News of the morning has to start with Tage Thompson. His 5-points (4G,1A) in the first period against Columbus was crazy enough, yes? Almost an afterthought that he added a fifth. Thompson has Rocket-ed to third in the NHL goals race. My DFS+ starts with my Thursday feature, “What’s Wrong With… (2022 playoff teams only)?” [...]
Last night I went to bed before the west coast game but had a DFS play (mostly) matching my deepest fantasy league - four Canadiens (Suzuki drafted, and FA’s Sean Monahan, Mike Matheson, and Kaiden Guhle) and two Canucks (Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko, both drafted). Hmm, four goals, six assists, but only plus-2 combined, [...]
Starting this month, as part of my NHL DFS column, I’m planning a Thursday feature that’s tentatively titled “What’s wrong with…(playoff teams),” and my first examination will be the Tampa Bay Lightning. No, they haven’t collapsed, they’re not tanking, they have no plans to enter the Connor Bedard sweepstakes - - in fact, not a [...]
As we close out November, I’ll start with a review of the Vancouver Canucks’ resurgence. After an 0-5-2 start that had fans - and his boss Jim Rutherford - calling for Bruce Boudreau to win OR ELSE, the team is quietly 9-5-1, actually one of the best records in the west over that span. So, [...]
Back in the first week of September, I put out some outrageous too-early predictions for the NHL season, team results. I had five new teams making the top-16, and thus into the playoffs come April, these being (alphabetically) Detroit, New York Islanders, Vancouver, Vegas, and Winnipeg. Ok it’s now the eve of USA Thanksgiving, and [...]
On Tuesday, I discussed a team that’s underperforming badly (Vancouver), and yes they came to play for their coach, taking away a 5-4 win. Today I’ll cover the opposite end, and discuss the New Jersey Devils. First stat - they’ve won their last 10 games and sit atop the Metropolitan Division. But why? The goaltending [...]
This week, most teams will pass the 20% mark of games played for the 2022–23 season. It’s no longer a small sample, and there are already several teams above or below the expectations that we all saw back in early October. Raise your hands if you saw Boston, New Jersey, Winnipeg, and Vegas leading their [...]
I’m traveling, so not as easy to get in my ALWAYS accurate reading first, so I’m going off the routine, and picking teams to focus upon, with stackable options. This puts winning on you, the reader, and keeps you from throwing more eggs my way. WARM: St. Louis at home against San Jose. A few [...]
Teams that really, really need a win do often play with that added degree of desire and desperation, but alas, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and San Jose are off on Tuesday. Thus, I’ll focus on the St. Louis Blues, who are absolutely a better hockey team than they’ve shown, and those elusive wins will have to start [...]
After Tuesday, I’ve decided to take the easy way out - just pick Edmonton’s top power play, the best goalkeeper, and leave the rest of the card blank. If this works one time in five, you’d be ahead! Ok, back to reality. Consecutive shutouts in the World Series, and I’m taking the “over” tonight. For [...]
