Based on last week’s articles, if ice-time and SOG are any indicators of fantasy success, this week’s column will be a good complement in identifying a few trends moving forward. We’ll take a look at several advancers, as well as decliners out West to help you get through that mid-season lull.
Let’s say you want some goal scoring infused into your lineup. One quick look at the top leaders in the Eastern Conference and you’ll see some of the usual suspects – Stamkos, Kessel, Gaborik, etc. Simply looking at standard goal totals might not actually help your squad though. Each year players get hot, cold, go on long stretches of strong or poor performance, or perform differently based on the situations around them. This week I’ll take a deeper look at goal scorers in the Eastern Conference and I’ll follow up with the same analysis in terms of playmakers next week.
This week, I take a look at Toronto's best player (spolier alert, look above), a sleeper in 'Big D', some prospects to target for next season, an unknown AHL star in the making, and more.
January’s Roto Guide undergoes a New Year’s clean up and breaks away from the lone Roto Score column. This time around, the Top 100 features a current on-pace Roto Score as well as a Potential Roto Score based on career performance. By doing so, readers get the best of both worlds – a more accurate month-to-month representation as well as the player’s peak rotisserie abilities.
Week 14 brought about even more injuries to fantasy rosters. There were reports of teams losing two or three players at a clip. In order to get ready for Week 15, one has to look at the injury reports.
This week we’re turning over the Commissioner’s Office to Dobber Nation and taking some questions from the readers. Some queries have been edited for brevity. Over to you...
The Dean's List would like to congratulate Sweden on winning the Gold Medal in a thrilling fashion against the defending champions, Team Russia, as both nations provided us prospect junkies with plenty of talented players to watch. Despite Canada not competing in a Gold Medal match for the first time in eleven years the Sweden-Russia final was just as exciting as if the Canucks were actually there. Prior to the 2012 Under-20 World Junior Championship (WJC), The Dean's List took an in-depth look at a few 2012 NHL draft eligible players representing their home nations in the competition.
Happy Belated New Year’s Poolies!
It’s been quite a week in the NHL, with an even further intensified playoff race in both conferences coming to the forefront of late with Gary Bettman’s High Parity NHL. Should be another amazing winter of exciting meaningful hockey (for most teams) down the stretch!
After a solid 1 month run of going at over an 80% clip, I split my picks in half last column. This week I’m banking on yet another above .500 card. So without further ado….
Fantasy Impact: Montreal shipped out the underachieving Mike Cammalleri (along with KHL goaltender Kari Ramo and a 5th round pick) to Calgary in exchange for winger Rene Bourque, prospect Patrick Holland, and a 2nd round pick.
A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.
