With Saturday being the first day of NHL action since the 4 Nations Face-Off, I’ll try to pay special attention to players who participated at the tournament – particularly those who played in the memorable championship game between Canada and the United States. Let’s start with what could be a major blow to fantasy teams. [...]
Kevin Lankinen entered the season as an insurance experienced backup goalie for the Canucks, who didn’t know how long Thatcher Demko would be sidelined. With Lankinen providing steady goaltending and Demko held to 17 games and injured again, Lankinen’s stock has soared to the point where the Canucks have extended Lankinen for a five-year extension [...]
That was a fun week and a half, wasn’t it? As a Canadian, I was 100% prepared to say that even if Canada didn’t win. If you’re an American, hopefully you concur. In the end, the big winner is the game of hockey, which generated the kind of buzz that it hasn't had for quite [...]
Saturday’s Canada/USA matchup at the 4 Nations Face-Off was widely anticipated for a number of reasons. For starters, there hasn’t been a best-on-best hockey tournament in nearly a decade, when many of Canada’s and the US’s top players were youngsters playing for Team North America (remember that?) during that last tournament. In addition, throw in [...]
The 4 Nations break is the perfect time to take stock on the Top 100 Roto Rankings. That being said, there aren’t significant changes to the rankings except at the top and at the bottom. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, [...]
One of the arguments against midseason international tournaments is the risk of players being injured in a tournament game. That threat came true for fantasy teams rostering Shea Theodore, as he will miss NHL regular-season games in addition to the rest of the tournament with a wrist injury. Add to that the fact that the [...]
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! (as well as Utah/Washington and Tampa Bay/Montreal). Saturday was also the last busy night before the 4 Nations, so hopefully you were able to make it count. - Igor Shesterkin will be out for 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury. Normally that would be of concern, but he will use the [...]
Sidney Crosby was not in the Penguins’ lineup on Friday due to an upper-body injury. According to head coach Mike Sullivan, the team is "taking it one day at a time.” The Penguins play again today (Saturday), so Crosby has to be considered questionable for that game as well. If he does not play on [...]
Sidney Crosby was on the ice on Thursday, but he missed practice, avoiding shooting the puck while skating on his own. Crosby should be considered questionable for tonight’s (Friday’s) game against the Rangers after being hit by two Devils on Tuesday. Canadian hockey fans are crossing their fingers that Crosby will be ready for the [...]
Happy Groundhog Day! Hopefully today isn’t the start of six more weeks of misery for your fantasy team. After all, your fantasy playoffs might be six weeks away. Less than 24 hours after details of the Canucks-Rangers trade surfaced, J.T. Miller made a strong first impression in his return to the Rangers in Boston. Miller [...]
