Poolies were hoping by now to have a better idea of what the future holds for Mika Zibanejad and Bo Horvat. Yet after another season in the books for each, we remain unsure of their fantasy trajectory and which one of the two is the better short and long term fantasy own. Fortunately Cage [...]
Andrej Sekera will undergo surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament Thursday and will require six to nine months to fully recover. The timeline has the 30-year-old defenseman in line for a mid-November — at the earliest. […]
The Buffalo Sabres certainly didn’t expect the 2016-17 campaign to go down the way it did. It didn’t help that the new face of the franchise suffered a high ankle sprain on the eve of the regular season. Jack Eichel missed 22 games to start the campaign, but the good news is that [...]
Better late than never - here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your keeper league - May edition. This month, the full audit has begun. But - only begun! As you know, I'm working on the Fantasy Prospects Report and it is out June 1st. As I do the research, [...]
The 2017 Offseason Outlook for the Arizona Coyotes and Dallas Stars Following the lottery draft order/disorder we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason outlook, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations and highlighting potential breakout candidates. We started in the cellar points-wise and are moving up as we go. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly [...]
Top 10 players who can rebound from sophomore slumps Not every young player is going to improve every season, much to the chagrin of fantasy general managers. No matter how great a class of rookies may be, a number of them will go through the dreaded sophomore slump. Many of them get back to a [...]
The Journey examines 2016 draft picks whose stock has risen since their selection. **** As we get closer each day to June 23rd and the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, The Journey looks back at last summer’s selections, and examines whose stock has increased throughout the 2016-17 season relative to their drafted position. **** Clayton [...]
In Part 1 of our look at some of the best fantasy blue liners from 2016-17, we were led down a winding path from Winnipeg’s brutal back end and Dustin Byfuglien’s stabilizing presence, all the way to sunny Tampa Bay where Victor Hedman transformed from potential stud, to megastar in the span of [...]
The Dobber Hockey panel selects their winners for the 2017 Conference Finals. **** Like others around the hockey world, the Dobber Playoff Panel did not feature a single member that went four-for-four on their second-round picks. Only Mario Prata, Cam Robinson, Chris Wassel, and Kevin Wickersham picked Pittsburgh to advanced past Washington, but three of [...]
The Buffalo Sabres have hired Jason Botterill to be their next General Manager. **** After firing both Tim Murray and Dan Bylsma, the Sabres (rather, the Pegulas) had a couple of important vacancies to deal with. They filled their general manager position with former Pittsburgh Penguins Associate General Manager Jason Botterill. Drafted by Dallas in [...]
