Here’s our latest installment of tortoises and hares, featuring those having the hottest and coldest starts among Western Conference defensemen as October turns into November. Tortoises Oscar Klefbom – Edmonton (0 goals, 2 assists in 10 games) The Oilers top defenseman is having rough early going. A key member as quarterback of their [...]
It’s never a good thing to overreact to early-season returns in fantasy hockey. Every season is littered with players that start off hot before quickly fading. Remember when Sven Andrighetto started the season with six points in five games? He went pointless in his next five games and was a minus-eight in the span before [...]
Top line takeovers abound this week, with some lesser-knowns getting chances to put their names on scoresheets. Who are the top line newbs you can and can't count on in Vancouver, Philadelphia, St Louis, Los Angeles, Washington, Edmonton, and Long Island? Also, how old is Cam Atkinson? Those answers and more await you on this [...]
The Dominance of Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov […]
Top Budget Plays Centers Christian Dvorak $3300 – The center is a punt play at the least. However, playing against New Jersey may set up very good as the center will get some top line ice time. He is going to get decent opportunities. Dvorak has three points in his last four games. More [...]
Trusting your gut when you’re losing is often a difficult task. It’s understandable to think that changing things up will offer better results, and easy to to make rash decisions. That’s where experience and data comes in to act as your rock. How many GM’s have you seen thus far cut loose of players like [...]
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 [...]
In these first few weeks of play it is always humorous to see the panic button being mashed to oblivion in the forums. It only takes about two games for the posts to start racking up with frantic owners on red alert. Patience is at an all-time low in the modern era so in an [...]
Saturday saw the first trade of the 2017-2018 season that didn’t involve a goalie. While the deal wasn’t big enough for there to be a fantasy write-up, there is still a lot that we can take out of the trade as cap league owners. The trade saw Detroit send underperforming centre Riley Sheahan and a [...]
This week's injury rundown gives the latest on Burakovsky, Fowler, Luongo, Carter and many others... The Big Guns (>75% owned in Yahoo Leagues) Tuukka Rask – Tuukka Rask Tuukka Rest and seems to be feeling better. The Bruins’ goaltender is one concussion test away from being back in action, I hope [...]
