Roos Lets Loose

 
Despite never having laced up a pair of skates (except for those of his two young sons) and growing up in Red Sox crazed Massachusetts, Rick Roos has been a huge hockey fan nearly all of his life.  Inspired by often wearing a Canadiens jersey to the old Boston Garden (it’s a long story…) and living to tell about it, Rick started to join fantasy hockey leagues back in the 90s, where he found himself waiting eagerly by a fax machine for weekly stats updates.  He has since been in – and won – leagues featuring elite fantasy hockey writers. In real life, Rick is an attorney, which made him the perfect choice to write his previous “Holding Court” column on DobberHockey, where he debated both sides of a fantasy hockey issue and rendered a verdict for readers to debate. Later, for several years, he did similar for the popular “Cage Match” series. Today, Roos is freewheeling through a variety of monthly pieces: Forum Buzz takes a look at some hot topics our readers are discussing in the forum; Mailbag allows readers to write in to Roos with fantasy hockey questions; Goldipucks and the Three Skaters takes a look at three players (in the spirit of the old Cage Match, except Roos determines who is too hot, too cold…and ju-u-ust right); The Tournament is where Roos polls the readers and the forum community on a certain topic, just the way Tourneys ran in the old Cage Match, until a winning player in that topic is declared.
 
  

Cage Match: Logan Couture vs. Jordan Eberle

By |2016-06-21T22:26:39-04:00June 22nd, 2016|Roos Lets Loose|

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 [...]

Cage Match: Dylan Larkin vs. Robby Fabbri

By |2016-06-08T06:27:09-04:00June 8th, 2016|Roos Lets Loose|

  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, [...]

Cage Match: Claude Giroux vs. Nicklas Backstrom

By |2016-06-01T00:12:56-04:00June 1st, 2016|Roos Lets Loose|

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 [...]

Cage Match: Evander Kane vs. Boone Jenner

By |2016-05-18T00:01:39-04:00May 18th, 2016|Roos Lets Loose|

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 [...]

Cage Match: Alec Martinez vs. Erik Johnson

By |2016-05-04T00:27:04-04:00May 4th, 2016|Roos Lets Loose|

Digging deep on defensemen Alec Martinez and Erik Johnson. Who's the better own?   Facing off this week are defensemen Alec Martinez and Erik Johnson. Both are 28, and seemingly at career crossroads. Can Martinez continue his late blooming to further improve? Will Johnson be able to climb back to previous production levels, which saw [...]

Cage Match: Jaden Schwartz vs. Filip Forsberg

By |2016-04-26T23:10:06-04:00April 27th, 2016|Roos Lets Loose|

Who is the better fantasy own: Schwartz or Forsberg? Roos investigates - with a conclusion you might not expect   One of the keys to winning fantasy leagues is determining the difference between players who’ve peaked early, versus those who’ll continue to improve. With that in mind this week’s battle is between Jaden Schwartz and [...]

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