It is a bit of a surprise that we are this deep into the season and haven’t yet seen a coach fired. Not that I think firing your coach mid-season always makes a difference. There are clear success stories like when the Penguins brought in Mike Sullivan mid-season, changed their playing style and won [...]
The NHL Bye Weeks are here to ruin your season. 13 teams play only one game this week and over half the league with two or fewer. Next week isn’t much better. Worse, the week after is All-Star Weekend so we’ve got three very thin weeks in a row. Basically, January is a write-off. [...]
As seems to happen every year, weather has intervened causing the postponement of the Panthers-Bruins game last night. We will have to wait and see when the makeup game is slotted for, but this has offered extra games for head-to-head playoffs for specific teams in the past. Last season the Hurricanes benefitted with a [...]
Jonathan Marchessault signed six-year contract extension worth $5.0 million annually. There is some risk for Vegas signing a 27-year-old having a career season, but Marchessault has always had talent, scoring efficiently at every stop in his career. Only now is he getting full-time top usage and is very much the driver of the bus [...]
Happy New Year! * The Winter Classic thrust the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers into the limelight on New Year’s Day. The second lines for both squads did much of the damage. JT Miller – Kevin Hayes – Michael Grabner got it done for the Rangers, including the overtime winner from Miller. We [...]
If you scooped up Anton Forsberg to fill in for Corey Crawford you got smacked by Brock Boeser, Sam Gagner and Thomas Vanek who combined to score all five of Vancouver’s goals. Forsberg was not and is not an option I’d run with in goal unless forced to do so out of desperation. Any [...]
Tough news on the injury front for Mark Scheifele owners as the Jets’ centerman was forced from last night’s action with an upper-body injury. We should find out more about the severity later today, but my suspicion is a broken collarbone based on how he went into the boards. Look for Bryan Little to [...]
With the Oilers seemingly on the rise, we take at the depth scoring they will need for the team to get back into playoff conversations. We also show some love to a few lesser known names in New York and Washington who have been producing recently (past three games). Next week we’ll review lines [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! With no games to run down, my gift to you is 25 stats to consider in your fantasy league: 1. 4:14 – That’s the number of power play minutes Mikko Rantanen has averaged per game, leading the entire league. Somehow, the sophomore is only at 50% ownership on Yahoo despite [...]
The best fantasy options in hockey are the Islanders’ top line and whoever is facing off against the Islanders. Last night’s big winner: Hampus Lindholm netting a hat-trick against Jaroslav Halak. Lindholm could probably have more relevance, but he’s stuck behind Cam Fowler and Brandon Montour for power play time. He does have some [...]
