Injury Ward: Price, Marchand, Matthews, and more
Auston Matthews is currently day to day. […]
Cage Match: Jake Muzzin vs. Jared Spurgeon
Two defensemen off to fast starts are featured in this week's Cage Match. […]
Fantasy Impact: Oilers Trade Jokinen to Kings for Cammalleri
Fantasy Impact: The Edmonton Oilers acquire Mike Cammalleri from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jussi Jokinen. The Oilers get: A veteran depth winger in exchange for a veteran depth winger. Mike Cammalleri’s second go-around with the Kings lasted only 15 games as he will now join an Oilers club looking to inject [...]
Lining Up – The League’s Best Power Play Combos
In this week’s installment we take a little break from the traditional analysis of even strength line production, and briefly look at some power play numbers. While these combinations might be less concrete than even strength lines, most of these players will be seeing significant power play time over the course of the season. We’ll [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Lightning Add Louis Domingue
Fantasy Impact: The Tampa Bay Lightning acquire Louis Domingue from the Arizona Coyotes for Michael Leighton and Tye McGinn. The Lightning get: A backup goaltender in Domingue who fell out of favour in Arizona after a rough start and their acquisition of Scott Wedgewood. Thus, the goaltender carousel continues to spin. Domingue had a nice [...]
Two Weeks Notice: Checking in on Six of the Hottest Players in the Eastern Conference
A quick search of the top scorers in the Eastern Conference over the last two weeks yields a list of the usual suspects; Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, along with quite a few of those that I have mentioned over the past few articles. This week, I’ll bring forward some names that you may not [...]
Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – November 2017
Below are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in fantasy hockey - November edition. Yesterday I posted The Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards. As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point would depend on team need or personal taste. Factors include wait time, [...]
Wild West: An Early Look at Goalie Performances in the West
We’re a little over a month into the campaign so let’s take a look at how the West’s goalies have performed thus far. Much is prone to change, but from a fantasy perspective (obviously dependent on your league’s settings) consider this a loose ranking of early returns that could flip wildly in the upcoming week [...]
Fantasy Top-10: Peripheral Stat Changes
While many fantasy general managers are focusing on players who are slumping or surprising when it comes to points, many poolies neglect to look at how players are doing in peripheral categories. Matt Martin is still a stud when it comes to hits, but there are plenty of new faces when it comes to hits [...]
Keeping Karlsson no. 164 – Marco and the Scandellas
On this brand new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Hockey Podcast, the guys think about how scared Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski owners should be, whether production from Schultz and Letang can coexist, if the Habs may have a new backup goalie, the prospect of QBing terrible powerplays in Chicago and Buffalo, the dreaminess of [...]