The NHL is seriously considering holding the draft in June, which would significantly alter my plans for the release of the Fantasy Prospects Report. I have said on several occasions that this would go out some time in the first half of July and that I would nail down an exact date in early May. [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed 25-year-old forward Mikhail Grigorenko to a one-year contract worth $1.2 million. In a low-risk deal (just the one year), the Jackets get to see a formerly highly-touted prospect (a former 12th overall pick but at one point he had been ranked No.2 for that 2012 draft) and [...]
Last week I gave my prediction of how things will go for the NHL. You can find that here. * Also last week I listed my Top 10 signings of drafted prospects of the highest fantasy interest. This week, I will look at the undrafted prospects who were signed and are of interest in fantasy [...]
Here are the Top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - April edition! As always, players +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs. Click on any player name to be taken to his scouting [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - April edition! As always, players +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs. o=offensive player, os=offensive, but small, p=power forward, t=two-way forward Click [...]
Ramblings – The 10 Best Fantasy Prospects Recently Signed to Entry-Level Contracts (Apr 13) *** Here is my prediction of how things will go for the NHL. At this point any kind of regular season seems extremely unlikely – I’ll call it 5%. And I don’t see a scenario for that 5% to even happen, [...]
The only active defensemen to ever reach 80 points in a season are Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns. Kris Letang could have made it, but he was too prone to injury and now the window has passed him by. But I put together a list of players who ‘could’ get there, and honestly a few [...]
Here are the Top 100 115 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - April edition! I increased the list to 115 this month. As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each others should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias. Full Top [...]
Here are the top skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues - April edition! Not much has changed, considering we only had about five games to go on last month. And I played this (optimistically, until I hear otherwise) as if a few regular season games will be played in August. That means some [...]
The NHL is heading for a return…at some point. They seem to think June is a remote possibility, with each month that follows having increased odds as the likely date. Myself, I think August or possibly September. Regardless, even a return in mid-June is going to see a crap-load of players coming back to play [...]
