Daily Fantasy Hockey Tips (DFS)

The first four series are now two games in, and it probably should surprise no one that the Carolina Hurricanes are up 2-0. Last season’s playoffs, they were 7-1 at PNC Arena, and 0-6 on the road. So, a few quick bucks on the Islanders for Friday might look good. The other three matches are [...]

Four years ago, when I wasn’t yet writing about hockey, my very first article was the prediction that Tampa Bay, winners of 62 regular season games, would be swept in the first playoff round by Columbus. Ok, I’m blatantly lying. BUT the lesson learned here was that a team that’s been desperate to win every [...]

Surely, this is how the NHL envisioned their schedule back in the summer of 2022. We have three dogfights for division leads, and both wildcard races are undecided with only a week to go in the season. It’s a far cry from last year, especially in the East, where the eight playoff positions were largely [...]

Last night, the three-game slate’s biggest feature was the Central Division first-place contest between Colorado and Minnesota. Didn’t seem fair. 15% of the Wild’s salary cap is in limbo, and their best player is out on IR. The game was also at the Ball Arena in Denver, where the reigning champs, well, reign. None of [...]

Do you know (or hazard a guess?) how many combined goals Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Mark Scheifele, and Josh Morrissey have scored in the Winnipeg Jets’ last nine games? I’ll give you a hint - not many. The Jets, who desperately need points to hang onto the West’s second wild card spot, have [...]

A bit of a shorter article maybe today, as I recover from watching the late-night barnburner between Minnesota and St. Louis. The Wild are 11-0-3 in the last month, and are knocking on the door of the Central Division lead. No Kirill Kaprizov, no problem! Both Marc-Andre Fleury and Filip Gustavsson step up every game, [...]

Isn’t it interesting how team points become so much more valuable in the last quarter of the season, but individual stats are much less so. Why? Well, as teams race to get those last playoff wildcard spots, or home ice advantage for those sitting #2 or #3 (let alone in the crazy Pacific Division), it’s [...]

The frenzy that’s been a trade deadline WEEK isn’t likely to be done a day early - I’ve been following the Dobber hockey authors for their takes on the fantasy implications, and the forum for the hysteria (LOL). Certainly, the Rangers, Devils and Maple Leafs have made big splashes into the pool of available talent, [...]

Wow, what a tense and exciting game between Tampa and Arizona last night! Not at all what I anticipated, how about you? In the shootout, Connor Ingram bested two of three likely Hall of Famers, and came out with the 47-save shutout. This isn’t really fantasy relevant however, as Ingram is rostered in only 3% [...]

I’ve enjoyed my all-star break without being sucked into the silliness, whether pro football’s “flag football” game, or Sergei Ovechkin scoring on Igor Shesterkin. (Sergei is draft-eligible in 2036, for  dynasty league planning.) And today is the first day since January 28th with even seven games on the schedule - a light night for a [...]