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Kevin continues his offseason tour around the Western Conference with stops in Los Angeles and Winnipeg […]

The 2017 Offseason Outlook for the Arizona Coyotes and Dallas Stars   Following the lottery draft order/disorder we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason outlook, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations and highlighting potential breakout candidates. We started in the cellar points-wise and are moving up as we go. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly [...]

With the regular season behind us it’s a good time to look at our preseason predictions to see where we hit and where we missed. Last week we examined how several top-end rookies and breakout candidates fared against our prognostications. This week we’ll look at those we thought might rebound from a less-than-stellar 2015-16 as [...]

With the regular season behind us it’s a good time to look at our preseason predictions to see where we hit and where we missed. This week we’ll examine how several top-end rookies and breakout candidates we examined fared. Next week we’ll look at those we thought might rebound from a less-than-stellar 2015-16 as well [...]

The Wild West - Western Conference Fantasy MVPs   Following Eric Daoust’s excellent Eastern Edge piece, here are my thoughts on the 2016-17 Western Conference fantasy MVPs. With the 82-game schedule complete let’s look back at this year’s best in the West fantasy-wise at each positon. It’s impossible to factor in all the various league scoring [...]

Chasing the Cup - Regular vs. Postseason Production   Although most fantasy seasons have ended by this week, the onset of the NHL playoffs brings new opportunities for serious owners. Playoff pool participants often draft players from teams they believe will be in the postseason for the long run, thus maximizing playing time and associated [...]

The Wild West Desert Dogs Rising - Arizona’s Future is (Almost) Upon Us   Apologizes for the obvious pun but these are the dog days for teams out of the playoff hunt. The last few weeks of the season we tend to speculate if certain of their players have given up, if others are ducking games [...]

Calgary’s 3M Line – Offensive Zone Starts and the Calder Trophy. What's making the NHL's hottest team tick right now               Just how good has Calgary’s top line been? Usually, a high offensive zone start (OZ%) percentage indicates a player that excels on offense and is used primarily in that [...]

While it’s far, far too early to evaluate trades made prior to the March 1st deadline, particularly for those who have yet to play for their new teams, we here jump the gun and take a look how players who have moved into or around the West are initially fitting into their new digs and [...]