The start of the hockey season is also the start of the crazy season, where some fantasy general managers with little patience start trading any player off to a slow start. It happens every year. We see threads in the forum about trading superstars for second-line players because the former is struggling while the latter [...]
Even though we’re still early in the season, it’s never a bad time to scour the waiver wire to see if there are better options out there. Of course, we’re dealing with small sample sizes, so you shouldn’t panic on underperforming superstars. However, it’s okay to look at dropping mid- to lower-tier players if there [...]
We are only six days into the NHL season, and while it is way too early to overreact, we can already have a look at power-play time on ice and see if there are any trends that start to emerge. Of course, much can change. A coach could be trying something for three games, [...]
Forecasts are a funny thing. You look at so many players and so many projections, and you have to judge which ones you want to believe. Then there are players where it doesn’t matter what you believe, they all predict the same thing. Last week, we looked at 10 players who have wide-ranging projections. [...]
Just like almost everyone else in fantasy hockey, I love reading projections. It’s always fun to have a look to see who is predicting big things for players on your roster and I will sometimes use different projections in my pre-season trade talks. If one guide has a player you are coveting at a [...]
One of my favourite things to do in hockey pools is to go back and see who were some of the biggest surprises taken in my hockey pool drafts. Last year, for example, players such as Josh Bailey, William Karlsson and Brayden Point could have made the difference between winning your fantasy hockey championship and [...]
Projecting established players to put up a lot of points is easy. The difficult part is projecting what players are going to break out that no one really expects. Last year, there were 36 players that hit 70 points, 12 of which hit that number for the first time. (For the record, those 12 [...]
One of the biggest draft mistakes many fantasy hockey general managers make is selecting a player that will get a lot of points but suck at peripherals. However, when that player goes through a cold stretch, they give you nothing of any value and you’re forced to considering benching your player. I’ve been doing [...]
With the opening of Yahoo fantasy hockey within the past couple of weeks, many general managers have taken to the web site to get a head start on their fantasy season. Mock drafts are a great way to get a sense of what people are doing and different strategies. I was in one on Saturday [...]
One thing I’ve been noticing on Twitter quite a bit recently are tweets from people mentioning they are gearing up for their first ever hockey pool this year. Anything that gets more people involved in fantasy hockey is a good thing and it could get them hooked. It worked for my wife. When we [...]
