Carried Off the Ice: NHL Injury Report
The weekly IR report is back and kicks off with news on Nash, Pitkanen, Vrbata and more!
Cage Match Rookie Tournament – Week 2
Welcome to Week Two of the Cage Match Rookie Tournament. Week One saw the opening round matchups in the Selanne Bracket. Why the Selanne Bracket you might ask? That’s why. There were few surprises in Week One, as all of the top seeds made it through to the next round. Here’s how they got there.
Category Killers – Part 1 (Hits and Blocked Shots)
Category Killers - Part 1 (Hits and Blocked Shots)
If you read my Frustration Meter column from last week, one of the types of frustrating players I highlighted was the Category Killer, which is someone who drags your team down by doing major damage in at least one category. Sometimes it’s easy to tell when you have a category killer, like if he’s doing poorly in something major like goals, assists, or a widely reported category like plus/minus. But most leagues nowadays count one or more secondary categories, where it might be harder to actually notice the effects of a category killer.
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The Waiver Wire: Western Conference Style
The Waiver Wire: Western Conference Style
The National Hockey League season is almost a month old, and in this shortened campaign that means over 25% of the games are in the books. This now gives us a decent sample size to look at players and what to expect from them going forward. Right now may be the perfect time to scour the waiver wire to see what you can find.
Between the Lines – Boyes, Tlusty, McGinn and more
Looking at some of the hot line combinations of the past week...
It was a crazy week full of injuries including a huge one in Ottawa, where Erik Karlsson is out for the season with a lacerated Achilles. The injury count is up over 100 and in a shortened season, these lines and pairings are tearing it up. Let’s go “Between The Lines”.
Geek of the Week: Erik Karlsson
An in-depth look at Erik Karlsson, and the options of fantasy hockey owners...
Last Wednesday night, fantasy hockey leagues everywhere were turned on their heads when Erik Karlsson suffered an Achilles injury that will, in all likelihood, cost him the rest of the 2013 season. Earlier this week, Angus had a great piece breaking down the impact of the Karlsson injury. As a Karlsson owner myself, I wanted to take the opportunity to build on this and share the pain of the loss. It is a somewhat therapeutic geek of the week: Erik Karlsson
Top 100 Roto Players – February 2013
Download the February 2013 edition right here.
Glad to welcome back the Roto PDF after a month hiatus. The shortened season has brought many surprises and the list will reflect it. As such, it is never too early to start thinking about the looming trade deadline. While current win now value is just as crucial to keeper leagues as it is to one year leagues, The Top 100 attempts to keep emotions at bay. While it is easy to be swayed by the likes of Thomas Vanek and Patrick Marleau, it is your responsibility to keep things in check.
15 Prime Cuts: Clarkson, Karlsson, Hall, and more
The top 2013 prospect for fantasy hockey, Clarkson’s scoring emergence, replacing Karlsson, and more in this week’s Prime Cuts.
Forensics: Claude Giroux
Anthony Lancione breaks down Giroux's slow start.
Claude Giroux, who blossomed into a 90+ point producer last season, has struggled out of the gate in 2013. Why? His PPG (points per game) last season of 1.21 put him up with the likes of Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby with regards to offensive production. However, four weeks into 2013, his underwhelming 0.57 PPG drop-off marks less than half the rate of production he was accumulating last season.