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Five Defensive Prospects You Need to Know About

By |2013-05-15T14:48:19-04:00May 15th, 2013|z-Archives (other articles)|

 

MattDonovan

 

Five defensive prospects who could help you win your pool in 2013-14.

 

Many NHL teams are entering this offseason with the mandate to clear cap space, as the salary cap is dropping to $64.3 million for the 2013-14 season. And because of that, there will be a lot of roster openings around the league. Young players are very valuable in situations like these, as their rookie contracts typically carry very low salary cap hits. However, they need to be ready for the NHL game, particularly as defensemen. It isn’t easy to step in and log top four (or even bottom pairing) minutes as a rookie.

Read on for five lesser-known defensive prospects that are primed to make an impact in 2013-14.

 

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Players to Watch – East Non-Playoff Teams

By |2015-07-24T08:55:51-04:00May 14th, 2013|Roos Lets Loose|

ShawnMatthias 

 

Roos takes a look at non-playoff teams and gives suggestions on which players will improve and who will disappoint in 2013-14. First up - the Eastern Conference

This time of year, most fantasy hockey enthusiasts are either closely following their guys in the playoffs or taking a break until free agent signings begin during the summer. The problem is that both approaches ignore the players on the 14 teams which didn’t make the NHL playoffs, and risks an “out of sight, out of mind” situation where you won’t be able to remember enough about these players when the time comes for retentions or offseason deals.

Here is the first of a two-part column about players on non-playoffs teams (this week covering the Eastern Conference teams, next week the Western Conference), focusing on two players from each team – one who I think is a good bet to improve next season, and another who I feel will disappoint. 

 

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Ryan Suter Thriving On His Own

By |2015-07-24T08:55:54-04:00May 13th, 2013|The Wild West|

RyanSuter

 

 

Minnesota defenseman Ryan Suter doing just fine without Shea Weber

When the Norris Trophy nominees were revealed last week, three first time finalists had made the cut. P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens and Kris Letang were on the list after tying for the league lead in points among defenseman, and perhaps the biggest surprise of the group, Ryan Suter. Not necessarily because he didn't deserve to be there, but Suter certainly had his doubters after signing that huge $98M contract last off-season.

 

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Cheap PIM Options for Fantasy Hockey Leagues

By |2015-07-24T08:55:57-04:00May 9th, 2013|Capped|

 

Radko Gudas USA Today

 

Daoust delivers the goods on some cap-friendly PIM deliverers. 

 

Two weeks ago we looked at the underrated value of players who provide a high volume of hits and PIM. The results showed that even players who are not high-level talents at the offensive end of the rink van be very effective overall contributors in the right type of league. Furthermore, the name value of these scrappers is generally inferior to their equally-valuable and offensive-minded counterparts often making them easy to acquire. This week we will look at rugged players who signed cheap contract extensions within the last month. They may be undervalued but are certainly worthy of consideration for acquisition.


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The IR: Updates on Spezza, Harding, Backstrom, and more

By |2015-07-24T08:56:00-04:00May 9th, 2013|Injury Ward|

 

JasonSpezza USA Today

 

Brouwer updates us on the most pertinent NHL injuries.

 

In this weeks edition of Carried Off the Ice there will be updates on the latest injuries during round one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. During the playoffs NHL teams are extremely vague when it comes to disclosing injury information, so you will see a lot of undisclosed injuries.

 

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