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With only a couple of days left in the regular season, and only a couple of days left until Easter Sunday, I’ve focused this edition of “Leprechaun’s Gold” largely on statistics that will help all of you who are taking part in fantasy playoff hockey.
The flowers are out, the birds are chirping, and the beers are being chilled. Playoff hockey is every hockey fan’s favourite time of the year. Can’t beat watching multiple hockey games a night, hanging with your friends and enjoying a cold one. This year in the West looks to be potentially the best hockey since the Vancouver Canucks improbable run during the 1994 Stanley Cup. From Nashville right through to Calgary, every team looks to have a shot at earning the title of Western Conference Champion. Let’s break down each team – four this week and four next – and certain players to keep a close eye on for your playoff pools.
The flowers are out, the birds are chirping, and the beers are being chilled. Playoff hockey is every hockey fan’s favourite time of the year. Can’t beat watching multiple hockey games a night, hanging with your friends and enjoying a cold one. This year in the West looks to be potentially the best hockey since the Vancouver Canucks improbable run during the 1994 Stanley Cup. From Nashville right through to Calgary, every team looks to have a shot at earning the title of Western Conference Champion. Let’s break down each team – four this week and four next – and certain players to keep a close eye on for your playoff pools.
Stop reading now if your stomach cringes every time you hear the word '15 year-old phenom'. Allow someone else the bandwith to enjoy the absolute buffet of riches the NHL will feast on in just a few years.
The 2008 and 2009 NHL Entry Drafts will mark the coming of a new age of scoring dominance. With kids growing to bigger and bigger heights at younger ages, and NHL-calibre development programs available to youth hockey, the next breed of superstars will come into the league quicker and with a bigger impact than ever before. Forget wider nets: the solution to the Dead Puck Era is here, and it's all thanks to some freakishly good genes.
Stop reading now if your stomach cringes every time you hear the word '15 year-old phenom'. Allow someone else the bandwith to enjoy the absolute buffet of riches the NHL will feast on in just a few years.
The 2008 and 2009 NHL Entry Drafts will mark the coming of a new age of scoring dominance. With kids growing to bigger and bigger heights at younger ages, and NHL-calibre development programs available to youth hockey, the next breed of superstars will come into the league quicker and with a bigger impact than ever before. Forget wider nets: the solution to the Dead Puck Era is here, and it's all thanks to some freakishly good genes.
I do not know who to quote; Van Halen, Kriss Kross, or the House of Pain. There are several players in the NHL who made a big “Jump” this season. In terms of fantasy, these are the types of players that everyone wants to draft or pick up.
I do not know who to quote; Van Halen, Kriss Kross, or the House of Pain. There are several players in the NHL who made a big “Jump” this season. In terms of fantasy, these are the types of players that everyone wants to draft or pick up.
Next year's sleeper picks and no-brainer picks for Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Phoenix, and Dallas…
Next year's sleeper picks and no-brainer picks for Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Phoenix, and Dallas…
With a mere eight or so games left in the 2006-07 regular season, now is the time to turn away from the bigwig contender teams and look small. That's where you stand to find the best young kids as they earn call-ups with their craptacular parent clubs. As vets sit out the rest of the year healing wounds they'd normally suck up for the postseason, these future stars will start seeing big ice. And there may be the odd gem among several stinkers as longshot prospects get a look. Here are some recent such performances- both good and bad.
