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Top 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

By |2024-03-11T00:33:23-04:00March 11th, 2024|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Now that the NHL trade deadline is over, so too are the deadlines in most fantasy leagues. I'm in two keeper leagues. One trade deadline was on Friday, but I made no moves in that league. In my other league, the deadline was on Sunday night. I made a bevy of moves in that points-only [...]

Top 10 Older Players to Trade For

By |2024-02-12T11:08:07-05:00February 12th, 2024|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

It's no secret that fantasy general managers overvalue youth. Give a GM the choice between two equal players, but one is a 22-year-old and one a 35-year-old, odds are the fantasy general manager will choose the younger player.  This creates a disparity in a player's fantasy value. Since more fantasy general managers value youth over [...]

Top 10 Players with High IPP

By |2024-02-05T10:55:16-05:00February 5th, 2024|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

If you're trying to figure out which players may regress post-All-Star festivities, one of the best tools to use is individual points percentage, otherwise known as IPP.  Basically, IPP measures how frequently a player picks up a point on any goal that is scored while that player is on the ice. To make it simple, [...]

Top 10 Players with Low IPP

By |2024-01-29T10:56:38-05:00January 29th, 2024|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Now that we're in the second half of the season, fantasy general managers are trying to figure out who can rebound from a poorer-than-expected first half. There are many metrics you can use to determine this: ice time, linemates, shooting percentage, power-play usage, etc. One other useful metric is individual points percentage (IPP). Basically, IPP [...]

Top 10 Fantasy Games of 2023

By |2024-01-01T09:53:42-05:00January 1st, 2024|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Any time the calendar flips over to a new year, it's always fun to look back at some of the best fantasy performances from the previous year. Maybe the craziest thing about 2023 is that there weren't many awesome fantasy performances compared to 2022. There wasn't a Tage Thompson-type game, where he scored four goals [...]

Top 10 Surprising Gifts This Season

By |2023-12-25T10:40:11-05:00December 25th, 2023|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

It's Christmas Day, and with no NHL games on the docket until Tuesday, this is a great opportunity to have a look at better-than-expected players so far this season.  Some of the best gifts you can get on Christmas Day are those that completely surprise you, even if they aren’t the biggest or most expensive. [...]

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