Which players do you see breaking out in 2016-17? Have your say as fantasy owners from around the world weigh in Right about now many of you are wondering where to focus your fantasy attention, what with this summer’s free agent (and trading) frenzy having largely come and gone and only a precious few [...]
The center-only eligible player: rightly or wrongly undervalued in fantasy hockey? As with my column about embracing or avoiding Band-Aid Boys, the stakes here are arguably more significant than a normal Cage Match column, as more players are directly involved, so let’s dive in! What is positional eligibility, and why/when does it matter [...]
Who is the better #fantasyhockey second-line center - Jeff Carter or Jason Spezza? This week’s battle features two of the NHL’s best second line centers - Jeff Carter and Jason Spezza, who each posted 62+ points in both of the past two campaigns. Will we see more of the same (or even better) from [...]
A good one here - Eberle vs. Couture, who would you rather own? Rick Roos breaks it down... What honor could be more prestigious for Logan Couture than leading the 2016 Playoffs in scoring? Appearing in Cage Match of course - against Jordan Eberle! Can Couture carry his magic into 2016-17 and beyond; and [...]
Who is the better fantasy own - Ryan McDonagh or Anton Stralman? Full analysis here! After more than 100 Cage Matches, there’s rarely a first for me; but we have one this week in that the two players facing off (defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Anton Stralman) had exactly the same main stat lines last [...]
This week’s match is between two of the highest profile rookies from 2015-16, Dylan Larkin and Robby Fabbri. Can either breakout big in 2016-17, or might one or both fall victim to a sophomore slump? Cage Match is here to guide you, so let’s dive in! Career Path and Contract Status Larkin, [...]
Who would you rather own - Claude Giroux or Nicklas Backstrom? Rick Roos breaks it down... Although any poolie would be happy to have either Claude Giroux or Nicklas Backstrom on their fantasy team, both players will enter 2016-17 with new concerns for poolies who own them. In particular, can Giroux recover from three [...]
Should we be avoiding injury-prone players, or taking advantage of others' aversion to them? After I finished my winter 2015 Cage Match Tournaments on Band-Aid Boys, I made a note to do a future column where, instead of matching two players against each other, the battle (or I guess we’d call it a debate) [...]
Who is the better fantasy hockey option - Evander Kane or Boone Jenner? Breaking it all down for you... Battling this week are two coveted young multi-cat forwards: Evander Kane and Boone Jenner. Should we expect either to hit 60 points – health permitting – in the near future; and which one might have [...]
Great Cage Match this week - Cam Atkinson vs. Reilly Smith. Who is the better fantasy own both short and long term? This week we focus on two players who both made the leap from exactly 40 points in 2014-15 to 50+ this past season – Reilly Smith and Cam Atkinson. Were their jumps [...]
