Cage Match Tournament – Richard Bracket, Round 1
Welcome to the third week of the Cage Match Tournament! In case you missed them, here are the previous week’s editions:
Week 1 – Introducing the Bracket
Week 2 – Round One: Howe Bracket
Forensics – Dan Girardi
Dan Girardi isn’t going to be challenging for any scoring titles, but he certainly has plenty of fantasy value. The all-star was never drafted and has now become one of the league’s best shutdown defenders.
Planning for the Head-to-Head Playoffs (West 2012)
Last week, an interesting question was raised in the forums by “Yardsale” regarding whether or not scheduling makes a difference during the playoffs in H2H leagues. The most logical answer is YES! This week we’ll take a look at a bit of the “mathy” stuff to really breakdown the players to own for the H2H playoffs.
Hodgson and Sulzer for Kassian and Gragnani
Fantasy Impact: The Vancouver Canucks trade forward Cody Hodgson and defenseman Alexander Sulzer to the Buffalo Sabres for forward Zach Kassian and defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani
Join our live chat of the NHL Trade Deadline 2012 here.
Predators acquire Paul Gaustad
Fantasy Impact: The Nashville Predators have acquired center Paul Gaustad and a fourth-round draft from the Buffalo Sabres for a first-round draft pick.
Join our live chat of the NHL Trade Deadline 2012 here.
Galiardi and Winnik to Sharks
Fantasy Impact: The San Jose Sharks have acquired TJ Galiardi and Daniel Winnik (plus a seventh-round pick) from the Colorado Avalanche for Jamie McGinn, Michael Sgarbossa and Mike Connelly.
Join our live chat of the NHL Trade Deadline 2012 here.
Leafs-Lightning swap prospects – Carter Ashton and Keith Aulie
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired prospect winger Carter Ashton from the Tampa Bay Lightning for prospect defenseman Keith Aulie.
Join our live chat of the NHL Trade Deadline 2012 here.
Wild acquires Tom Gilbert
Fantasy Impact: The Minnesota Wild have traded defenseman Nick Schultz to the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Tom Gilbert.
Join our live chat of the NHL Trade Deadline 2012 here.
Nashville acquires Andrei Kostitsyn
Fantasy Impact: The Nashville Predators have acquired Andrei Kostitsyn from the Montreal Canadiens for a second-round draft pick plus the conditional draft pick that they got in the Hal Gill deal.
Join our live chat of the NHL Trade Deadline 2012 here.
Trading Preview Part 2 (East 2012)
Last week I took a look at potential players on the move from the Eastern Conference and as promised, Part 2 has arrived. While it’s virtually impossible that all of them will get moved and entirely possible that none of them get moved, below is a look at some potential movers and a quick glance at what a residual fantasy impact may be.
(for a full review of our Fantasy Hockey Trade Deadline coverage, click here)