plus/minus, Buffalo's rookie rearguard Nikita Zadorov has seven points in his last 16 games. He's seeing top PP time and loads of ice time for a [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Minnesota Wild have acquired Devan Dubnyk from the Arizona Coyotes for a third-round draft pick.
Fantasy Impact: The Pittsburgh Penguins have snagged center Mark Arcobello off of waivers.
