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 [...]
Fantasy Impact: The St. Louis Blues acquire depth winger Nikita Soshnikov from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2019. The Blues get: a depth winger to play on their third or fourth line, with enough offense to pinch hit on a scoring line. The Maple Leafs get: [...]
This week's Capped covers some thoughts on defencemen for the trade deadline. **** It is surprising that there has been so little NHL action over the last few weeks, and it could make for a very intriguing last few days before the trade deadline on February 26th. As it stands, the market is flooded [...]
This Valentine’s day I hope you’ve been hit with Cupid’s arrow and not the injury bug! If you don’t see a certain player below, there probably haven’t been any major developments in their progress. Once there is a significant update, I’ll be sure to have it for you on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! The Big Guns [...]
Ottawa Senators ship defenseman Dion Phaneuf and center Nate Thompson to the Los Angeles Kings for Marian Gaborik and Nick Shore. The Senators get: some cash and cap savings. Just over $5 million saved over the next three years, with cap savings of close to $1 million next season and close to $500 [...]
Usually I’d be wary of covering two players who’ve combined to score barely 150 points in nearly 450 career games; but when they happen to be heralded young rearguards Aaron Ekblad and Darnell Nurse, those concerns disappear. Let’s dig deep to see who’s the better own at present, and for down the road. Cage Match [...]
As the playoff race intensifies in the NHL, we start to feel the heat in our fantasy leagues. We’re entering that stretch where a single game can be the difference between winning and losing a championship, so this week we look at lines with a few extra games to play. To give you some [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect blueliners to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper league, February edition! As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point would depend on your team needs (NHL-ready but lower upside, or several years away with high upside) and [...]
With two weeks left until the NHL trade deadline, this is a good opportunity to look at your fantasy roster and see whose value will soon be artificially inflated. Players who are dealt get an immediate boost in trade value as many fantasy general managers believe a new start can only benefit the players involved. [...]
Following Saturday’s 44-save shutout of Chicago, Devan Dubnyk seems recovered from a less-than-stellar first few months of the campaign and in a groove similar to that of last year’s outstanding first half. His 13-3-2 mark since November 30, coupled with a .927 save percentage and 2.36 goals against aren’t enough to entirely offset some [...]
