Last season in the Liiga, we saw breakout seasons from young players like Miro Heiskanen, Kristian Vesalainen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Which players could be breaking out this season? Let’s look at some candidates to find out. Rasmus Kupari – Los Angeles Kings Florida’s prospect Aleksi Heponiemi may have been an obvious choice for [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues...October edition This month's changes are based on training camp results and performance. I hope I caught them all, there was obviously a lot to track. As always, players within +/- 5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal value [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues...October edition This month's changes are based on training camp results and performance. I hope I caught them all, there was obviously a lot to track. As always, players within +/- 5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal value [...]
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
I love getting back into the swing of hockey, having games available to watch all night, fantasy lineups to set, news to over-analyze and trade discussions to mull over. Last week’s Capped article seemed to be very well received, and I have even re-read it myself a few times over the last couple of [...]
Welcome to another edition of injury news from around the NHL. If you don’t see a player here, there probably hasn’t been a significant update on their status. But fear not, you can always follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza for the latest injury information. Ryan Getzlaf – The Ducks’ captain is currently day-to-day [...]
For my first match since the puck officially dropped on 2018-19, I decided to go big, with Claude Giroux squaring off against Evgeni Malkin. Both surprised last season – Giroux by recapturing his elite scoring, and Malkin for simply staying healthy. The Fantasy Guide (available for order here and just as useful now) has them [...]
Stop what you’re doing right now. Stop Scrolling. Stop sipping your coffee. Go follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza for the latest line changes and injury updates. Don’t you want to be the first to know when WhatsHisName McNobody gets promoted to the top line? Don’t you want to find a replacement for Band-Aid Boy [...]
It is wheels up for the NHL season! How about the Auston Matthews toe-drag snipe in the first game of the season? Kyle Palmieri proved quite quickly why he was bound to produce value on his ADP – throttling the hapless Oilers for two goals in the first game of the season. Where was [...]
After 6 months of patiently waiting, this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast enthusiastically welcomes the return of real, true-to-life, honest-to-goodness NHL Data Points-- we mean, NHL hockey games!!! Goals, assists, hits, blocks, and all those fun parts of hockey games are finally happening in a meaningful way once again, and Elan [...]
