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Teuvo Teravainen erupted for a hat-trick performance, all part of a four-point night that vaulted him from a 50-point pace, to a 67-point pace. I think he’s more of the former than the latter. More concerningly, all of Teravainen’s scores have come in random outbursts. He has scored in just six of Carolina’s 16 games [...]

We’ll start off today with a PSA: get your lineups set early! The Avalanche and Senators are playing over in Stockholm starting at 2:00 pm EST. That goes for tomorrow as well, as there are a pair of early games at 1:00 pm EST. * Micheal Ferland alert! The power forward is back on the [...]

Brad Marchand did not travel with the Bruins on their two-game road trip. At the earliest he’ll be back on Saturday for the back half of their home-and-home against the Leafs. In the mean time, you’ve got Anders Bjork in Marchand’s spot on the top line, but you also have Jake DeBrusk skating Marchand’s PP [...]

Early goalie panic never ceases to entertain. 10 starts into the season Devan Dubnyk has been less than stellar with a 0.907 save percentage after getting chased last night. He has just four quality starts in those 10 appearances, which is a less than stellar ratio but it’s still such a small sample size. It’s [...]

Today we'll take a tour around the league but after a 12-game slate apologies if not all the teams in action were touched on. We'll get to them another day!  * The Bruins reunited the trio of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak for last night’s game. All three have been productive, scoring at [...]

This summer I took over a team in a 24-team cap league. It needed a major overhaul, including the fact that the best goalie on the roster was Al Montoya. WOOF. Given that it was a rebuild, I wasn’t going to rush things and overpay to land a starter. I scooped up Kari Lehtonen in [...]

Yesterday’s big news item was Shea Theodore finally getting called up to Vegas. He didn’t play last night but likely because it took time for him to join the team on the road. Theodore is ready to be an impact player immediately and I advocate picking him up in every league that you can. It’s [...]

Sean Couturier is off to a ludicrous start. A three-point night gives him 12 points in 10 games. He has re-invigorated the top line with Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek, both of whom drown at 5-on-5 last season. We know Giroux and Voracek are established fantasy assets but what to make of Couturier? Well, Couturier [...]

Laidlaw checking in for a guest, spot. Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian readers. For those who are wondering, I’ll be back full time in November. In the meantime, a big thanks to Cliffy, Neil and Ian for taking the reins all summer and fall. * We have to do this every year, but just remember [...]