After signing Martin Gerber to a one-year, two-way deal on Friday, the Edmonton Oilers now have quite the interesting fantasy goalie situation heading into the season. Since it happened on an otherwise boring summer day, tons of interesting depth chart topics came bubbling to the surface from hockey writers and Oilers analysts everywhere.
The Chicago Blackhawks salary cap struggles could help Kyle Beach earn a spot in the NHL as early as this year.
Russ is on hiatus for the summer, but don't you worry. I'll be filling in for him, so you Dobberities won’t miss out on the Eastern Conference side of the coin for your fantasy leagues in this column series.
The 2010-11 DobberHockey Pool Guide has been updated as of September 4th, and it will continue to be updated into October. Kovalchuk signing, Torres signing, MacArthur signing, Kennedy signing, we got it all! The beauty of our guide is the ability to update as trades/signings occur throughout the off-season.
Wanting to retain your crown in 2010-11? The will make you a (much) better fantasy hockey player. Guaranteed. Sleeper picks, goalies to watch for, RFA's, UFA's, veterans, breakout candidates, it is all jam-packed into 94 pages of information. No fancy pictures, no full-page advertisments. Simply fantasy hockey gold on each and every page.
In the first two parts of the Business of Fantasy Hockey series, my co-author for this article series (Mike Colligan) and I have focused on the business principles of Value Investing (Part I) and Intrinsic Value (Part II). In today’s instalment, we focus on further defining the meaning of Intrinsic Value and how it relates to fantasy hockey, and specifically how to correctly value players. The topic is the Psychology of Crowds, and I guarantee you will come away a smarter fantasy hockey poolie after reading this.
Continuing the series started a few weeks ago on the breakdown of each Western Conference team. For the final week we’ll take a deeper look into the Sharks, Blues, and Canucks.
The Chicago Blackhawks walked away from Antti Niemi’s one-year $2.75 million arbitration ruling this morning and promptly announced they agreed to terms with Marty Turco for what’s reported as a one-year deal worth between $1 and $1.5 million. Niemi is now an UFA and is free to deal and sign with any team and any price thrown his way.
Angus was on the Team 1040 today (Sunday). He talks about his favorite sleeper picks, how the Canucks will spread out their ice time on the power play, Claude Giroux, and more. Listen to what he had to say...
I’ll go into a bit of depth on a fantasy issue or two pertaining to the other 15 NHL clubs. Check Part I out here.
It’s not very often that you’ll look at a 19-year-old’s decision to leave Harvard and say it’s a good one – but in the case of Louis Leblanc, it definitely is.
