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Flames Looking for a Spark

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T11:08:18-04:00November 27th, 2007|z-Archives (other articles)|

Miikka Kiprusoff

The Calgary Flames are struggling right now, as you may or may not know. If you are a Miikka Kiprusoff fantasy owner, chances are you are well aware of their inconsistent play. Kiprusoff, fresh off signing a huge, long-term deal, has looked very, very average this season. He is getting a lot of minutes, which may be one reason for his poor start. The Flames never really addressed their back-up position this off-season, and it has showed. Kiprusoff is an elite goalie and if you believe in the law of averages, will bounce back. The weak goals he has continually let in are extremely troubling, however.

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Zubov’s still got it

By Dobber Sports|2007-11-26T11:18:11-05:00November 26th, 2007|The Dobotomy|

Sergei Zubov

As far as fantasy defensemen go, there haven’t been many better than 37-year-old Sergei Zubov and there haven’t been any that have been better for longer.

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Shredding the Perception

By Justin Goldman|2015-07-24T11:08:21-04:00November 26th, 2007|z-Archives (other articles)|

Chris Osgood

At first glance, the so-called “goalie controversies” around the NHL right now (Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Toronto) are played off like tumultuous situations in which unhappy coaches are forcing their unhappy netminders to battle for playing time. Even the word “controversy” conjures up images of aggravation and discontent. This stigma is mainly due to the mainstream media, which love and live for this mangled term we’ve come to know as “controversy”. It sells papers - it heightens ratings.

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Shifting Gears

By Dobber Sports|2007-11-25T11:59:20-05:00November 25th, 2007|The Dobotomy|

Colby Armstrong

The best keeper-league (and roto-league) owners don’t get that way by stubbornly sticking to their opinions for too long, despite evidence that they were clearly on the wrong track. No, the really good ones know when it’s time to change gears and roll with the trends. At the same time, they need to balance what truly is a contradicting trend with events that are just ‘hot streaks’.

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The Challenge Actually a Challenge!

By Dobber Sports|2007-11-24T13:47:02-05:00November 24th, 2007|z-Archives (other articles)|

The Canada/Russia Super Series was thought to finally, truly present a level playing field on which two old foes could fight out a rivalry left relatively cold since the Cold War. But it was just another tease- and another way for Canada to flex its considerable hockey muscles. Caught in its shadow, the annual ADT Canada-Russia Challenge has been largely ignored. But now that the games are actually being played, something very surprising is happening: there's a challenge to be had for the Canadian Hockey League.

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Fantasy All-Stars Eastern Conference

By Dobber Sports|2007-11-23T08:48:23-05:00November 23rd, 2007|Eastern Edge|

Lecavalier

With the arrival of the NHL All-Star ballots, our thoughts can now turn to who are the most deserving players to represent their respective conferences. These are my choices for Eastern Conference Fantasy All-Stars (positions based on Yahoo eligibility) at the quarter mark of the season (all statistics are prior to last night’s games):

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Heating Up

By Dobber Sports|2007-11-22T17:43:13-05:00November 22nd, 2007|The Dobotomy|

Alexander Frolov

(Note - this article is six days old, originally published by The Hockey News)

If you do the fantasy hockey thing long enough, you learn to pick up streaky players when they start to light it up. You’re not going to have a player get you a point each game, but the good ones are generally consistent.

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First quarter grades

By Eric Maltais|2015-07-24T11:08:22-04:00November 21st, 2007|z-Archives (other articles)|

Patrick Kane

My kids just received their grades for the first quarter of school. All you ask of your children is that they do the best they can, but when it comes to NHL players, giving their best effort just isn’t good enough for fantasy poolies. They are not paid millions of dollars to try, they are paid to produce. So with the first quarter of the NHL season, I’ll give out some grades to notable fantasy players and provide an insight on their outlook for the remainder of the school year …er… NHL season.

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Hurricanes create offensive storm

By Dobber Sports|2007-11-20T16:57:00-05:00November 20th, 2007|The Dobotomy|

Carolina Hurricanes

Far and away the Carolina Hurricanes have more goals per game this season than any other NHL squad.

There’s a line that would have had you laughing in September, especially when looking at the talent on the rosters of the Penguins, Sabres, Senators, or the newly revamped Rangers. After all, this is a team that finished 13th in total offense one season ago and the only change they have made to their roster was to bring back Matt Cullen and to add Jeff Hamilton.

Perhaps that was enough. Whatever the reason, if you take a look at the top several teams in your fantasy league right now, you will notice that those squads have the likes of Rod Brind’Amour, Cory Stillman, Eric Staal, Justin Williams and Cullen on them.

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The Right-Hand Men

By Justin Goldman|2015-07-24T11:08:25-04:00November 19th, 2007|z-Archives (other articles)|

Harding

There are only a few NHL goalies that wear the catching glove on the right hand. Mathieu Garon, Jose Theodore and Josh Harding always look a little weird in net, but do they have any real advantage, or is it just a coincidence that Garon and Theodore are playing so well in November?

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