This week we’ll take a break from the team-by-team off-season look. It only makes sense, since the NHL Entry Draft is upon us. We’ll also take a break in early July to discuss the impact of the July 1 free agent frenzy.
(Originally published by The Hockey News on June 20, 2008 - Dobber archives some of his older THN articles here in case you missed them there!)
As the number of keeper league hockey pools increase each year, fantasy junkies are becoming more active in the off-season as they prepare for the coming year. Rebuild? Retool? Tweak? Whatever your intentions, it helps to get all the information you can about your players. FPL will look at a pair of teams each week and give you the fantasy lowdown. This week, we’ll look through our fantasy hockey goggles at the outlooks for Columbus and Dallas.
And don't forget, if you have an off-season hockey question, send it to the Fantasy Mailbag.
(Originally posted in The Hockey News on June 13 - Dobber archives all his THN work here in case you missed it there!)
As the number of keeper league hockey pools increase each year, fantasy junkies are becoming more active in the off-season as they prepare for the coming year. Rebuild? Retool? Tweak? Whatever your intentions, it helps to get all the information you can about your players. FPL will look at a pair of teams each week and give you the fantasy lowdown. This week, we’ll look through our fantasy hockey goggles at the outlooks for Chicago and Colorado.
(Originally published by The Hockey News on June 6, 2008 - Dobber archives some of his older THN articles here in case you missed them there!)
As the number of keeper league hockey pools increase each year, fantasy junkies are becoming more active in the off-season as they prepare their teams for the coming year. Rebuild? Retool? Tweak? Whatever your intentions, it helps to get all the information you can about your players. FPL will look at a pair of teams each week and give you the fantasy lowdown. This week we’ll look through our fantasy-hockey goggles at the outlooks for Calgary and Carolina.
(Originally published by The Hockey News on May 30, 2008)
The NHL has released the official free agent list, details.
Below is a complete list of players, who, effective July 1, became free agents.
Some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League prior to publishing.
Now that the dust from the UFA season has pretty much settled, many of the rosters around the league are beginning to take form. There is still one big fish left in the open market (Mats Sundin), but who knows when he will decide whether he wants to eat poutine or sushi next season. There are numerous players whose fantasy values have risen and fallen based on what has happened since July 1st. Here are a few of the players who will benefit from new situations or teammates.
Complacency breeds inconsistency - a lesson Ryan Miller was forced to learn the hard way last year. Don’t get me wrong, he played remarkably well, even heroic at times. But with no big guns in the lineup, he found out exactly what level of work ethic and focus it actually takes to carry a mediocre team for an entire season. Nevertheless, a vital lesson was learned, and it is with this “transition” year under his belt that I feel Miller is primed to have a great fantasy season.
Certains d’entre vous sont restés les mains vides alors que votre joueur a quitté la communauté de la LNH et a signé un gros contrat dans la nouvelle ligue Russe, la KHL. Voici quelque chose qui doit être proposé au commissaire de votre ligue.
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Some of you in keeper leagues have been left holding the bag as your player has flown the NHL coop and signed for big money in the Russian upstart KHL. Here is something that needs to be proposed to your league’s commissioner.
Bugg's back from his vacation, and just in time. Reviews are starting to filter in from team rookie camps around the league, and some names you should know have risen to the top.
