Fantasy Hockey Top 10

In one-year leagues, one of the categories that I specifically aim to win is shots. My thinking on this is pretty basic. A player who takes plenty of shots is more likely to score, more likely to be getting lots of ice time and power-play time and more likely to be playing with other elite [...]

Every once in a while, you’ll read about a fantasy general manager punting a category in a league that counts several peripherals. This is a nice way of saying that the GM will ignore that particular statistic when drafting and instead focus on everything else. Usually, the punted category is plus/minus, but I feel like [...]

While points-only pools are my favourite type of fantasy leagues, there’s something fun about being in a league with peripherals that give value to players you normally wouldn’t draft. A few years ago, I won a one-year head-to-head Yahoo pool that included PIM, blocked shots and hits, and a large portion of that success was [...]

One of the categories I find that often gets overlooked in fantasy hockey drafts is power-play production. After all, most people just look at the total points, and figure if a player is getting points, then they’re probably getting power-play points as well. They’re not wrong, but oftentimes a player can be disappointing. Ryan Getzlaf, [...]

Every few days, it feels as if there is a new plan on how the NHL is going to continue its season. The latest rumours have the NHL having its season continue in four cities. However, you can put me in the camp of this season being wiped out. I don’t think we will see [...]

Last week, I mentioned that looking at a player’s inflated shooting percentage is a good first step to figuring out what players could regress. The inverse is also true. Deflated shooting percentages could be a sign of what players could rebound next season. After all, a player taking 200 shots with a shooting percentage of [...]

When you sit down later this summer and try to figure out which players are in line to regress, the first statistic you should look at is shooting percentage. It’s not the only stat to consider, but it’s a good starting point. Any player who saw an increase of at least five percentage points this [...]

One of the keys to winning your fantasy championship is being able to find those guys who will have great seasons that seeming come out of nowhere. After all, these are players that you could have drafted late or picked up off the waiver wire at some point, and many of them performed better than [...]

Last week, I took a shot at naming the top 10 disappointing players of 2019-20. As I mentioned at the time, it was a much more difficult task than normal, as my original list had 55 names. To make sure I could include more players, I decided to break it down into two groupings. Last [...]

Has there ever been a season where there have been so many disappointments? It is quite possible that you could have drafted a list of superstars and all-stars last fall, but finished near the bottom of the standings as many of them underperformed or were injured. This was one of the toughest columns I’ve ever [...]