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  As a fantasy owner, should you be concerned with Patrik Laine? It seems ludicrous to even ask that about a player that has scored 105 goals in his first 209 games – two months before his 21st birthday. Laine is still on pace for a 38-goal year which is excellent but there is some [...]

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  The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 5th overall pick in 2012 has had a meteoric rise in 2018-2019. At 24 years of age, Morgan Rielly has gone from 13th in September 2018 to 3rd in January 2019 on Dobber’s Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen list. His PPG is 1.02 compared to his career high of 0.68 [...]

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  Last week we covered some names out there in the fantasy universe bringing dismay to their owners early in the season. This week, let's embrace positivity that would make any human resources department gleeful and look at some players who are providing nice value despite lack of name brand recognition for their respective squads. [...]

  Now a couple of weeks into the fantasy hockey regular season, we can assess some scenarios that are unfolding on teams across the league that are not to the liking of specific individual’s owners. The following players are ones we need to be patient with although I deem their current deployments as undesirable. Nobody [...]

  I’m all for streaming one or two spots on my roster(s) full time all season to 1) maximize roster slots in a match and 2) prepare myself extensively for postseason do or die player drops. If a depth option isn’t working for me early on I see no issue swapping out for another name [...]

  One of the busier teams this summer, the St. Louis Blues are all in on an attempt to be Stanley Cup Champions in 2018-19. A team boasting depth, you’ll find the likes of Alexander Steen on the third line and Jay Bouwmeester as a third pairing defenseman potentially. This team has no excuse to [...]

  With the start of American football it means that hockey is on the horizon folks. Naturally, mock drafting is underway and I’ve started hitting the practice circuit on ESPN. I’ve noticed several players from the same team falling in drafts that fantasy managers should consider stacking. The following will not cost first and second [...]

  It seems like ages ago when the Chicago Blackhawks ran the gauntlet and established their dynasty era with three Stanley Cup victories over the course of six seasons. Now though with captain Jonathan Toews not attaining the 60-point plateau in three campaigns, while potentially entering an early decline at only 30 years old, things [...]