Fantasy Impact: Per several sources, including TSN's Bob McKenzie, the San Jose Sharks have signed superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year contract extension worth something int he neighborhood of $92 million or $11.5 million AAV. The Sharks get: Their man. Last season was an anomoly in that Karlsson's numbers were merely mortal [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on some of the latest moves around the NHL (June 17) *** There have been lots of moves over the past few days worthy of discussion. Let’s get to it. Carl Hagelin re-signed with the Caps for four years at $2.75 million AAV. Kudos to his agent. I think this was a [...]
Ramblings: Sergachev’s breakout; Mantha vs. W. Karlsson; Hughes, Kakko and then? (June 12) *** The last hockey day of the 2018-19 season! Tonight marks a night that we’ve all experienced dozens (or if you’re me – hundreds) of times in our driveways growing up. Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. And if it [...]
Here are the top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league - June edition! This is the big month! The annual audit. A thorough reckoning of all the prospects, player by player, with tremendous feedback from the writer/scouts over at DobberProspects. All in preparation for the recently released 13th annual Fantasy [...]
Here are the top prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper league - June edition! This is the big month! The annual audit. A thorough reckoning of all the prospects, player by player, with tremendous feedback from the writer/scouts over at DobberProspects. All in preparation for the recently released 13th annual Fantasy [...]
Ramblings: Perry Rumors, fickle sports fans, GM advice, Game 7 on the way – and more (June 10) *** Some interesting numbers I got from the NHL: The last time a team won a Stanley Cup after being down in the series 3-2 was in 2011 – the Boston Bruins. By no means a [...]
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – June edition! This month, for the Fantasy Prospects Report (pick it up here), I added a lot of prospects into this, my main, template. I also changed all the pending UFAs off their current team, and tweaked a couple [...]
This year’s UFA class could be a bit of a strange one. As I mentioned in the comments of my top 10 column last week, there is such a bevy of great RFAs, that many of the UFAs will be overlooked. I believe teams will be looking to take care of their RFAs first, [...]
Ramblings: Leafs’ PR Machine, notes on the Isles, some prospect sleepers and more (June 03) *** The Leafs’ PR machine is working in hyper-drive right now and fans and media are falling right into line. It’s no secret that the Leafs are in a really tight jam with the salary cap this summer. So [...]
Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper league - June edition! This month, for the Fantasy Prospects Report (pick it up here), I added a lot of prospects into this, my main, template. I also changed all the pending UFAs off their current team, and tweaked a couple of [...]
