The life of a fantasy hockey general manager is never easy. All your planning and research go right down the drain as soon as the puck drops on the first game of the season. Some players go into slumps right away and never shake out of it. Because of their history, you may be hesitant [...]
Someone once said that "Sometimes what you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all." For fantasy hockey, that expression would probably more like "Sometimes what you're looking for comes from where you're not looking at all." This basically means that you can always find gems at the draft, through trades and on the waiver wire. [...]
Every season, there are a few players that come out of nowhere to be a complete shock, and this campaign was no different. This year may have seen even more than usual, as there were more goals scored this season than in years. There were so many shocking seasons that we're going to break it [...]
The NHL playoffs start tonight, but there are still some last-minute playoff drafts that need to be wrapped up. Of course, selecting players is straightforward at the beginning of the draft. You take top players on teams expected to go far. However, those players are spread across everyone's playoff teams. It's drafting the sleeper picks [...]
One thing to keep in mind during your fantasy draft and then throughout the season is that you always want to target players who are getting plenty of power-play time. After all, most leagues count power-play points as a category, but even in points-only pools, many players can get a boost by playing top minutes [...]
To put it bluntly, this has not been a good season for your goalies. With a couple of exceptions, many struggled this season, either with injuries, in a timeshare or they just plain sucked. We may wind up with only six netminders to start 60 games. For comparison, the last three full seasons before Covid, [...]
Every year, the NHL season is full of surprises. I'm not talking about the "this-player-outperformed-expectations-by-15-points" kind of surprise, but "William-Karlsson-had-more-goals-than-all-but-two-players-in-2017-18" type of jaw-dropping surprise. Some of these stats may be evident, whereas others you may not realize are happening unless you look more closely at the numbers. It could be one player is having a [...]
One of the more frustrating aspects of cap fantasy leagues is when one of your players signs a contract that is an overpayment as soon as it is signed. Most of these contracts are serviceable enough in your league, but any player making at least $10 million deserves a long look at whether they are [...]
Today is the NHL trade deadline, but many fantasy leagues have already seen their deadlines come and go. If you want to improve your squad at this stage of the fantasy season, all you're stuck with is the waiver wire. Of course, the deeper your league, the tougher it is to find productive players. Which [...]
The NHL trade deadline is a week away, and this will be a time of year when even the most pessimistic fantasy general manager can get swept up in the emotion of it all. Any time a player gets dealt around trade deadline day, the value of that traded player increases in fantasy circles. Which [...]
