Eastern Edge

  Inspired by Sunday night’s Academy Awards, which I didn’t watch, I will attempt to put a fantasy hockey spin on the old classic. There will be no red carpet fawning or lists of the best and worst dressed players, that stuff is for The Hockey News.   Costume Design   Rest assured, those awful [...]

  Now that we’ve got the trade deadline in the books for another year, it’s time to focus on the playoff races. Like last season, it’s going to come down to the last day, which makes for some exciting hockey heading into the post season.   Fantasy Focus   Evgenii Dadonov has followed an interesting [...]

  It’s good to be back after more than two weeks away (on vacation) from pretty much everything, including hockey. I did manage to catch a few games late last week, but I’ve got nearly a two-week hockey black hole to catch up on.   For a while, I’ve been thinking about putting this weekly [...]

  This week, the Eastern Edge will take a look at some Eastern Conference players who are very likely to help you win your league with a sweet second half.   I wrote in this year’s DobberHockey Fantasy Guide that the Flyers Travis Konecny was one of my Sleepers in the East. That prediction didn’t [...]

  This week, the Eastern Edge will take a closer look at the goaltending in the Eastern Conference. Just looking at the numbers between East versus West and it is much more preferable to own a Western Conference goaltender if your league counts goals-against averages and save percentages.   All the statistics that follow are [...]

  With much of Eastern Canada and United States recently experienced or still enduring a deep freeze, I thought it would be nice to look at who, from the Eastern Conference, might be heating up and if they might be available to help your fantasy roster.   The Blue Jackets are blessed with two young, [...]

  This week, I’d like to talk about players that might be lesser known outside of their own fanbases. One of the players that has caught my eye over the past week or so is a Red Wing with a great big name. Andreas Athanasiou missed the first seven games of the season due to [...]

  Happy New Year! One New Year’s resolution that I hope to keep is to spend more time on each of my fantasy leagues. During the season, I normally set my line-ups every Sunday for the following week, but I often find that in week adjustments are not happening. As well, I rarely initiate trade [...]

  Happy Boxing Day! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and was able to spend time with their family and friends during the holiday season. I am lucky to be visiting my family in Edmonton and my wonderful niece and nephew treated me to the Oilers versus Habs game on 23 December. It was [...]

  With the Red Wings amazing 25-year playoff streak finally broken last spring, Detroit can focus on the future instead of making the playoffs. Obviously, every team’s goal should be to win the Stanley Cup, not just qualify for the playoffs. Detroit hasn’t had a realistic shot at winning the cup for a good number [...]