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  The Buffalo fan base has endured some painful times, but the tide is quickly turning with the ascent of Jack Eichel, increased NHL caliber depth and the continued rise of their backend pillar Rasmus Ristolainen. Entering the first season of his young career, Ristolainen is coming into his own as a multi-category must own. [...]

With all the young talent in Toronto, there's one veteran forward who is better than you think. […]

  In an effort to continue the trend of alternating week to week coverage between forwards and defenders, this week we take a look at yet another stud dealt away by the Boston Bruins by the name of Dougie Hamilton. If you’ve never taken the time to compile the potential line combinations traded away by [...]

  There’s no hiding that youth and potential are all the rage these days in fantasy circles. Realistically, it always has been, but regardless a tendency arises for us to look past the grizzled salt and pepper veterans who are producing right now. A classic case in point is Ryan Getzlaf who provided owners with [...]

  Is anyone else finding themselves watching a lot more baseball these days? Summer is in full swing and sports are thin in general alas a time for reflection on the previous season’s results. One player thoroughly deserving of spotlight coverage is Victor Hedman.   […]

  We’re back again for another round of “Who’s Ready to Breakout?!” In Part One of our Breakout Series, we profiled a former first overall pick, a budding Washington Capital and a feisty St. Louis Blue looking to get back to his natural position. […]

  Instead of the usual FPF article this week, we’ve decided to roll out some words on the focal point of the hockey world this weekend: The NHL Entry Draft. It’s always fun to see what a few months can do; draft picks go from a mere afterthought at the NHL trade deadline to being [...]

  Boy that went quickly; another season completed and another Stanley Cup victory for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not too shabby considering they were without their top defenseman in Kris Letang. Kudos to the Pens, but now it’s time to shift gears back into the fantasy mindset and start mining for value and identifying some breakout [...]

  It seems as if every season there is a player or two that sneaks up to surprise the hockey world and land a plum job next to talented players and produce fantasy-worthy results. Now, whether this player actually came out of nowhere or was forecasted to have legitimate upside due to some numbers that [...]

  As the weather continues to turn warmer, we as fantasy hockey managers are forced to begin the mighty task of projecting into the next fall and beyond. With that never-ending forecasting comes many opinions and debates that easily abound, and right now, there doesn’t appear to be a more polarizing fantasy asset than Jake [...]