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Top 10 Keeper League Left Wingers

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:18:54-04:00April 24th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

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Three new players crack the top 10.

The first edition of this list was put together last year, and it is something I am going to update at least once each season. I have a few general rules when it comes to building a team in a fantasy hockey keeper league. One of the more important ones is to not plan beyond a two or three year window. You are not building a real NHL club, and too often I see poolies place too much of an emphasis on youth and prospects instead of trying to add players who could help them win now. Using this rule, take a look at your team(s). Can you realistically say you will have a shot at winning the league at some point within the next two or three seasons? If not, time to scrap the rebuild and start adding proven NHL talent.

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Cogliano: Under The Radar

By Tim Lucarelli|2015-07-24T10:18:57-04:00April 24th, 2011|Eastern Edge|

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In the final season before the NHL lockout, 2003-04, the worst three teams in the league were the Pittsburgh Penguins with 58 points, and the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals with 59 points each. Seven short years later and two of the franchises have already added a Stanley Cup. Despite their leading scorer failing to score even 60 points, in that 2003-04 season the Edmonton Oilers finished with 89 points, yet still failed to qualify for postseason activity. They would go on to not only lose the Sidney Crosby sweepstakes, but in one of the strangest drafts of all time, they were awarded the 25^th overall pick.

Determined to make the most of their situation, they were excited to select the 18-year-old Cogliano, who had just compiled 102 points in 49 games in the OPJHL, good enough to be crowned top scorer in the league. In the limited time he had played internationally, Cogliano scored five goals and seven assists in only six games to lead a team that also featured players such as Steve Downie, Bryan Little, Marc Staal, Ryan Parent, Ryan Wilson, and Cal Clutterbuck. Needless to say, Canada won the gold that year.

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Michael Leighton

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-23T14:54:13-04:00April 23rd, 2011|The Dobotomy|

The Flyers look as though they have screwed up badly. Again. Their goaltending is called into question by fans and experts alike and given their current playoff status (down three games to two), things have reached a head. But everything that has happened between the pipes for the Flyers is just a crazy collection of coincidences brought on by necessity. Michael Leighton is a quality starting goaltender. He got the proverbial bum's rush.

Not his fault. Not even the fault of the Flyers.

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Ross, King, and Leahy

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-22T15:52:36-04:00April 22nd, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

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For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer! Dobber Nation appears on the 25th of every month, except December (Christmas). Let's talk some fantasy hockey! We have posted the April edition a few days early so you can enjoy it over the long weekend.

Episode 24: April 25, 2011 - click to listen!

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P.K. Subban vs. John Carlson

By steve laidlaw|2015-07-24T10:19:11-04:00April 20th, 2011|Roos Lets Loose|

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I think it’s high time we saw the NHL create a new award. Let’s tentatively call it the Nalder, awarded to the NHL’s best rookie defenseman. In 66 years of giving the Calder to the league’s top rookie, only ten defensemen have won the award, most recently to Buffalo’s Tyler Myers. A defenseman basically only wins the trophy when there are no better options at forward or in goal. I mean, you’d either have to throw up like 50 points and end up top ten in defensemen scoring in the league or have very little competition from your forward and goaltending compatriots. In other words, to win the award as a defenseman you have to be special or downright fortunate.

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Enlightened You Shall Be (2010): Recap

By Ryan Ma|2015-07-24T10:19:13-04:00April 20th, 2011|The Wild West|

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For the next couple of weeks I thought I’d go back and revisit a few of my pre-season columns to see where I stood, while comparing them to now.

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Deconstructing Demeanor

By Justin Goldman|2015-07-24T10:19:16-04:00April 18th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

Even though the regular season is over, whatever you do, don’t shut off your fantasy radar. The chance to uncover some quality goalie intel is deceptively high. In fact, you can a better feel for a goaltender’s true fabric and long-term value during the playoffs than at any other point during the regular season.

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A Born Leader

By Tim Lucarelli|2015-07-24T10:19:18-04:00April 17th, 2011|Eastern Edge|

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As the NHL season came to a close, fans were captivated yet again by Joe Pavelski. “Little Joe” or “The Big Pavelski” as he is sometimes referred to, has displayed an elite skillset to complement his clutch performances. It took him some time to get going, but once he did, Pavelski strung together a career-high 66 points, which was two more than superstar teammate Dany Heatley. And Pavelski did it in six fewer games.

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2010-11 Prime Cuts: The Goalies & Bottom Six

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:19:24-04:00April 15th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

Prime Cuts

The thinking process that goes in to selecting the Prime Cuts roster is similar to Pierre McGuire’s “Monsters” team on TSN (I promise that is the first and only time I will compare my thinking process to Pierre’s). Since this is a fantasy hockey site, the selection process favors players that have had strong seasons on the score sheet, obviously. However, not just goals and assists are weighted – perhaps a player has started to shoot the puck more, or play better defensively. Intangibles like heart, grit, and determination factor in to the selection process as well. It is far and away my favorite article to write each year, and I hope you will all enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

The second part of this series will name the bottom six forwards and two goaltenders.

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Strategic Asset Management

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-15T17:21:57-04:00April 15th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

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How do we build a winning team? Everyone knows the old adage of buy low, sell high but how exactly does that look over the course of a season? To answer the question well, we need to look at how poolies' perceptions vary over the year.

It turns out that perceptions follow a very predictable pattern. Once we identify that pattern, it’s much easier to position our teams to derive value from it. Taking advantage of this “perception cycle” is a very good way to accelerate a rebuild or just to make your keeper team stronger as the years go on.

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